Day 18

Commissioned by Christ

from the This Is the Church reading plan


Matthew 28:16-20, Matthew 10:27-42, Acts 8:26-38, Romans 10:14-17, 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, Romans 1:16

BY She Reads Truth

Since 2012, She Reads Truth has maintained a singular mission: to be women in the Word of God every day. Ten years later, our community includes “Shes” from across the globe, but our mission hasn’t changed.

Reading Scripture together is the centerpiece of what we do at She Reads Truth. As we spend time as a community reading This Is The Church, we encourage you to start by reading the daily Scripture on your  own. Then join us here to engage and encourage one another as we respond to what we’ve read. Each day for this series, we’ll include a brief summary of the reading along with a prompt for conversation.


Christ calls His Church to herald the good news to each other, our communities, and the world. 

As you reflect on Scripture today, take time today to pray for those who don’t yet know Christ as Savior. Share how you are praying for them along with your response to the reading. 

Post Comments (93)

93 thoughts on "Commissioned by Christ"

  1. Stephanie Bishop says:

    I’m struggling with the verses about Jesus bringing war, not peace. Especially in light of other verses that say that Jesus is our peace (Ephesians 2:14). Maybe it’s peace with God vs. war with evil/the world? What do you all think? Seemingly contradictory passages like these give me pause when I feel prompted to share the gospel. For example, my SIL and BIL are PhD’s and not believers…it’s hard to witness when scriptures like these would seem like foolishness to their “educated” minds. I can just imagine them saying it’s all nonsense. I’m also not very light on my feet when it comes to apologetics/debate, and I don’t have a life-transforming testimony (I accepted Jesus in middle school, so didn’t have much “living in the world” beforehand to show a drastic change). How can Jesus bring both war and peace? How can we (I) share the gospel with people who don’t think the news about Jesus is good?

  2. Natalie Echavarria says:

    Wow, so good. What spoke to me the most was upon how the even the hair on our heads are counted. It’s a sweet reminder on the purpose God has for each of us. He has designed each of us a calling and we walk confident in that calling. As I am in a season of not knowing what will come next as recently my mother got diagnosed for the second time with breast cancer the doctor have confirmed this type is not curable. It is scary and worrisome but I trust the lord plan over her life. I’m running this journey with the Lord by my side. Only was to do so. Pray for healing, restoration and peace.

  3. Audren Bruszer says:

    I’m pray that those who don’t yet know Christ as Savior would become interested in the Word of God, and have a believer come to them through the Holy Spirit. That they learn how much they are worth to Jesus, and that they would be blessed with needs met by believers.

  4. Bridgette says:

    I pray for my daughter and her husband who currently don’t believe in the power of God and salvation through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I pray for their salvation in this very hour and that they turn to/depend on God in every area of their lives. I pray that they teach their children about Jesus. In Jesus name. Amen

  5. Rachel Reekers says:

    My husband and I lead a campus ministry in Wyoming. This past school year we fed 7 international students from Japan, Germany, and Russia in our home weekly. None of these students are Christ followers. Most claim to be agnostic. Our prayer as they return to their home countries is that God would place other Christians in their lives to water what was planted while they were in the states.

  6. Mari V says:

    Good morning beautiful sisters. I’ve been having little windows of time to share with my beautiful JW young friend. Since she sends me little encouraging notes herself I felt bold enough to do the same. All via text but I know they’re being read. She recently sent me an article about “bullying at the workplace“ and before I read it, I prayed for God to protect my mind and for discernment. What I read was good and I took in what I knew would be helpful. And turned around and sent her some very encouraging verses that mean a lot to me. Even a quote by Elisabeth Elliot. She enjoyed reading what I sent her and my heart was glad.

  7. Lexi B says:

    I pray salvation for my sister, Kelli. We grew up in the prosperity gospel and this has greatly schewed her view of God.

  8. Julie says:

    I am praying for those who feel unwelcome in the Church. Whenever I read about the eunuch and Phillip sharing the Good News with him, I consider the LGBTQ+ community and the Church. I hear many criticisms of the Church from those in the LGBTQ+ community. My prayers today are specifically for those in the LGBTQ+ community and for the Church to TRULY welcome those in this community and share the Good News, not condemnation.

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