Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 331
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 how we. as God’s messengers need to stand up and share the Gospel message with the lost.
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Highlight Passage: … Acts 4:12 [NLT] …
12 There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”
… Peter, a common fisherman, strongly stands for the truth of the Gospel, surprising the religious leaders of his day by showing Christ’s healing power and leading many away from religious dogma to follow Christ.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Acts 4:8-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Peter and John, common fishermen, standing strong and sharing the Gospel news to all who would listen to be saved and healed.
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Reference Passage: … Matthew 28:19-20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...
… Jesus charges all disciples who’ve surrendered to His saving grace to go and lead the lost to Him or discipling other Christians to follow the Lord more closely.
Reference Passage: … Romans 12:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to separate ourselves from the world and becoming living sacrifices to the Gospel and God’s saving grace.
Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 15:58 [NLT] …
58 So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless
… Paul exhorts all Christians (that’s us too!!) to stand strong for the Lord ALWAYS.
Reference Passage: … Ephesians 6:10-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Paul, calls Christians to stand and do battle for the Lord everyday.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Arthur Jackson, AT THIS LINK … writes about Pres Pradhan, a physically wounded missionary in Nepal, who was quoted as saying, “I have a lame leg. Isn’t it strange of God that He called [me] to preach the gospel in the Himalaya Mountains?” The story shows how we all, no matter our physical condition, are called (by no less than Jesus - see Matt 28:19-20) to take God’s good news to all who will listen and receive it.
That’s what common fishermen, like Peter and John, did, as recorded in the highlight passage, … much to the chagrin of the religious leaders who were amazed that unschooled men like Peter and John carried such a Spirt-powered message which so many followed to seek after the Gospel of Christ. And that’s what we should be doing to any/all, within our own sphere of influence, … especially any non-Christians we know.
Just as Steve Green sings in the linked song … “People Need the Lord!” So, the question is, … will we, as the Scriptures above exhort, step out and share our testimonies of the power of Christ to save, … maybe even today if God gives us the opportunity.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, …for Your charge to be Your Gospel messenger … maybe even today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to speak out, Lord - maybe today - for Your Gospel truth … Amen
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