The Ministry of the Reader: A Well Trained Tongue

“The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them.  Morning after morning God opens my ear that I may hear; and I have not rebelled, have not turned back.” Isaiah 50: 4

What prompts a person to leave the pew within a worshipping assembly and volunteer to proclaim the God’s word as a reader? The reasons vary with every person’s story. Whatever draws you to this ministry, know that God will accept your motivation and accomplish the goal of speaking to people’s heart through your ministry. God depends on your growing love and passion for the word of God to take root in your own heart so that God’s voice will be the one that the assembly hears when you proclaim God’s word. 

A workshop for ministers of the Word for St. Clare Parish in Westerly, Rhode Island, 2012.