God's Reflection

Written By:
Sharon Tedford
Bible Refs: 2 Cor 3:18

Here's a simple idea to encourage people to commit to praying for specific people who don't know Jesus.

Say:
"God wants us to reflect him and his glory to all those around us. Let's commit to praying for one specific person this week. Let's pray that as we keep close to God, he will be reflected in all that we say and do. And, that as we are gradually transformed into his likeness, our every moment will become a reflection of who he is."

Then read and/or project 2 Corinthians 3:18 (New International Version):

"And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit."

Next, encourage the group to come and write the name of the person they commit to pray for this week, onto the mirror. Explain that this is a symbol of their desire to be the reflection of God to those around them.

Sharon is a worship leader, singer songwriter, wife and mother to 3 busy (!) children . She loves to creatively worship our creative God

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Richard and Rosie Butcher
25 Jul 2011 12:13
Dear Sharon, This would be a good thing to do, visual and effective. Will hope to have occasion to use it.
Much love, Rosie B.
Alan Lloyd
26 Jul 2011 10:43
What Paul is encouraging here (read from 2 Cor 3:7 to 4:6) is for those who are redeemed believers to structure our _public_ relationship with unbelievers as reflectors of God's character & glory, and for that relationship to be a preaching of the gospel.

He is not saying to reflect the glory of God by _private_ prayer for unbelievers, necessary though that is.

It is an insidious temptation to all of us to "privatise" our faith and not "publicise" our faith by letting it change our behaviour to others.

Keep thinking of ideas to vitalise our worship, but we must align them with scripture & right doctrine.

Alan Lloyd


Sara Hargreaves
26 Jul 2011 11:31
Thank you, Alan, for your input.
Perhaps an alternative angle to this idea, then, would be to write the names of the people we specifically want to reflect God's glory towards - as we leave - as a commitment prayer. Continuing to pray for them ought to be part of this commitment though!
Janet Gaukroger
11 Aug 2011 12:40
The engage update in my inbox mentioned this idea so I followed the link. It fit perfectly with the response time for a service I was leading the following Sunday--God's great timing! It was a small congregation, probably only about 40 people, (average age over 40) but about 30 of them came forward to write a name on the mirror. I find that getting people out of their seats to make a physical repsonse makes it more likely that they will remember it during the following week, so I would imagine that there was increased prayer for people who don't yet know Jesus, and a greater awareness of the need for us to be those who reflect God's glory in our everyday lives.
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