Jan 30, 2021 … Witnessing Boldly

Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 30 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Jeremy Camp singing … Walk By Faith …  powerfully singing how we, as Christians, can walk and witness boldly our faith in Christ in a very hostile world. 

Elijah's bold witness of God's power ... 

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Highlight Passage:   2Kings 1:10 [ESV] ... 

10 But Elijah answered the captain of fifty, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” Then fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty. 

… We need to have the courage of an Elijah as we witness our faith in the world. </b>.          

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Highlight Passage [Context] </u>: …  2 Kings 1:9-15 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … </b>

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Kings+1%3A9-15&version=ESV

… Elijahs's bold witness, calling down fire from heaven.    

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Reference Passage: … Joshua 1:9   [ESV] ... 

9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”   

…  God gives us the same command to trust our God wherever we walk.

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

…  We, as believers, are to simply trust God and follow Him as His witnesses in the world. 

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.”   

…  Jesus commands all disciples to rely on God’s Spirit to give us the power to witness in His name … anywhere and everywhere.     

Reference Passage: … 1John 4:1-4  [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK … 

…  We need not fear to witness in the world because God’s Spirit power in us is so much greater than the enemy’s power in the world.  

My Devotional Journal:  Today's Our Daily Bread author, Mike Wittmer, AT THIS LINK writes of a missionary who wore a name tag advertising his church in a country where it was illegal to witness for Christ, … boldly following the command of Christ to be His witness, … yes, even in a hostile world. 

I think we all realize that the world is becoming more and more hostile to those of us who openly witness our faith, sharing the grace of God’s salvation and sanctification with others.  But if you’ve listened to the YouTube song, linked above, … as well as the Scriptures cited, … I pray you’re as convicted as am I to boldly go forth - in faith - to witness our Lord’s greatness.  Oh, we may not be called to bring down fire from the heavens, as did Elijah [see highlight passage]; but we are commanded, by no less than Jesus Himself  (see Acts 1:8), to witness our faith in Christ as our Gospel calling in this life.  

So, … let’s go do it today!!  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for giving us Your power to be Your witnesses.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray that all reading here will join me, … today … to boldly walk in the Spirit and witness our faith in Christ to others <u>where ever and when ever</u> we have the opportunity.  … Amen

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