Aug 11, 2025 … Called To Serve …

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   … Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with Steve Green singing … People Need The Lord,  … calling on Christians to carry out God’s calling to take His good news of salvation to the world.

We are called to serve ... 

Highlight Passage:: … Acts 4:13 … [NLT] … 

13 The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.  

… The Jewish leaders of Jesus’ day were impressed - and possibly intimidated - by the men Jesus chose as His disciples.  

           

Highlight Passage (in context)  … Acts 4:1-2, 5-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The religious leaders in Jesus’ day were impressed by the spiritual strength of the common men Jesus chose as His disciples.            

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Reference Passage: … Matthew 10:1-4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Matthew writes of Jesus choosing twelve common men  to be His disciples.

Reference Passage: …  Mark 3:13-16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Mark’s version of Jesus choosing His 12 disciples.   .

Reference Passage: … Luke 6:12-16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Luke’s account of Jesus choosing twelve to be His Disciples.  

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

… After the resurrection, before His ascension to Heaven, Jesus charges any/all who are His disciples [that’s us too!] to be His witnesses to the world.  

Reference Passage: … 2Timothy 2:15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Paul calls Timothy, as God does all who serve the Lord, to be good workers for His glory. 

Reference Passage: … Revelation 14:12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru John, reveals God’s calling to endure persecution and maintain their (our) service to the Lord..  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author,  Bill Crowder … AT THIS LINK          … wrote about what was considered to be a risky Hollywood decision made by the movie Director,  Franco Zeffirelli, to cast two unknown teenagers to play the lead roles In the movie version of Shakspeare’s classic drama, Romeo and Juliet. 

And this risky decision apparently reminded  today’s ODB author, Bill Crowder, to recall the choices Jesus made in selecting the men He, The Lord, would charge to take His message of love and grace to he world.  And today’s Highlight and Reference Scriptures show that the men Jesus selected as His Disciples, … His Apostles, … ended up to be not only impressive to the religious leaders of the day., but eternally effective, in what they accomplished. 

The question - and the challenge - posed to me - and perhaps you - by today’s ODB entry is how effective are we as God’s chosen to be His disciples, called to follow Him and take His Gospel to the world?   Personally, i can do more for His glory.   How about you?   

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for calling me to serve You, Lord, and giving me Your enabling and empowering grace. 

 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I praise You, … again Lord. …for being with us, as You call us to serve You in this world. .  … Amen

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