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. 

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93 thoughts on "Commissioned by Christ"

  1. Bethany Bennett says:

    I have a similar situation with my son, who is in the military and in another country. I pray daily that God will put someone in his life that will be an example of Jesus to him to remind him of what he’s walked away from and encourage him to come back. Asking God to be the intercessor and show me how to pray for him is an excellent idea. I’ll pray for your daughter too, as well as others in this thread.

  2. Holly M. says:

    Thank you for your post! I feel the same way. I paused at that verse as well. I think you’re right. I think that the “war” part is referring to the world and our selfish desires/flesh/doubt and all that. I think it’s also probably about decisiveness. All believers have to make a choice at some point- either Jesus or the world, including our own families like it talked about in today’s reading. In that way, the gospel and Jesus sort of pit us against everything else. Even though Jesus us our peace and our souls can rest in Him, we are at war with our natural sinful selves, the world, Satan and his influence, everything that is not righteous. So yeah I think you’re totally right. And I know how you feel, I accepted Christ when I was 7. Of course I’ve made mistakes and have had experiences along the way that challenged and ultimately grew my faith, but there wasn’t a huge “before”. When I’m talking to friends or whoever about God that’s usually what I find myself referring to- the challenges along the way that shaped my faith into what it is today :)

  3. Kristie Paradis says:

    Lord, I pray to You now for the lost, the broken, the ones who do not know You. I lift each and every one up to you now in Jesus’ name. Please open their hearts and minds to receive the Good News and believe, and open their mouths to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord! God, I want to be Your hands and feet, and I ask that You give me boldness to speak up, unashamedly, with every person You put in my path. Please forgive me of all the wasted opportunities, where I chose not to speak up! God, I lift up unbelievers to You, please lead them away from worldly influences and towards Your Son, Jesus! Thank You, God, for all that You are doing, all that You have done, and all that You will do, in Jesus’ Name I pray, amen!

  4. Amy Detweiler says:

    Praying for my family (parents and siblings). Matthew 10:35 is feeling more and more accurate to describe my relationship with them, they claim to know God but they have taken up the popular cultures version of God not God of the Bible. More and more I see us having opposing responses to the same issue. Thankfully, we are still speaking and have a good relationship overall; praying God will use my husband and I to point them back to Him.

  5. Jennifer Adams says:

    I’ve been struggling with prayers for my daughter who has walked away from God. Actually I’m not sure she ever knew Him. I keep praying that God will send her a godly person to love her and guide her since we don’t live in the same state and I feel she doesn’t want to hear what I have to say. She’s really battling one bad situation after another. A wise friend recently told me that, instead of praying for what I think she needs, I should ask God how I can pray for her. So I guess I’m asking you all to pray along with me. Lord, show me how I can pray for my daughter.

  6. Stephanie Berling says:

    Heavenly Father, you know the hairs on our heads. You are with the sparrow when it falls. Thank you for capturing the heart, soul, and mind of my son. Please continue to be by his side through his ups and downs, turnarounds and jumps forward. He is being challenged by the accuser to see if he trusts his salvation. Show up in a way that shows him you are the one tue God and you have called him by name and know him. I pray that you would continue to mold my daughter’s hearts and remove the scales from their eyes so that they could see and know you are God and all authority is yours. Your mercies are new every morning. Thank you God. Amen.

  7. Jessica Waldren says:

    Prayers for my brother in law, he believes there is something greater than us but has not yet found God. He wants to be my youngest daughters God Father but I can’t agree to that when he doesn’t believe, I pray he will find God and be that guiding light for my girls.

  8. Penny Renfro says:

    My family is always in my prayers. Heavy on my heart now is my son who is questioning his faith and wants nothing to with the church and my future daughter-in-law who doesn’t believe in God.

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