November 2, 2021 … Sharing Jesus ?? …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 306 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from Steve Green singing … People Need the Lord … poignantly singing of our we Christians are called to share the Gospel and our Lord with anyone we know who is lost. 

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Reference Passage: … Matthew 28:29  [NLT] …  

19 Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. 

…All disciples of Christ are charged - by Jesus - to share Jesus’ gospel with anyone/everyone who needs His saving grace.   

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Highlight Passage [Context]: …  Matthew 28:16-20 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Before reentering heaven, Jesus commissions His disciples (His eleven and us too!) to go the share our Lord with all who need Him, .. i.e., all who are lost.       

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 96:3 [NLT] …   

3  Publish His glorious deeds among the nations. Tell everyone about the amazing things He does.  

… God, thru the Psalmist, calls on any/all believers to share the wondrous works of our God with others.  

Reference Passage: … Mark 16:15 [NLT] …  

15 And then He told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. …” 

… After the resurrection, Jesus appeared to the eleven Disciples and commanded them to go and preach the Gospel message to any and all they encountered.  

Reference Passage: … Acts 1:8 [NLT] …   </b>

8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”  

… Jesus, before He arose into heaven after the resurrection, charged any/all Christians to go and be His witness in this world to any/all who would hear the Gospel message of hope in Christ.  

Reference Passage: … Romans 1:16 [NLT] …   </b>

16 For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile.

… Paul declares his calling to unashamedly share the Gospel with any/all he would encounter who need the Lord’s love and grace.  

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Tim Gustafson, AT THIS LINK   …writes of the stereotype of evangelistic mission work as going to remote peoples in remote places to share the Gospel.  Yet, the ODB author makes is clear that we Christians are called to share Jesus’ Gospel truth with any/all who need Him, which may be sharing with family, or a friend, or even a stranger if given the opportunity (see photo).

And every time I hear Steve Green sing the linked song, I’m convicted that I often don’t take opportunities that are given me to share Christ’s love and grace with others, … those who, as the song sings, need our Lord’s saving grace. 

So, if given such an opportunity today, I pray I’ll follow thru as God’s word (see Scriptures above) calls me to do.       

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for Your calling to me and all Christians to share You with others who need Your saving grace.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  to share God’s Gospel invitation to any/all who might be lost.  … Amen

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Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.