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August 7, 2009
Scripture verse of the day Matthew 28:19
therefore go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and the son and of the Holy Spirit.
Scripture readings are from the living Bible
“brothers and fathers, listen to me as they offer my defense.” (When they heard him speaking in Hebrew, the silence was even greater.)
“I am a Jew,” he said, “born in Tarus, a city in Cilicia, but educated here in Jerusalem under Gamaliel, at whose feet I learned to follow our Jewish laws and customs very carefully. I became very anxious to honor God in everything I did, just as you have tried to do today. And I persecuted the Christians, hounding them to death, binding and delivering both men and women to prison. The high priest or any member of the Council can testify that this is so. For I ask them for letters to the Jewish leaders in Damascus, with instructions to let me bring any Christian I found to Jerusalem in chains to be punished.
“As I was on the road, nearing Damascus, suddenly about noon a very bright light from heaven shone around me. And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
“Who is it speaking to me, sir?” I asked. And he replied, “I am Jesus of Nazareth, the one you are persecuting.” The men with me saw the light but didn’t understand what was said.
“And I said, what shall I do Lord? And the Lord told me, get up and go into Damascus and there you will be told what awaits you in the years ahead. I was blinded by the intense light, and had to be led into Damascus by my companions.
“There a man named Ananias, as godly a man as you could find for obeying the law, and well thought of by all the Jews of Damascus, came to me, and standing beside me said, “Brother Saul, receive your sight!” In that very hour I could see him.
“Then he told me, “the God of our fathers has chosen you to know his will and to see the Messiah and hear him speak. You are to take his message everywhere telling what you have seen and heard. And now, why delay? Go and be baptized, and be cleansed from your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.”
Sam’s response
have you had a Damascus i experience in your life?
Are you sharing the good news with others?
One of the main reasons God calls us is in some form or fashion he wants us to pass on through us the good news to other people.
To do this we have to commit our lives to God’s will and not are will. To be effective in the light of God’s eyes we must hunger for more of the word and less of the world.
Do you put God first in your life?
Walking the road of a Christian is a blessed have to be on, but it is also one that requires a certain development of perseverance and a continual seeking of what God has for you. It may not always be clear what God is doing or where you are headed, but it is important to for the word of God into your life every day and put God first before the rest of what ever is going on in your life.
This is the great challenge that we face on an ongoing basis. It does not matter what happened yesterday in the sense that you can recommit your time and efforts to the word of God starting today.
We must not give up…
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