The Word of God for wisdom:
Proverbs 21:28-29 (MSG)
28 A lying witness is unconvincing; a person who speaks truth is respected.
29 Unscrupulous people fake it a lot; honest people are sure of their steps.
The Word of God for inspiration:
Psalm 38:1 (HCSB)
1 LORD, do not punish me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
Psalm 38:22 (HCSB)
22 Hurry to help me, Lord, my Savior.
The Word of God for encouragement:
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 (HCSB)
1 Now brothers, I want to clarify for you the gospel I proclaimed to you; you received it and have taken your stand on it.
2 You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to you—unless you believed for no purpose.
3 For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4 that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
My observation:
The gospel message was of first importance to the Apostle Paul; He preached it to the Corinthians, and he preached everywhere he went on his missionary journeys.
Paul was a man of the book; he preached the word of God. Notice that the content of his preaching was, "according to the Scriptures".
Paul was not ashamed of the gospel, and neither should we. Just preach it, and the Holy Spirit of God will do His office work in the lives of those who receive it.
Romans 1:16 (HCSB)
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God's power for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.
2 Timothy 4:2 (HCSB)
2 Proclaim the message; persist in it whether convenient or not; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching.
My prayer:
Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I praise and thank you for the gospel of Christ. Father, I thank you that Jesus is alive, and has won the victory over sin, death, and the grave. Father God, I am so thankful that when, by faith, we receive Christ, that we receive resurrection life, we receive life that is eternal. For this I shall forever be grateful to you. In Jesus name, Amen.
John 5:24 (HCSB)
24 "I assure you: Anyone who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.
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1 Corinthians 1:2-3 (HCSB)
2 To God's church at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus and called as saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord—⌊both⌋ their Lord and ours.
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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