The word intentional means “ done on purpose; deliberate.”

I looked up what it means to be intentional, and this is what google told me: making deliberate choices to reflect what is most important to us. 

For Christians, what does this mean? 

Let’s first ask, what is most important to Christians? 

I would guess the Bible, prayer, worship, community, family, relationships, serving, stewardship, etc.

So if these things are assumed to be most important to Christians, according to what we can know from the Bible, then these are also things Christians should be intentional about, right? 

Well, Christian, are you? 

I can say that I fall short often, very often. I do love my Bible and prayer and worship, all those things, but in the day to day am I really being intentional about it? 

Am I really being intentional with my Bible time? 

Am I really being intentional with my prayer life? 

Am I really being intentional in my relationships?

Am I really being intentional in my serving, giving, stewardship? 

Ask yourself the same question, and be honest.. 

In this world we live in it is so crucial to be intentional in these things. Because what does being intentional produce? It produces a strong believer, and that produces a Gospel sharer, who then produces a disciple maker, who then produces a seed planted in so many people. And that produces a lot of people worshiping our God. 

Christian, be intentional, all for the sake of the Gospel. 

“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”

Romans 12:1-2