Creative Energy

Try this:

Pray: God animate me with your Spirit. Let your dynamic energy flow through me to bring forth something good. I’m ready to be your eyes, mind, hands, or feet. Help me to notice your creative energy when it comes.

Then go about your days – waiting, trusting, and ready to respond to a God who can't wait to create with you.

If you sense a creative energy stirring within you, do an experiment ... follow where it's leading you. Maybe it’s picking up your paintbrush or pen; maybe it’s an idea to help a friend or some kind of next step for your future. Give it a try, and see where it leads. 

Reflect on what you discover with a trusted friend/mentor, or write it down in your journal. 

Be inspired:

Meet Hayley Brown, a modern-day co-creator who heard God’s prompting to reach out to young people in her community.

Launching a boxing ministry for disadvantaged local kids in the Lismore Church of Christ building is not what Hayley Brown expected when she had her third child in 2019. “After [my son] was born, I took the first year off, and I just prayed, ‘Okay, I’ve got no money but I’ve got time.’ And God just kept saying to me, ‘Gospel Gloves. Gospel Gloves.’ I live in a housing commission area where there’s lots of struggling families, lots of substance abuse, and lots of neglected kids who are always getting in trouble,” says Hayley. “So, I rang a friend of mine and said, ‘I’m going to go down to the park to train kids on Friday afternoons – we’ll do some boxing. Gospel Gloves is what it’s called.” Hayley’s friend connected her with Raymond, a Christian who came to faith in jail where he met many of the kids’ dads, and he was keen to be involved. Now, 15-20 kids aged 5-15 show up for training every Wednesday and Friday afternoon at the Lismore Church of Christ. The afternoon always concludes with a prayer. “We just hope it’s somewhere safe for them to go and that we can at least get one kid off the street and feel they’re not trapped in the world they’re in – that they know they are loved and valued and not forgotten,” Hayley said.