September 30, 2023 … Used For God’s Glory …

September 30, 2023 … Used For God’s Glory …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Chris Tomlin, singing … Faithful … Poignantly singing of how we, Christians, can trust the faithfulness of God. 

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Highlight Passage: … Joshua 2:11 [NLT] … 

11 No wonder our hearts have melted in fear! No one has the courage to fight after hearing such things. For the Lord your God is the supreme God of the heavens above and the earth below.  

… Rahab expresses faith in the God of Jacob and the one true God.                         

               

Highlight Passage (Context): … Joshua 2:1-4, 9-14  [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… The story of God using the faith of Rahab for His glory.                                                              

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

… God’s word, thru Solomon, charges believers to trust in God’s faithfulness … ALWAYS!      

Reference Passage: … Matthew 28:19-20 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… Jesus calls all Christians to be His faithful followers - ALWYS - promising to be with us ALWAYS.  .           

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 calls all Christians to be His faithful witnesses everywhere and always.          

Reference Passage: …  2Thessalonians 3:3  [NLT] … 

3 But the Lord is faithful; He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.  

… The Apostle Paul promises fellow Christians that our God is faithful to give us His strength in dealing with our enemies.        

Reference Passage: … Hebrews 11:31  [NLT] … 

31 It was by faith that Rahab the prostitute was not destroyed with the people in her city who refused to obey God. For she had given a friendly welcome to the spies. 

… God’s word documents Rehab’s faith in serving God.    

                                                                              

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Kenneth Peters … AT THIS LINK …  writes about how Hollywood often depicts spies as flamboyant with fancy cars and dangerous confrontations with their enemies.   However, the Bible uses Rahab (see highlight passage) as an example of God’s double-agent, … His spy who appeared to be as far from looking like a spy as one could.  .  

Do we Christians realize that we are all called to be double-agents for our Lord, … witnessing and serving our God (see Acts 1:8)</b> wherever we are?  So, … what can we do today to be His double-agent, sharing how God transforms the lives of those who quietly, but faithfully, witness  to others of His glory.   

      

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for calling me to be Your faithful witness today.                         

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to faithfully trust You, Lord, and to be Your double-agent whenever You give us the opportunity to witness of Your glory.     … Amen

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