Today's promise:
The whole earth will hear
Publish
His deeds
Sing
a new song to the Lord! Let the whole earth sing to the Lord! Sing to the Lord;
bless his name. Each day proclaim the good news that he saves. Publish his
glorious deeds among the nations. Tell everyone about the amazing things he
does.
Psalm 96:1-3 NLT
O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise!
Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Sing a new song
Every
day we cross paths with someone who needs to hear the good news that the Lord
saves. We can never fully plumb the depths of God's character and attributes,
but with every day and every experience we can discover new facets about God,
new songs to sing to him. To "publish" means to share and that refers
not only to writing books and delivering sermons about God but also to sharing
what the Lord has done in our own lives so that others might be drawn to him.
Each of us can purpose to do that. The most powerful evangelism doesn't take
place within the four walls of a church building. It occurs when we share with
others in our neighborhood and workplace the good news of what God has done for
us individually and for the whole world in the life, death, and resurrection of
Jesus Christ. Ask God to bring people across your path today who need to hear
the news that God saves and that he loves them. And then ask him for the
compassion and courage to share the reason for your hope and to pray for these
people.
LORD,
I want to sing a new song to you and bless your name. I want to tell everyone
about the amazing things you do.
Adapted
from The One Year® Book of Praying
through the Bible by Cheri Fuller, Tyndale House Publishers (2003),
entry for April 26.
Digging
Deeper:
Read To Fly Again, the
follow-up to In the Presence of My Enemies, in which Garcia Burnham
reflects on the lessons and spiritual truths she learned in the jungle and how
they apply to anyone's life.
Content
is derived from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation and other publications
of Tyndale Publishing House
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