November 20, 2022 … Rational Faith …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 324 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group New Wine Worship singing … Faith and Faithfulness … poignantly and powerfully singing of how we share our faith in all the challenges of life with faithfulness. 

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Highlight Passage: … 1Peter 3:14-15  [ESV] …  

14 But even if you suffer for doing what is right, God will reward you for it. So don’t worry or be afraid of their threats. 15 Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it.   

… Peter challenges fellow Christians under persecution to share their (and our) faith no matter what we might face from the world.                                                                 

Highlight Passage (Context): … 1Peter 3:13-18 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Peter shows persecuted Christians how they (we) must share their (our) faith in the face of challenges in this world.                                                                                                                   

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Reference Passage: …  Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …

… God, thru Solomon, calls on His own (that’s us!) to trust in Him to lead us no matter what we face in life.  

Reference Passage: …  Matthew 28:18-20 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …

… Jesus commissions His disciples (that’s us!) to take His gospel to the world knowing that He will be with us no matter what we face.     

Reference Passage: … Mark 16:15 [NLT] … 

15 And then He told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.  

…  After the resurrection, Jesus appears to His fearful disciples and charges them to trust Him to take His gospel to the world.  

    

Reference Passage: … Romans 1:16 [NLT] …  

<i> 16 For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile. </i> 

…  Paul shows his confidence in sharing The Gospel with ANYONE … ANYWHERE!      

Reference Passage: … 2Timothy 2:1:7-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…  Paul shows Timothy (and us) that we, as the Lord’s disciples, should never be ashamed or fearful to share God’s good news with others.          

                                                                              

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Bill Crowder… AT THIS LINK …    ells of C.S. Lewis, in 1941, establishing a “Socratic Club” at Oxford University to promote debate and discussion between atheists and Christians, … feeling that Christian faith ought to be able to stand up to reasonable debate.            

And if my readers have taken in and meditated on the Scriptures above, we, who declare our faith in God’s declared “Good News” (i.e., The Gospel), must be willing - and with the enabling grace of God’s Spirit - to faithfully stand up to those who will challenge our faith.  And they will!!

So, are you ready to join me to willingly and faithfully stand up to a world who will come to challenge our faith today?                                                 

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for  giving me the truth of Your word to stand up to the world today.    

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to use the strength of Your word, Lord, to stand up to those who will come against Your truth today … and tomorrow!     …  Amen

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