June 21, 2024 … He said, “Go!” …

June 21, 2024 … He said, “Go!”  …      

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Marty Goetz singing Hineni … poignantly singing of how our Lord calls His chosen to “GO” and witness to His name with the good news of God’s glory and grace. 

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Highlight Passage: … 1Corinthians 1:26  [NLT] … 

26 Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you.          

…  The Apostle Paul reminds fellow Christians that few were wise or powerful in the eyes of the world when they were called to serve the LORD.                                                                                            

Highlight Passage (in context): … 1Corinthians 1:26-31 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Paul teaches Christians in Corinth (and us) that all they (we) don’t have to be powerful in this world, just to be willing to follow the Lord faithfully.                                                                          

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

…  God, thru Solomon, shows that all we need to serve our Lord is to trust in Him and He will show the way to go to serve Him. 

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 His disciples and faithful followers to be HIs witnesses in the world.       

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

… Jesus, just before re-entering heaven, commissions ALL CHRISTIANS to go and make disciples, … teaching them all that God’s word leads us to do in God’s name and for His glory..      

Reference Passage: … Romans 12:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle Paul exhorts an calls on fellow Christians to become living sacrifices and servants of God, avoiding the influences of the world in what they (we) think, say, and do.    

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 2:8-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches fellow Christians that we become God’s servants by our faith in God’s saving and sanctifying grace.   

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Arthur Jacks-  AT THIS LINK  -  relates the testimony of Augustus Toplady, who authored the timeless Christian hymn, “Rock Of Ages.” and who told of hearing James Morris preach and about whom he said,  “Strange that I . . . should be brought nigh unto God . . . amidst a handful of God’s people met together in a barn, and under the ministry of one who could hardly spell his name. Surely this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous.”

And the ODB entry illustrates how any Christian, no matter their (our) education or worldly power, can - and will - be used of God if they (we) merely trust God and are willing “to go” and follow God’s great commission (see Scriptures shared below, especially Matthew 28:19-20).      

And any/all of my readers today need to ask today - as am I - if we’re willing to say to God, as Marty Goetz sings in the linked song, “Here I am, Lord; … send  me!”       

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

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying today that those who read with me here will join me to GO and be Your witness to Your glory, Lord, again today.       … Amen

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