RELIGIOUS VOCATION SUNDAY

see caption — RELIGIOUS VOCATION SUNDAY
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Today is an opportunity to remember, learn about, and pray for the Anglican Religious Life and the Orders present in the Church. All of us as Christians are Jesus hands and feet upon the earth, but we all have different skills and gifts and are called to different tasks by the Holy Spirit.

Some of us have been given special ability as apostles; to others he has given the gift of being able to preach well; some have special ability in winning people to Christ, helping them to trust him as their Saviour; still others have a gift for caring for God’s people as a shepherd does his sheep, leading and teaching them in the ways of God.

Why is it that he gives us these special abilities to do certain things best? It is that God’s people will be equipped to do better work for him, building up the Church, the body of Christ, to a position of strength and maturity.– Ephesians 4:11-12.

The point is we are all called – some are called to serve Him full-time others are regular people working in our communities, with every-day jobs who support those working full time in various ministries. Many believers are still waiting for God to tap their shoulder and tell them what plan and position he has for them. You may be undergoing his training and not even know it – yet everything you are going through is preparing you for a future position He has planned for you. God wastes nothing!

Today however we especially remember those who serve God in the Anglican Religious Orders in New Zealand. Some live in communities, some are dispersed; all are united in dedicating their life to the service of God. They live under Rules, disciplines that commit their lives to a set pattern of prayer and work. Many have associated groups that are dedicated to supporting them.

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