THE 366-DAY DISCIPLE-MAKING JOURNEY
BOOK 2 — LISTENING
Hearing God. Loving People. Responding in Obedience.

See Like an Eagle. Lead Like a Lion. Serve Like Christ.

Family Focus: Adult Siblings and Overseas Family Separation
Country of the Day: Philippines
Region: Asia
Prayer Focus: Overseas workers, separated families, adult siblings, parents waiting for children to return home, and families learning to listen beyond financial support.

Big Question

Can a family receive someone’s support for years and still fail to hear their loneliness?

Story

Every month, without fail, money arrived from Dubai.

In the small family home in Iloilo, the message usually came first on Maria Santos’ phone. A short notification would appear from the remittance centre, followed by a second message from her eldest son, Rafael. It was almost always written the same way: Ma, I sent something. Please use it for the house, medicines, and Ana’s school needs. I will call when I can. Maria would read the message twice, whisper a short prayer of gratitude, and then ask her daughter Ana to accompany her to collect the money.

For almost eleven years, Rafael had worked overseas. He first left the Philippines when Ana was still in secondary school and their father’s illness had placed the family under growing financial pressure. What was supposed to be a two-year contract became another renewal, then another, until his absence became part of the family’s ordinary life. He missed birthdays, baptisms, graduations, funerals, Christmas gatherings, town fiestas, and the quiet everyday moments that rarely appear important until they are gone forever.

Nobody doubted that Rafael loved his family. The repaired roof testified to it. So did Ana’s nursing degree, their mother’s maintenance medicines, the refrigerator bought after the old one finally died, and the small sari-sari store Maria operated from the front of the house. Whenever relatives praised the family’s improvement, Maria would say with quiet pride, “Rafael has been very good to us.” She meant every word. Yet in time, the family began speaking of him more as a provider than as a person.

Ana was the first to notice how naturally it happened. When school fees were due, someone would say, “Ask Kuya Rafael.” When their mother needed a medical check-up, the question became, “Has Rafael sent money?” When cousins planned a family gathering, they no longer asked whether he might join by video call; they simply assumed he was working. His presence had been replaced by his remittances, and because the money arrived faithfully, everyone assumed he was fine.

Rafael encouraged that assumption. During calls, he smiled easily and kept conversations brief. He asked about their mother’s blood pressure, Ana’s hospital shifts, the store’s sales, and repairs needed around the house. Whenever Maria asked whether he was eating well, he laughed and said, “Of course, Ma. You know me.” Whenever Ana asked whether he was tired, he changed the subject by asking whether her younger cousins were still troubling everyone at family gatherings. He had become skilled at sounding cheerful across distance.

Only one person seemed unconvinced. His childhood friend, Miguel Reyes, also worked in Dubai and occasionally saw him after Sunday service at a small Filipino fellowship. Miguel noticed that Rafael often lingered after everyone else had left, helping stack chairs or wipe tables long after the room was already clean. Once, when Miguel asked why he was not rushing back to the workers’ accommodation, Rafael shrugged and said there was no one waiting for him there anyway.

The sentence stayed with Miguel, but Rafael never repeated it. He was not the kind of man who complained. In the Filipino way many overseas workers learn quickly, he carried homesickness quietly because everyone back home needed him to remain strong. Loneliness felt selfish when school fees were unpaid. Exhaustion felt ungrateful when the family depended on his salary. So Rafael worked, sent money, smiled on video calls, and convinced everyone, including himself, that sacrifice was easier when nobody asked too many questions.

The trouble began in December, three weeks before Christmas. Maria had already started preparing for the season, cleaning the house and setting aside money for food, decorations, and small gifts. Ana had requested several days away from the hospital, hoping that, for the first time in years, Rafael might finally come home. He had hinted at it during a video call in October. Nothing definite, he had said, but perhaps this year. Maria repeated the words so often that they became hope.

Then the money arrived as usual, but Rafael did not call.

At first nobody worried. Work was demanding during the holiday season. Many overseas workers had longer shifts when others travelled. Ana sent a message thanking him for the transfer and asking whether his flight had been confirmed. The message showed delivered but not read. Maria called twice that evening, then again the next morning. No answer. By the second day, irritation began replacing concern.

“Maybe he is avoiding us because he cannot come home again,” Ana said while helping her mother arrange goods in the store. “He should just say so. We are used to it already.”

Maria did not respond immediately. She was counting canned goods on the shelf, but her hands had slowed. “Do not speak like that about your brother,” she said at last. “Everything you have now, God used him to help provide.”

Ana regretted the words almost immediately, but not enough to take them back. “I know, Ma. We all know. That is the problem sometimes. Every conversation about Kuya ends with what he paid for. Nobody talks about what we lost while he was gone.”

Maria looked at her daughter sharply, but something in Ana’s face stopped the correction from coming. The younger woman was not being ungrateful. She was grieving something difficult to name. Rafael had paid for her education, but he had not seen her walk across the graduation stage. He had sent money for their father’s treatment, but he had not been present when their father breathed his last. He had helped keep the family together, yet his absence had become one of the quiet wounds inside the house.

That night, Ana checked her phone repeatedly. Still nothing. On the third day, a message finally arrived, but not from Rafael. It came from Miguel in Dubai.

Ana, please call me when you can. It is about your brother.

Ana called immediately. Miguel answered on the second ring, and before he spoke, she heard the noise of traffic and wind, as though he was standing outside somewhere. His voice was careful, the way people sound when they are trying not to frighten someone while knowing there is no gentle way to say what must be said.

“Rafael is in the hospital,” he said. “He collapsed at work two nights ago. The doctors say it was exhaustion and dehydration, but there are other things too. He did not want me to call you because he said Mama would worry.”

For several seconds Ana could not answer. Her mother was standing beside her now, reading the fear on her face before hearing the words. When Ana finally repeated what Miguel had said, Maria sat slowly on the nearest chair and covered her mouth with one trembling hand.

Miguel continued gently. “There is something else. I think your brother has been struggling for a long time. Not only physically. He has been very lonely, Ana. He hides it well, but last month he told me he sometimes feels like a bank account with a voice.”

Ana closed her eyes. A bank account with a voice. The words exposed something the whole family had sensed but never faced. They had received his sacrifice with gratitude, but they had not always listened for the person beneath it. They had asked when he would send money, when he would come home, when he would help, when he would renew his contract, when he would call, but rarely had anyone asked the question that now seemed painfully obvious.

Kuya, how are you really doing?

That night, while Maria prayed quietly in the living room, Ana opened the family group chat and scrolled through months of messages. Nearly every conversation with Rafael contained requests, updates, thanks, and practical matters. There were receipts, tuition balances, medical results, house repairs, holiday plans, and photos of food he had paid for but never tasted. What she struggled to find were questions about his heart.

For the first time, she wondered whether love can become strangely one-sided even in a family that cares deeply. Not because people stop loving, but because need becomes louder than listening.

The following morning, Ana and her mother travelled to Manila to begin arrangements for the earliest available flight to Dubai. The hours passed slowly as they completed forms, spoke with the Philippine Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, and remained in regular contact with Miguel. Although Rafael’s condition had stabilised, the doctors advised that he would need several days of observation before travelling. Physically he was expected to recover. Emotionally, Miguel was less certain.

Late that afternoon Miguel called again. “There is something I think you should see before Rafael wakes up,” he said quietly. “He may not want me to show you, but I believe your family needs to understand what these years have really looked like.”

Using a video call, Miguel walked slowly into the small room Rafael shared with three other overseas workers. The room was neat but remarkably simple. Four narrow beds stood against the walls. A small wardrobe occupied one corner, while a single table served as both dining area and study space. Ana found herself looking around in disbelief. She had imagined that after so many years abroad her brother would be living comfortably. Instead, he had spent more than a decade in a room scarcely larger than the bedroom she occupied alone back home.

Miguel opened Rafael’s wardrobe to retrieve some clothes for the hospital. Everything inside was carefully folded. There were only a few shirts, several pairs of work overalls, a Bible, a notebook, and a worn envelope secured with a rubber band. As Miguel reached for the clothing, the envelope slipped onto the floor. Across the front, written in neat handwriting, were the words, “Things I Hope To Tell My Family One Day.”

Miguel hesitated. “I shouldn’t read this,” he said. “It belongs to Rafael.” Ana agreed immediately. Yet before ending the call, Miguel noticed that a single sheet had partially slipped from the envelope. It was not a letter but a page containing dates with short handwritten notes beside each one. None of them revealed private secrets, yet each quietly told the story of a man his family thought they knew.

The first entry read, “Christmas — declined invitation from colleagues. Double shift today. Extra overtime will cover Ana’s first semester.” Another read, “Birthday. Bought nothing for myself. Sent everything home. Mama sounded happy today.” A third simply said, “Father’s operation successful. Thank You, Lord.”

As Miguel gently turned the pages, the entries continued year after year. They were not records of sacrifice written to impress anyone. They resembled private conversations between Rafael and God. Sometimes he thanked the Lord for giving him strength. Sometimes he admitted feeling lonely. Occasionally he asked for forgiveness because he had begun resenting the distance from home. Yet almost every page ended with the same simple prayer: “Please let my family never feel guilty for this.”

Maria quietly wiped away tears as she listened. “He never wanted us to carry the burden,” she whispered. “All these years I thanked God for providing through Rafael, but I never asked God how Rafael himself was surviving.”

Several days later, when Rafael was strong enough to receive visitors, Ana and her mother arrived at the hospital. He smiled the moment he saw them, apologising before either of them could speak. “I’m sorry I worried you,” he said. “It was only exhaustion. I’ll be back at work before long.”

Maria walked to his bedside and gently took both his hands into hers. For several moments she simply looked at him. The lines on his face seemed deeper than she remembered, and there was more grey in his hair than any video call had revealed. Distance had hidden what time had quietly been doing.

“No, my son,” she replied softly. “This time we are not going to talk about the house, the store, the bills, or the money. We have talked about those things for eleven years.” She paused before asking the question that should have been asked long ago. “Tell me about Rafael. How is my son really doing?”

For the first time since leaving the Philippines, Rafael did not know how to answer. He had spent so many years protecting everyone else from his struggles that he had almost forgotten how to describe them. The brave smile slowly disappeared, replaced by quiet tears that he no longer tried to hide.

“Some days,” he admitted, his voice trembling, “I don’t miss home because I left it. I miss home because I’m beginning to wonder whether home still remembers me. Every month I send part of myself back to the Philippines, but sometimes I feel that the only part of me everyone is waiting for is the money.”

The words settled heavily over the room. Ana lowered her head, unable to stop the tears. She remembered every message asking when the next transfer would arrive, every hurried conversation about expenses, every promise to talk properly another day. None of them had intended to reduce Rafael to his earnings, yet somewhere along the journey they had stopped listening to the brother behind the provider.

Maria reached forward and embraced her son. “Forgive us,” she whispered. “We thanked God for your provision, but we forgot to care for the provider. We celebrated what your hands were sending, but we stopped asking what your heart was carrying.”

No miracle erased the years they had lost, nor could one conversation remove the sacrifices that had marked Rafael’s life. Yet something began to change that afternoon. Before discussing contracts, flights, or finances, they simply remained together, speaking honestly and listening without hurry. For the first time in many years, Rafael was no longer the family’s provider. He was once again their son, their brother, and someone whose own burdens deserved to be heard.

As they prepared to leave the hospital that evening, Maria looked at her son with a gentle smile. “Whether you ever work overseas again is a decision we will make together,” she said. “But one thing will never happen again. We will never confuse your sacrifice with your identity. We don’t just need what you send us. We need you.”

Kingdom Insight

One of the quietest dangers within families is allowing people to become known only by the role they perform. A father becomes the income earner. A mother becomes the caregiver. An older sibling becomes the responsible one. A younger sibling becomes the one who always needs help. Over time, we stop seeing the person and begin relating only to the role.

That was the tragedy in Rafael’s story. His family loved him deeply, but much of their communication gradually centred on what he provided rather than how he was doing. They celebrated his generosity, appreciated his sacrifices, and depended upon his faithfulness. Yet somewhere along the way they stopped asking about the burdens he quietly carried. Without intending to do so, they allowed his identity to become inseparable from his ability to meet their needs.

This happens more often than we realise. Many people faithfully serve their families, churches, workplaces, and communities while silently carrying exhaustion, loneliness, grief, or disappointment. Because they appear strong, others assume they do not need encouragement. Because they rarely complain, people conclude that everything must be fine. Sometimes the strongest person in the room is the one who most needs someone to ask, “How are you really doing?”

God never treats people merely as instruments to accomplish His purposes. He knows each person by name. He sees the hidden sacrifices that no one else notices. He hears prayers that are never spoken aloud and understands burdens that words cannot fully express. The Lord who calls us to serve also calls us to care for one another.

Listening is one of the greatest ways we honour another person. When we slow down long enough to hear someone’s heart, we remind them that they are valued not simply for what they do but for who they are. Healthy discipleship begins with seeing people through the eyes of Christ rather than through the usefulness of the roles they fulfil.

Reflecting on the Story

• Which part of Rafael’s story touched you most deeply?
• How did the family’s gratitude slowly become dependence without deeper understanding?
• Why did Rafael find it difficult to speak honestly about his own struggles?
• Have you ever been known more for what you provide than for who you are?
• Have you ever unintentionally treated someone according to their role rather than their personhood?
• Who in your life faithfully carries responsibilities without much recognition?
• What practical lesson does today’s story teach about listening?
• How might one sincere question have changed Rafael’s journey much earlier?

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1

Personal Journey — Full Bible Track:

Exodus 31
Psalm 81

Discovery Questions

What does today’s reading teach us about God?

What does today’s reading teach us about people?

Is there a command to obey?

Is there a promise to believe?

Is there a warning to heed?

Is there a sin to avoid?

Is there an example to follow?

What is God saying to you personally today?

Exploring Today’s Scriptures

In 2 Corinthians 1, Paul introduces God as “the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort.” Paul does not pretend that faithful believers will never experience hardship. He speaks openly about suffering so severe that he and his companions despaired even of life. Yet within that affliction, they discovered that God’s comfort was greater than their pain.

Paul explains that God comforts us not merely to make us feel better, but so that we may become channels of comfort to others. The encouragement, strength, and mercy we receive from God are meant to flow through us into the lives of people who are hurting. Our wounds can become places from which compassion grows when they have been surrendered to God.

Paul also reveals that the pressure he experienced taught him not to depend upon himself, but upon “God who raises the dead.” Sometimes God allows our strength to reach its limits so that our confidence can be transferred from ourselves to Him. What feels like the end of our ability may become the beginning of a deeper dependence upon God.

Later in the chapter, Paul declares that all the promises of God find their “Yes” in Jesus Christ. God is faithful, even when circumstances are uncertain. He establishes His people, anoints them, seals them as His own, and gives the Holy Spirit as the guarantee of what is still to come. Our confidence is therefore not rooted in changing circumstances but in the unchanging character of God.

Exodus 31 reveals another dimension of God’s care for His people. God called Bezalel by name and filled him with the Spirit of God, giving him wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and skill for the work of constructing the tabernacle. Oholiab and other skilled workers were also appointed to serve alongside him.

This passage teaches us that God does not only empower people to preach, sing, pray, or lead publicly. He also gives wisdom and ability for craftsmanship, administration, design, construction, organisation, and practical service. Every God-given ability can become an instrument of worship when it is offered back to Him.

Exodus 31 also reminds Israel to observe the Sabbath. Even those involved in important work for God were not permitted to work without rest. Their calling did not cancel their need for renewal. God wanted His people to understand that their identity depended upon their relationship with Him, not merely upon what they were able to accomplish.

Psalm 81 begins with an invitation to sing joyfully to God. It remembers how the Lord removed the burdens of His people and delivered them when they cried out in distress. Yet the psalm soon becomes a loving warning. God’s people had stopped listening to His voice and had begun following the desires of their own hearts.

The Lord’s words reveal both His grief and His generosity: “Oh, that My people would listen to Me.” God desired to guide, defend, and satisfy them, but they needed to respond in obedience. He invited them to open their mouths wide so that He could fill them. God was not withholding goodness from them; He was calling them back into a relationship of trust and obedience.

Taken together, today’s passages reveal a powerful truth: God sees the people carrying heavy burdens, comforts those who are overwhelmed, empowers people for their assignments, commands them to rest, and patiently calls them to listen to His voice.

Those who constantly care for others may appear strong while quietly carrying deep emotional pressure. Those who faithfully provide for their families may also need comfort, encouragement, rest, and someone who will sincerely listen to them.

God does not value people only for what they produce. He knows them by name, understands their burdens, equips them for their responsibilities, and invites them to receive comfort from Him.

Which verse spoke most clearly to your heart today?

Where do you currently need to experience the comfort of God?

Has God comforted you through a difficult season so that you can encourage someone else?

Are you depending entirely upon your own strength, or upon the God who raises the dead?

What ability, profession, or practical skill has God entrusted to you?

Are you using that ability as an act of worship and service?

Have responsibilities become so demanding that you have neglected rest, worship, or fellowship with God?

Is there an area in which God has been speaking, but you have not been listening?

Which promise of God do you need to remember is “Yes” in Christ?

What practical step will you take today because of what you have learned?

Listening Questions

What do you sense God saying to you through today’s story and Scripture?

Which truth has remained with you the longest?

Where do you most need the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort?

Who comes to mind as you reflect on people carrying hidden burdens?

Is there someone whose strength has caused you to overlook their pain?

Who has faithfully supported others but may have no one supporting them?

What burden have you been trying to carry through your own strength?

Is God inviting you to slow down, rest, and listen again?

What ability or gift is the Holy Spirit asking you to use more faithfully?

Who can you comfort with the same comfort God has given you?

What act of obedience is the Holy Spirit inviting you to take before this day ends?

Seeing Life Through God’s Word

Rafael faithfully carried responsibilities that blessed his family for more than a decade. Because he consistently sent financial support, solved problems, and responded whenever there was a need, his family gradually began to see him primarily as the strong and dependable provider.

They appreciated what he did, but they did not always recognise what he was carrying.

Rafael’s greatest need was not financial. He longed to be known, heard, encouraged, and loved as a son and a brother rather than simply contacted whenever someone required assistance. His family never deliberately decided to neglect him. The demands of life simply became louder than the quiet needs of his heart.

Second Corinthians 1 reminds us that even faithful servants experience pressure and need comfort. Paul was an apostle, a leader, and a source of encouragement to many, yet he openly acknowledged that he had been overwhelmed beyond his own ability to endure. His strength did not remove his need for God or for the prayers of other believers.

Exodus 31 shows us that God knew Bezalel by name before mentioning the work he would perform. God valued the person before describing the assignment. He filled Bezalel with His Spirit, surrounded him with others who could help, and commanded the entire community to honour periods of rest.

Psalm 81 reveals a God who removes burdens, responds to cries of distress, and invites His people to listen. The Lord does not merely demand more work from weary people. He calls them back to Himself so that He can guide, strengthen, and satisfy them.

Together, these passages remind us that people are more than the responsibilities they carry. Healthy families and Christian communities do not merely appreciate what people provide; they intentionally care for the people themselves.

Strong people need comfort.

Responsible people need encouragement.

Generous people need someone to ask about their own needs.

Those who continually support others also need places where they can speak honestly, rest safely, and receive prayer.

Today’s Connecting Question

Is there someone in your family whose responsibilities you appreciate, but whose burdens, emotions, and spiritual needs you have not truly taken time to understand?

Commands to Obey

Comfort others with the comfort you have received from God.

Depend upon God rather than relying entirely upon your own strength.

Pray for those who are experiencing severe pressure or affliction.

Remember that every promise of God is fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

Recognise that God-given skills and practical abilities can be used for His glory.

Value people before evaluating what they produce.

Honour appropriate periods of rest and spiritual renewal.

Listen attentively when God speaks through His Word and His Spirit.

Take time to ask sincere questions and listen with patience.

Encourage those who faithfully carry responsibilities for others.

Care for the person behind the responsibility.

Things to Avoid

Avoid assuming that faithful believers never feel overwhelmed.

Avoid reducing people to what they provide or accomplish.

Avoid believing that strong people do not need comfort or encouragement.

Avoid depending entirely upon your own intelligence, resources, or ability.

Avoid treating practical skills as less spiritual or less valuable than public ministry.

Avoid allowing important assignments to destroy your need for rest and fellowship with God.

Avoid ignoring God’s voice while following the desires of your own heart.

Avoid contacting people only when you need something from them.

Avoid allowing busyness to replace meaningful conversations.

Avoid overlooking signs of loneliness because someone appears successful.

Avoid postponing important conversations with loved ones.

Avoid forgetting that every person may be carrying burdens that are not immediately visible.

Kingdom Action Step

Today, intentionally contact someone who regularly carries responsibility for others. It may be a parent, an overseas worker, a pastor, a caregiver, a teacher, a business owner, a ministry leader, or a family member who quietly supports everyone else.

Do not begin the conversation with a request, a problem, or an update about what you need. Begin by asking about them.

You may find these questions helpful:

“How are you really doing?”

“What has been the most difficult part of this season for you?”

“Is there anything you have been carrying that you have not been able to discuss with anyone?”

“Where do you most need God’s comfort at this time?”

“Have you been able to rest properly?”

“How can I pray for you?”

Listen without interrupting or rushing the conversation. Resist the urge to solve every problem immediately. Do not minimise their feelings simply because they have survived difficult situations before.

After listening, pray with them. Remind them that God is the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. Encourage them with a promise from Scripture and assure them that they are valued for who they are, not merely for what they provide.

Sometimes the greatest gift we can give another person is the assurance that they have been heard, understood, supported, and loved.

Prayer

Personal
Heavenly Father, thank You for seeing every hidden sacrifice that no one else notices. Forgive me for the times I have been so focused on what people do for me that I failed to see what they were carrying within. Give me a heart that listens with compassion, speaks with grace, and values people because they are created in Your image. Help me to become an encouragement to those who quietly serve others every day.

Immediate Family
Lord, strengthen our families with deeper love and understanding. Teach us to ask meaningful questions, to listen carefully, and to notice when someone is becoming weary. Remove loneliness from our homes. Help every member of the family to feel seen, appreciated, and loved, not merely for what they contribute but for who they are.

Extended Family
Father, remember our relatives living both near and far. Comfort those separated from loved ones because of work, education, illness, conflict, or migration. Restore broken communication, heal strained relationships, and strengthen the bonds of love that unite our families across every distance.

Church Family and Community
Lord, help our churches become communities where faithful servants are known, encouraged, and cared for. Protect pastors, missionaries, volunteers, worship leaders, caregivers, and those who quietly labour behind the scenes. Raise congregations that recognise hidden faithfulness and strengthen those who often carry the heaviest burdens.

Prayer for the Philippines
Father, we pray for the Philippines. Bless families separated by overseas employment and economic hardship. Protect Filipino workers serving around the world. Give them strength, wisdom, good health, and Your continual presence. Comfort parents waiting for children to return home, strengthen marriages separated by distance, and raise churches that care for families living through prolonged separation. May many come to know Jesus Christ and experience the hope that only He can give.

Prayer for Asia
Lord, we lift before You every nation across Asia. Strengthen families facing economic pressures, migration, and separation. Raise disciple-makers who will faithfully proclaim the Gospel, strengthen local churches, and help families discover hope, healing, and restoration through Jesus Christ.

Prayer for the Unreached
Father, we remember the unreached peoples throughout Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East. Send labourers into every community that has not yet heard the Good News. Open hearts to receive Christ, establish multiplying disciple-making movements, and let future generations grow up knowing Your love and salvation.

Daily Declaration

Today I choose to see people as God sees them.
I will value people above the roles they perform.
I will listen with patience and speak with kindness.
I will encourage those who quietly carry heavy responsibilities.
I will not overlook hidden sacrifices.
I will strengthen my family through love, gratitude, and understanding.
I will become a faithful disciple who reflects the compassion of Christ.
I will see like an eagle.
I will lead like a lion.
I will serve like Christ.
In Jesus’ name.
Amen.

Share the Journey

Share today’s lesson with someone serving away from home, a family member living overseas, a caregiver, a parent, a pastor, or anyone whose quiet sacrifices may have gone unnoticed. Encourage them to remember that God sees every act of faithful service, and encourage those around them to listen not only to their words but also to their hearts.

“The greatest burden many faithful people carry is not the work they do, but the feeling that no one notices the heart behind it.”

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Report Your Growth

• What did God say to you through today’s story and Scripture?
• Who in your life has quietly sacrificed for others without much recognition?
• Is there someone you need to thank, encourage, or simply listen to this week?
• Have you unintentionally valued someone’s contribution more than the person themselves?
• What practical change will you make to become a better listener within your family?
• How will today’s lesson shape the way you relate to people who serve faithfully?
• Who will you share today’s lesson with before the end of this week?