Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 230
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Christopher Tjia singing … Ambassador of Christ … Poignantly and powerfully singing of how we Christians become ambassadors of reconciliation and Christ’s saving grace thru His word. … </b>
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Highlight Passage: … 2Corinthians 5:19-20 [NLT] …
19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And He gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”.
… Paul shows other Christians that we become ambassadors for God’s truth and His saving grace.
Highlight Passage (Context): … 2Corinthians 5:11-20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul shows fellow Christians (and us) that they (we) that Christians become ambassadors for God’s truth and His reconciling grace. .
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Reference Passage: … Isaiah 55:11 [NLT] …
11 It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it..
… God, thru the Prophet Isaiah, shows that God’s word, His truth, goes out to and thru others as God's ambassadors, … God’s messengers, … His Prophets and His believers.
Reference Passage: …Matthew 28:19 [NLT] …
19 Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.”
… Jesus, as He was raised back to Heaven after His resurrection, commands His disciples to become His ambassadors on earth until He comes again.
Reference Passage: …John 17:16-19 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus prays for those, who are born again, whom He sends into the world to be His ambassadors.
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 charges His discipled and born-again followers to become His witnesses (i.e., ambassadors) to this world.
Reference Passage: … Ephesians 6:19-20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle Paul, writing from prison, shows that, no matter where we are as Christians, or whatever our circumstances, … we should be ambassadors of Christ.
My Devotional Journal - Today's Our Daily Bread< author, Adam Holz… AT THIS LINK … showed how Subaru. marketing their brand in this internet world, developed thousands of loyal customers, promoting the company’s products online; … and calling these loyal fans, “Subbie Superfans.”
And in much the same way, … that’s what Jesus calls on those Whom He came to earth to save to become when they (we) become Christians. No, … not to promote Subaru cars … but to become ambassadors, or promoters (i.e., witnesses), for God’s word, His love, and His saving grace. And as my readers take in the linked song, and the Scriptures above, are you asking yourself - as I am today - what can I being doing today to be an ambassador for my Lord?
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for calling me and giving me the privilege, to be Your ambassador, Lord.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to be an ambassador for my Lord today. … AMEN
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1 comment:
Amen...we want this!
Kjetil
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