Day 39

Romans 12:17

“NEVER PAY BACK EVIL FOR EVIL TO ANYONE. RESPECT WHAT IS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF ALL MEN.” 

We all know the feeling of revenge.  It’s that immediate desire to get back at those who have hurt us.  In today’s society, revenge is seen as justified retaliation, and often, it’s expected.  But this is simply a cultural ideal, not a biblical one.  As Jesus followers, we are commanded to “never pay back evil for evil to anyone.”  You might be thinking, “That’s not possible. You don’t know what they did to me. I have to get back at them!”  While it may feel that way, our only hope is to respond in gentleness, kindness, and self-control as Christ lives His life in and through us.  That is the response people are waiting to see and what is going to give testimony to the Gospel’s realness in our lives.  So when we live according to scripture, we are giving testimony to the power of Christ in us!

Are you living each day in a way that is giving testimony to the Gospel?

Day 38

Read John 17:18-20 

18 As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. 20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 

The life of a Jesus follower is meant to lead to other Jesus followers. Jesus has sent his followers into the world so that more people will believe in him. What has he sent us into the world to do? Verse 20 gives one answer to that question. We have been sent to tell others about the gospel of Jesus Christ so that they can hear it and believe. If you are a Jesus follower, Jesus wants you to live sent! 

Where is God sending you? Is he sending you to your workplace? What about where you play? Live? What about where you go on vacation? The answer is YES! God wants you to live sent wherever you are! 

End this quiet time in prayer. Ask God to show you a person he wants you to share the gospel with!