May 2 2025 … “Can I Get A Witness?!” …

May 2 2025 …   “Can I Get A Witness?!” …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with Shawna Edwards and a worship chorus singing  … I Am A Witness,  calling on all Christians to to be witnesses for the love of God.

Highlight Passage: …  1Peter 3:15 … [NLT] … 

15 Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it.             

…  Peter calls on fellow Christians to be ready  - at all times - to give a witness about Christ in our lives.  

           

Highlight Passage (in context): … 1Peter 3:13-16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Peter speaks to suffering Christians to be willing to witness for Christ by being a willing witness of Him in this world.                                                                           

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 119:46 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… King David sings of not being ashamed to speak of God and His laws.        

Reference Passage: … Matthew 24:42-44  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches that His disciples must ALWAYS be prepared to witness for him since we don’t know when His will come again.         

Reference Passage: … Acts 1:8  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus commissions all born-again Christians to be witnesses in/for His Name as we live and follow His Spirit in this world.   

Reference Passage: … Colossians 4:6  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul teaches that our speech and conversation, as born-again Christians, should  be “seasoned with salt” (i.e., gracious and attractive).  

Reference Passage: …  James 1:27 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus’ earthly brother, James, calls on fellow Christians to be witnesses of God’s love by witnessing for Christ by reaching out to help widows and orphans.  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author - Elisa Morgan … AT THIS LINK         …  wrote about a friend, named Bert, who was surprised wen he gave his credit card to a a server in a restaurant who saw a quote from the Bible from John 14:6 on the credit card which declared that Jesus is “the way, the truth, and the life” and reading that the server said said ”That’s so arrogant,”, giving Bert the quiet opportunity to witness the truth about Jesus to the server.   

And that’s what today’s ODB entry, the linked song, and the Scriptures shared above address, don’t they?  As we Christians live our lives in a world which is hostile to our call to be witnesses for Christ, we likely will encounter those who question or challenge our faith in Christ.  And that’s why you find me here, daily, praying, preparing and readying myself to give an answer for Christ to those who might challenge or question me or my devotion to the Lord in my life.  Are we all ready to answer if someone challenges our faith today?  

         

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for calling me to be Your witness today.  

 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray, … again today, … that we all are ready to be Your witness, Lord,… TODAY!  … AMEN

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