May 7, 2021 … Winning Words … 

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 127 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Hawk Nelson singing … Words … powerfully singing of the power of words to lift others up or tear them down. 

Powerful Words of Life in Sharing the Gospel ... 

 

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Highlight Passage:  Ephesians 6:18-19 [ESV] …  

18 … praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, 19 and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, …

… Paul wanted fellow Christians to pray that he would have the right words to share the Gospel with others.   

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Highlight Passage [Context]: …  Ephesians 6:10-20 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Paul, shows fellow Christians the power of our words to do battle for God’s Kingdom.  

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 12:18, 16:24, 18:21  [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God thru Solomon shows the power of our words …  

Reference Passag: … Matthew 12:36-37  [ESV] …  

36 I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, 37 for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” 

… Jesus declares the truth about God’s judgment on EVERY WORD that we speak,    

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 4:29 [ESV] …  

<i>  29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. </i> 

… God, thru Paul, exhorts Christians to speak only those words which edify or give grace to the hearers.

Reference Passage: … Hebrews 4:12 [ESV] …  

12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 

… God, thru the author of Hebrews, shows the power of His - and our - words.  

Reference Passage: … James 3:1-12  [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …  

… God, thru James, warns of the power and the danger of our use of words.  

 

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Monica La Rose, AT THIS LINK …   writes about a modern school of Christian thought which espouses relearning how to use our language to share the gospel, … espousing that many words we use have lost the power of their meaning in sharing the power of the Gospel to save others. 

And if any reader with me here has seriously listened to the linked song and meditated deeply in the Scriptures above, we’ll see that what we share from our mouths or our digital devices today has great power; and according to Jesus, Himself, (see Matt. 12:36-37), … we are being held accountable to God for every word we utter or share with others.  And Paul, in the highlight passage from Eph 6:10-20, shows that our words are the strongest weapon we have in sharing the Gospel (see also Eph 4:29 and James 3:1-12); and Paul (again in Eph. 6:19-20) wanted other Christians to be praying that he would have the right words to share the Gospel with others.

And I pray that for all of us as well.  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me the power Your words of truth to share You with others.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to use Godly-wise words today to share Your Gospel truth with others.   … Amen

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