October 18, 2021 … Time To Speak Jesus Today !! …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 291 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from the group Here Be Lions and Darlene Zschech singing … I Speak Jesus… poignantly singing of how We, as spokespersons for our Lord, need to speak Jesus in the way we live every day. 

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Highlight Passage:  Ecclesiastes 3:1, 7  [NLT] …  

1 For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.  … 7  A time to be quiet and a time to speak.</i> 

… God, thru Solomon teaches that there is a time to be quiet in life and a time to speak out <b>(see photo)</b>.                     

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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Solomon, speaks out about there is a time for everything in life.  

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 18:20-21  [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… Solomon teaches that there is power in what we say.   

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 4:29 [NLT] …  

29 Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them. 

… Paul exhorting fellow Christians to be careful with what we say in life; because our words have great power.   

Reference Passage: … James 3:2  [NLT] …  

2 Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way.  

… James helping fellow Christians realize the power of our speech in controlling our lives.   

Reference Passage: … Hebrews 4:12 [NLT] …   12 For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. 

… God shows us that when we speak truth from God’s word, our words would have great power.     

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Patricia Raybon, AT THIS LINK   … wrote about how an African-American Christian woman had been so frustrated not speaking out for so long, seeing so much injustice in the world; but finally was relieved to join other friends to finally speak out and be heard. 

Is there something in this world to which God is calling you (and me) to speak out for His glory?  For some years now I’ve been called to speak out against the ravages that internet P0RN does in our world; and sometimes it feels like no one is harkening to the truth of my words and my calling.  But I will continue to speak out, … as loudly as I can, … every day … as the linked song calls me … to speak “Jesus” from my life and my words [see Scriptures above]. 

How about you?! … is there something you need to be saying - or doing - today to honor our Lord and to speak out against the world.  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me a voice to speak for You, Lord, … every day.     

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  to speak “Jesus” today to others.  … Amen  

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