Day 2120 of the 7 day Bible verse challenge.


Matthew 10:27 NIV

Kind of continuing how I ended yesterday's post. This is another one that I read last night that really jumped out at me. Our faith is life-changing. It's done some amazing things in our lives. Faith has broken the chains of sin and shame that once held us captive. It has given us a good purpose to fight for. And above all, it's given us the chance to tell others about the freedom that's found in Christ.

We have to share that. The things that we have witnessed and felt in our walk of redemption are the very things that can help others. That radical shift in our lives is needed by everyone who is still lost following all the crooked paths of darkness this world has laid down. The love and mercy that we've been shown is big enough to change this world for the better. But only if we share it.

All of our past tests are now testimonies of God's faithfulness. All of those messes that we once made are now messages that tell the world about God's healing power. All of the lessons that we've learned the hard way are chances to help others skip some of those tough times. All of the things that we have seen, felt, experienced, and endured have given us the ability to help others going through similar things.

That's why we have to share it. That's why we have to tell others about Jesus. He has changed our lives and walked with us through every single hard day that we've faced, and He will do the same for everyone else. We can't keep that to ourselves. This faith isn't a solitary thing. It isn't meant to be kept inside. It's not some secret that we can't let other people in on. It's for everyone!

My friends, we have something that can and will change lives. We have something that can and will help everyone who hears about it. Please don't keep your story of faith to yourself. You're the one that has gotten to live it, so you already know what it has done. Give others the chance to experience that power too. If each of us are able to reach one other person then this family of Christ has doubled in size! Just the thought that we could maybe play a tiny role in helping Christ save someone else is mind-blowing!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Day 2016 of the 7 day Bible verse challenge.

Image
Matthew 6:20 NIV Yesterday I posed a very big question: have you ever thought about the vastness of eternity? I'm just afraid that so many people are living for these lives only, and that's going to lead to quite a shock when we reach the end of this leg of the trip only to find that something else really does come next. So I just want to encourage everyone to take today's verse to heart. This is one that my mom likes to quote and share quite often. And it's really a very important lesson that everyone needs to learn and always keep in mind. While we're surrounded by all kinds of messages, things, wants, and desires, we need to always keep our priorities in line. We can't afford to let ourselves become distracted by all the wares that our world offers up. The thing that I think we've fallen for is this idea of value. We're told that all this worldly stuff is highly valuable. Now if that's the case, then we automatically think that having it or going
Read more

Day 2018 of the 7 day Bible verse challenge.

Image
Luke 6:27 NIV I was presented the chance earlier today to experience one of those amazing opportunities to realize that I'd been wrong. You see my family and I had bought some Bibles to send to a couple of people, and we just hadn't gotten around to sending them yet. Since the time that we bought them, we kind of had this weird and unfortunate falling out of sorts with one of them. And I'm embarrassed to admit that it had me second guessing whether or not to send the gift.  Seeing as how this difference of opinion has gone, I had gotten it in my mind that I didn't want to send something to someone only for them to throw it away. But all along, my mom has been there saying no, we need to send it anyway. And today, we finally got them boxed up and sent out. But if anything, I may have ended up getting the biggest gift out of everyone involved. We don't get to decide who is worthy of our kindness. We don't get to pick and choose who we're going to do good thing
Read more

Day 3362 of the 7 day Bible verse challenge.

Image
Matthew 15:8 NIV It seems as though perhaps the distance from our heads to our hearts is, at times at least, much the same as the separation we so often feel between here and hope. For though our lips are geographically close to the hearts which pound inside a craving for more than we can say we need, say we know, yet sadly despite their being so near to our knowing what we need, we find that our mouths and our hearts are existing as if in two foreign places. Because while our heads may hold lips that let on that we know we need Heaven's hope as having come in Christ, our hearts remain among the ultimate deceivers as they lead us daily back into the brink wherein we break away all over again into disbelief as designed inside a heart’s desires kindling fires forsaking that faith which yearns only for a fellowship with He who is everything we could ever need. Indeed, it seems to matter not what our tongues here confess as our hearts head us always into following the path our mouths c
Read more