Dr. Dan Hayden - A Word From The Word

God's Vision for the Church, Part 6 - Ephesians 4:12. Before going out, your body ministers to itself. You wash, groom, and eat so you will be as prepared as you can be to face the day. If you are unclean, disheveled and famished, you will not be nearly as effective in what you do. The body of Christ, the Church, is like that too. Christian service is the body ministering to itself in love. It is ensuring that the body is well prepared to meet the challenge of witness in the world. If the Church is disorganized and untrained it will not be very effective as a witness for Christ. However, if the church is well organized and fully equipped for it's task, then it's ministry as a light of the Gospel will be more powerful. Serving one another in the love of Christ is the means by which God prepares us for witness. (41:41)