Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 56
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Chris Tomlin singing about … Jesus … powerfully singing of how we Christians are called to share JESUS everywhere and always.
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Highlight Passage: … Acts 5:42 [NLT] …
42 And every day, in the Temple and from house to house, they continued to teach and preach this message: “Jesus is the Messiah.”
…The Apostle went forth, even under persecution, and shared the Name of Jesus as the Messiah.
Highlight Passage (Context): … Acts 5:17-21, 25-29, 41-42 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostles were charged by God to go out from persecution to share Jesus everywhere and to all who would hear.
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Reference Passage: … Matthew 28:19-20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus, upon His return to heaven after the resurrection, commands all disciples (that’s us!) to go forth and share the Gospel, making other disciples in His name with His promise to be with us forever.
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 the eleven remain disciples and changes them to go and share the good news to everyone who will listen.
Reference Passage: …John 14:6 [NLT] …
6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
… In the upper room, Jesus shows His disciples that HE is the ONLY way for others to go to the Father.
Reference Passage: … Acts 1:8 [NLT] …
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
… Jesus declares and charges all who would be His disciples to be His witnesses to the entire world.
Reference Passage: … Philemon 1:6 [NLT] …
6 And I am praying that you will put into action the generosity that comes from your faith as you understand and experience all the good things we have in Christ.
… The Apostle Paul to a fellow Christian, shows Paul’s desire that Philemon (and all Christians) put their (our) faith into action by living for Christ.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Alyson Kieda … AT THIS LINK … tells how a Christian musician and band leader was told by his agents to back off from sharing Jesus to help those who were offended by hearing about Jesus. But the band leader responded by saying, “The entire point of my music is to share my faith in Christ. . . . No way [am I] going to be silent.”
And if my readers have taken in the linked song and meditated on the Scriptures above, that’s the attitude all Christians are called - no less than by Jesus Himself (see Matt 28:19-20 and Acts 1:8 - to go forth everyday to anyone who’ll listen to share our witness and testimony that faith in Jesus is the ONLY WAY to Heaven.
So, I’m also praying that we ALL take every opportunity to share the Good News of Christ with some one God puts in our path today … or tomorrow.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me the opportunity to share Your love/grace with someone …. maybe even today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to go, as You’ve called us, Lord, to be Your witness today. … Amen
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1 comment:
Amen and amen!
Kjetil
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