Nov 20, 2024… Following God’s Way …

Nov 20, 2024…  Following God’s Way    …      

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics with Phil Wickham singing … The Jesus Way … proclaiming that we follow Jesus’ way in this life.  

We get to choose ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Acts 22:1 [NLT] … 

1 “Brothers and esteemed fathers,” Paul said, “listen to me as I offer my defense.” …            

…  Paul given the opportunity to speak to a mob who wanted to kill him.                                                       

Highlight Passage (in context): … Acts 21:27-22:1 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle Paul proclaims His faith when persecuted by a mob in The Temple.                       

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

… Jesus, in HIs “Great Commission” calls on all who follow His way to go and share the good news of the Gospel.  

Reference Passage: … Mark 16:14-15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ... 

… Jesus calls - and commands - His Disciple to go and share the good news of the Gospel with EVERYONE.  

Reference Passage: … Acts 1:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Paul teaching truth about about Christ calling all Christians to be His witnesses to the world.               

Reference Passage: … Romans 1:16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...   

… Paul openly declares - as we all should be willing to do - of his choice to follow and share the Good News of Christ’s saving grace.  

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 3:15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...  

… Peter charges fellow Christians to be ready - ALWAYS - to share our belief in the truth of The Gospel.    

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Dave Brandon -  AT THIS LINK  -  compared a Bible story of the Apostle Paul’s persecution by fellow Jews in the Temple (see Highlight passage) and how Paul was ready and willing to openly share his faith with the mob trying to have him killed, … compared with a similar - modern day - story of a man, named Peter, who was wrongly accused in the prison of a country who arrested people for sharing the Gospel.        

And the two stories raise the question (see photo) of which way we would go if we had to choose - at the threat of losing our life - … HIS (Jesus’) way … or … our own way).  Personally. I’m choosing The Jesus Way.  How about you?.                                                                   

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, …for showing me THE WAY to go … Your way!! 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me today, … to declare openly that we follow Your way, Lord, in life - no matter what we face.  

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