Yesterday’s assignment was to do a time and energy budget of your ministry’s activities. Did anything immediately leap from the list as you wrote it down?

If not, then maybe today’s exercise will help. Take your same list and next to each row write whether or not this activity is inward or outward. Next, write a no-more-than-one sentence description of why your faith community is engaged in the activity. Now prayerfully, read the list one more time and as you go over each item ask God to tell you whether it is a wise use of your ministry resources.