Thursday, August 25, 2011
Lord, please forgive me for being ashamed of the gospel! Why is it that i hesitated to share the good news with a friend who asked? why am i so lacking in love, to let them continue to run around in the dark, blowing out my light for Christ? why should i even be ashamed if i believe it with every ounce of my being?
am i worried of being a bad example? worried about breaking friendships? or trying to please man before God?
why dont i take the mission of preaching the gospel seriously? much less making disciples for Christ? people need the Lord!
why am i so reluctant to rebuke fellow believers who are living in sin? am i loving them in doing so?
why am i not enthusiastic about the gospel, knowing that it is the absolute truth, and that God has power in His Word to
change every heart: even those whom i feel are out of reach of the gospel?
i love you, Lord! please help me to live out this love for you, because of the work you did on the cross! forgive me of my sinfulness, unworthiness and spiritual lukewarmness. help me to seek to please You alone, and not to be ashamed.
"For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels" - Mark 8:38
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." - Matthew 28:19-20
thank you for reminding me that i am not alone in this battlefield.
avoid the aliens;
10:49 PM
