March 16, 2024 … Ambassadors of God’s Grace …

March 16, 2024 … Ambassadors of God’s Grace …       

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Steve Green  singing … People Need The Lord …  Poignantly, and yet  powerfully, singing of being called by God’s Spirit and His word to share the grace of God for lost people who desperately need saving. 

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Highlight Passage: … Acts 16:9 [NLT] … 

9 That night Paul had a vision: A man from Macedonia in northern Greece was standing there, pleading with him,  “Come over to Macedonia and help us!”            

… The Apostle Paul in a vision is called to a region in Asia Minor to share the Gospel with the people there.                     

<b><u>Highlight Passage (in context) </u> …  Acts 16:1-10 … USE THIS LINK … </b>

… God’s Spirit gives Paul a calling to go to Macedonia and share Christ with the people there.  

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

… Jesus, just before re-entering heaven proclaims His “Great Commission” calling to all Christians.              

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

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

… Mark’s post resurrection version of Jesus calling all Christians to go into ALL the world and preach the Gospel to the lost who need God’s saving grace (ie., Jesus Great Commission).         

Reference Passage </u>: … 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 EVERWHERE — in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”  

… Jesus’ charge (i.e., HIs calling) to all Christians to become Christ’s witness in all the world.

Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 5:20-21 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to becoming ambassadors of/for Christ, helping the lost to be reconciled to God.         

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 2:9, 3:15 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Peter calls fellow Christians to always be ready to show others, who need God’s saving grace, how they can share in God’s love.  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Bill Crowder -  AT THIS LINK -  writes of how the Church of England, in 1701, founded an organization,  The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel,  in order to fulfill God’s Great Commission to send Christ’s ambassadors into all the world (see Matt 28:19-20 and Mark 16:15 and Acts 1:8).  

But as for me, today’s ODB entry, was a strong reminder of God’s call for all Christians to become His ambassadors of Christ’s love and grace and to share God’s saving grace with a world of lost souls, desperately needing the Lord (as Steve Green sings in the linked song).  What will we do today to share Christ with someone who obviously needs the Lord?  Will we be ready and willing to share the Gospel story?                     

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for calling me to be Your ambassador of saving grace, … ALWAYS! …     

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to be ready, even today, to share Your love and grace, Lord, with any who need You.    … Amen

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