Proverbs 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
I read somewhere that in those days it was a custom at a feast to have a silver basket filled with golden yellow apples and they were offered to preferred guest. It was a great honor to receive one of these apples. The right word at the right time is also a way to honor a person.
WORDS OF LIFE
John 6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE.
We have the Bible. The Word of God. We too have the words of eternal life. It would be unthinkable for someone to have knowledge of a cure for cancer or some other disease and keep that too himself. Only a selfish and uncaring person would do that. Yet, we have the Words of Eternal Life and sometimes we fail to share them even though the consequences of not having them could be worse than for cancer.
Remember when you are hesitant to tell someone about Jesus and salvation through Him what the objective is. If you are just trying to get someone to come to church you are not as effective. If you genuinely want to glorify God and see this person saved for eternity then God will give you the words. It is always up to the person hearing the words to respond but that doesn't lessen our responsibility to share them.
Please feel free to contact me by email at
shilohkosciusko@gmail.com with questions, comments or even suggestions for further devotional studies.
If you know of someone new to the Kosciusko area and would like for our church to visit them please let us know. Our prayers are that this devotional ministry will be an outreach to bring people into a closer relationship with Jesus. I do appreciate you taking the time to read these devotionals and please keep us in your prayers.
I read somewhere that in those days it was a custom at a feast to have a silver basket filled with golden yellow apples and they were offered to preferred guest. It was a great honor to receive one of these apples. The right word at the right time is also a way to honor a person.
WORDS OF LIFE
John 6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE.
We have the Bible. The Word of God. We too have the words of eternal life. It would be unthinkable for someone to have knowledge of a cure for cancer or some other disease and keep that too himself. Only a selfish and uncaring person would do that. Yet, we have the Words of Eternal Life and sometimes we fail to share them even though the consequences of not having them could be worse than for cancer.
Remember when you are hesitant to tell someone about Jesus and salvation through Him what the objective is. If you are just trying to get someone to come to church you are not as effective. If you genuinely want to glorify God and see this person saved for eternity then God will give you the words. It is always up to the person hearing the words to respond but that doesn't lessen our responsibility to share them.
Please feel free to contact me by email at
shilohkosciusko@gmail.com with questions, comments or even suggestions for further devotional studies.
If you know of someone new to the Kosciusko area and would like for our church to visit them please let us know. Our prayers are that this devotional ministry will be an outreach to bring people into a closer relationship with Jesus. I do appreciate you taking the time to read these devotionals and please keep us in your prayers.
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