Preach the Word;

be ready in season

   and out of season;

reprove, rebuke

          and exhort,

with complete patience

    and teaching.

            2 Timothy 4. 2

(Whether we know it or not,

    we are all

    preachers of the Word,

in how we speak,

in what we talk about,

in how we see need,

  and in how we respond.

Others may not

    remember what we say,

but they will always

    remember how we love them.

The gospel is

        never out of season.

Grace always bears

          the sweetest fruit.

May we be ready

   -- not with a honed script--

but with hearts watchful

 for serving God

 and loving others,

knowing His Word

    and living it out.)

O LORD,

Penetrate our hearts

    with the gospel,

that no matter where we are

or what we are doing,

You are using us

      for Your Kingdom,

even in what we don't see or

   consider as ministry.

May Your Word be

    that seamlessly woven,

an automatic reaction

a supernatural response

  wherever we are,

  among whomever,

  in the most unexpected

     situations and places.

Help us to be ready,

even when we are

         taken by surprise,

even when the situation

    has suddenly ripened

to sow Your Word into it.