The Message of the Cross
Your Nightly Prayer for Apr. 7, 2025
by Lynette Kittle
TONIGHT’S SCRIPTURE
“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those that are perishing, however to us who’re being saved it’s the energy of God” – 1 Corinthians 1:18
SOMETHING TO PONDER
As Christians, how prepared are we to share the Gospel with others, to possibly really feel awkward whereas doing so, and to see different folks possibly feeling considerably uncomfortable with the subject?
We dwell in a world now the place we’re not purported to make anybody really feel uncomfortable, a tradition the place it’s socially incorrect to deliver up a subject that somebody may really feel awkward discussing or placed on the spot by it; if we do, it units off a spread of reactions and feelings and results in our being rejected.
Some Christians imagine we have to simply wait till requested about our religion, however what in the event that they by no means ask? The reality is the Gospel does make some uncomfortable, however even when it does, don’t we need to inform them in any case? As a result of the truth is, it might imply life or loss of life to them?
Isn’t it well worth the threat of our trying socially incorrect and seemingly silly to those that don’t know Christ, fairly than to by no means say something?
Our household not too long ago attended a secular occasion the place, whereas in conversations, we shared our religion with people we met and requested them about theirs. Though some might have appeared to squirm a bit, and it felt considerably awkward at instances, we had been reaching out and doing what the Apostle Paul encourages in 1 Corinthians 3:7-9:
“I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, however God has been making it develop. So neither the one who crops nor the one who waters is something, however solely God, who makes issues develop. The one who crops and the one who waters have one objective, and they’ll every be rewarded in accordance with their very own labor. We’re co-workers in God’s service; you’re God’s area, God’s constructing.”
We don’t know when reaching out, planting, and watering what sort of progress God could also be inflicting to interrupt forth within the lives of these we communicate with. We don’t know what God has already begun cultivating of their lives, what seeds might have already been planted and the way our phrases and actions could also be watering what God is inflicting to develop inside them.
YOUR NIGHTLY PRAYER
Pricey Father, Lead us at the moment and daily to step out and be prepared to share the Gospel with these we meet. Free us from the concern of trying silly and being rejected. Let our hearts be set on sharing the Good Information of Jesus Christ with those that have no idea You. Assist us to lovingly inform others of Your love for them in order that they are going to come to know and serve You, too. Assist us to be unafraid and unashamed of spreading the reality of Your Salvation and the message of the cross to those that are perishing. In Jesus’ title, Amen.
THREE THINGS TO MEDITATE UPON
1. Are there instances while you needed to share the Gospel however had been afraid of trying silly or being rejected? If that’s the case, ask God to strengthen you and aid you sooner or later to be prepared to look silly for His title’s sake.
2. Ask God to guide you and provide you with alternatives to plant and water seeds. When He does, be prepared to threat making your self and others really feel awkward or uncomfortable. Let your coronary heart be set on pushing by way of the dangerous emotions and feelings to share His love with these you meet.
3. Take time to reminisce about your individual Salvation journey. Consider the individuals who planted and watered seeds in your individual life. Thank God for them and ask Him that will help you do the identical within the lives of others.
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