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| “I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.” |
| —Romans 1:16 |
Do you ever sense the Holy Spirit nudging you to speak a word of God’s love and grace to someone and yet you hesitate to do so? Don’t feel too ashamed about that. It happens to most of us. We realize that, in our world today, any mention of God, or His Son, Jesus, or the wonderful plan He has for people’s lives is often met with scorn and derision, even anger.
God understands the circumstances that surround our lives. But, He also will not stop prompting us to speak words of comfort, or caring, or love in His behalf. And, the more often we respond and speak such words in a gentle way to someone whom the Spirit prompts us to address, the more comfortable we will become in serving our Lord in this way.
By the time he wrote the following words, as recorded in Romans 1:16, the Apostle Paul had become quite bold in his witness:
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.
As this new day opens up before us, let’s be sure to listen with our spiritual ears for the nudging of the Holy Spirit. We will sense that nudging deep in our innermost being.
When we do sense that nudge, let’s allow the Spirit to speak through us. In the most gentle and tender way possible, let’s share words of mercy, grace, and love with whomever has crossed our pathway at that moment.
When we do this, we bring great joy to the God who loves us with His everlasting love.
