Thursday Devotional...SHARE THE GOOD NEWS THAT YOU HAVE....

            REMEMBER SOMEONE SHARED IT WITH YOU

Here is some scripture about how people helped other people to find out about what God wants to give us. Read John 1:35-46

John’s Disciples Follow Jesus

³⁵ The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. ³⁶ When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” ³⁷ When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. ³⁸ Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” ³⁹ “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon. ⁴⁰ Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. ⁴¹ The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ). ⁴² And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter).

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

⁴³ The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.” ⁴⁴ Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. ⁴⁵ Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” ⁴⁶ “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.

HOW WILL WE EVER KNOW?

SHARE THE GOOD NEWS THAT YOU HAVE.

Some of us were raised in Church.
Parents took their children to church. They taught them about God and how they should worship Him. Some of the children listened. Some of them did not pay attention. Either way, someone told them about salvation and they believed. Since God does not have grandchildren, their choice was needed.

Some of us were not raised in Church.
We wandered around aimlessly and in darkness. One fine day a beam of light stopped them. Maybe it was from something they overheard in a conversation, or someone took the time to tell them the joy that they had and they saw the truth. God does not have grandchildren, their choice was needed.

Some of us were raised in a church at which we were not fed.
Maybe there were no “meals” there. Maybe the meals that were there did not touch us. Whatever the reason we could have wasted our lives going round in circles in deep shadow. Without receiving some message about the truth of salvation they would have perished. Someone told them. God does not have grandchildren, so, like the others, the correct choice was needed.

Jesus was the first one to reach one. The apostles followed in His footsteps. And through the centuries others picked up the trumpet and spread the good word. Now in this generation it is our call to go out and reach others. If they are not told how will they know? 

Each on reach one…IN FACT REACH MANY.

Written by

Corinne Mustafa