Good morning,
Praise the Lord, for it is Friday. The Lord has given us some mild weather, especially when compared with the last week. We are just under a month before our daughter Jessica's wedding. Alice and Laureen are driving down to Philadelphia tomorrow to attend a bridal shower for Jessica there. Sunita is flying to Jerusalem today with her work, and she is taking Andy with her this time. We are living in an exciting time of world history to proclaim Jesus and His Good News in word and deed.
Without Christ many live constantly in fear and anguish. Praise the Lord, "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" (2 Tim 1:7). Praise the Lord for the men and women who are sold out to Jesus. Jim Elliott said, "He is no fool, who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose". Praise the Lord for the way Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Daniel, Mother Teresa, and Martin Luther King, Jr. all lived with passion and fearlessness. Martin Luther was among the most fearless men who ever lived. When he set out on his journey to Worms to face the questions and controversies his teaching had created, he said, "You can expect from me everything save fear or recantation. I shall not flee, much less recant." His friends warned of the dangers; some begged him not to go. But Luther would not hear of it. "Not go to Worms!", he said. "I shall go to Worms though there were as many devils as tiles on the roofs."
When Luther appeared there before the court of Emperor Charles V, he was shown a stack of his writings and called upon to recant. Luther replied, "Unless I can be instructed and convinced with evidence from the Holy Scriptures or with open, clear, and distinct grounds of reasoning, then I cannot and will not recant, because it is neither safe nor wise to act against conscience." A few days before his death, Luther recalled that day. "I was afraid of nothing: God can make one so desperately bold."
One of the descriptions of the Holy Spirit in the Bible is "the Comforter". He is also the power source that will give you the boldness and courage you need to overcome fear. We read in Acts 4:13, “The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men who had no special training. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.”
As we walk with Christ under His authority today, May He infuse us with His Holy boldness and courage.
In Christ,
Brown
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