It's Family

God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27 NLT - - Husband, Wife, Brothers, Sisters, Aunties and Uncles, etc…He (Jesus) makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love. Ephesians 4:16 NLTOur most effective effort is found in the everyday ordinary things we do for God and others. Faithful effort in the ordinary duties of a son or daughter are the only right path to the will of the Father.Overlooking the significance of the ordinary or mundane has robbed our world of the miraculous. That evening the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away so they can go to the villages and buy food for themselves.” But Jesus said, “That isn’t necessary, you feed them.” Matthew 14:15-16 NLTEven if we worked for months, we wouldn’t have enough money to feed them! John 6:7 NLTWhat we have and are will always be insufficient without Jesus. One of the disciples, Andrew, brother to Simon Peter, said, “There’s a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But that’s a drop in the bucket for a crowd like this.” John 6:8-9 MSGTell everyone to sit down, Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes. (men numbered about 5,000.) Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to the people. Afterward he did the same with the fish. And they all ate as much as they wanted. John 6:10-11 NLTWhen the people had eaten their fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather the leftovers so nothing is wasted.” They went to work and filled twelve large baskets with leftovers from the five barley loaves. John 6:12-13 MSGOur beleaguered age stands in need, not so much of ten talent men, but God conquered commoners.Here is another story Jesus told: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field. But at night as the workers slept, his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat, then slipped away. Matthew 13:24-25 NLTThe cultural cost is high when we miss the everyday opportunities to live extraordinary lives for Jesus.So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Romans 12:1-2 MSG