Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 266
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... … Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Steve Green singing … People Need the Lord … poignantly singing of how we, as Christians, must take every opportunity given to us by God to share His gospel with the lost.
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Highlight Passage: 2Timothy 4:2 [ESV] ...
2 … preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
… We must be ready to share Christ and His kingdom gospel with anyone, anytime, anywhere!
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … 2Timothy 4:1-5 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK …
… Paul mentors Timothy to be ready to share the Gospel with the lost whenever the opportunity presents itself.
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Reference Passage: … Matthew 28:19-20 [ESV] …
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” </i>
… Jesus’ “Great Commission” to all born-again Christians.
Reference Passage: … Mark 16:15-16 [ESV] …
15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
… Mark's version of Jesus’ charge to His remaining disciples (and to us) …
Reference Passage: … Acts 1:8 [ESV] …
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
… We, as Christians, are charged by Jesus to be Christ’s witnesses anywhere and everywhere.
Reference Passage: … Romans 1:16 [ESV] …
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
… Paul shows his commitment to share the Gospel and expects the same commitment from fellow Christians.
Reference Passage: … 1Peter 3:14-15 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Peter exhorts Christians to be ready anytime to share the truth of the Gospel with anyone who asks or is curious.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Leslie Koh, AT THIS LINK relates a story about a woman taking the opportunity to share her faith with her insurance agent at an awkward, but opportune, time.
And I don’t know about other fellow Christians reading here, but every time I read thru the story of Jesus sharing with the woman at the well [see photo] or I’m confronted with the many Scriptures copied above, I’m convicted that I don’t take Christ’s “Great Commission” (see Matt. 28 and Mark 16 above) seriously enough.
Maybe today God will give us an opportunity to share His “good news” with someone who needs it, as Steve Green sings in the linked song. I pray we take the “op” and share how Jesus has changed our lives.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for giving me a story of how Your good news and grace changed my life forever.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me today, to see and seize any opportunity to share God’s good news with others. .… Amen
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