RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL. CALLED TO MINISTER LIFE AND GRACE – PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME.. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29TH 2016.
Let no
corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the
use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers (Ephesians 4:29).
As
Christians, we have the Spirit of Christ. We’re the light of the world. We’re
to live, love, talk, and conduct all our affairs in life like Him. Your words
should minister grace to the hearers always.
Some people,
aren’t conscious of this reality. They’re controlled by their senses: they do
the things they want to do and say what they want to say according to their
feelings. Such people pride themselves in having terrible, abusive, and
insulting words. When they’re angry, they don’t hesitate to speak words that
could make the hearers lose sleep. They’re proud of what they should be ashamed
of. The Bible says of them, “their God is their appetite.” If only they knew
the dire consequences of their actions. Philippians 3:18-19 says, “For many
walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they
are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is
their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.”
Never be
happy that you made someone else sad. Don’t be like the man who was happy to
talk the usher down just because the usher asked him to sit somewhere in
church. That’s inconsistent with your nature of love. The Bible says, “Love
does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth” (1 Corinthians 13:6 NIV).
We’re ministers of the Gospel, called to minister life and grace. Be like Jesus
of whom the Bible says, “And the common people heard him gladly...” (Mark
12:37). When people hear from us, they should be glad, because we minister
gracious words to them; words of life. Glory to God!
PRAYER
Dear Father,
I thank you for your Word that fills my heart with good, excellent, edifying,
and uplifting thoughts. I consistently bless and inspire those you’ve placed in
my path, encouraging them in the Lord, because my heart is replete with
treasures from your Word, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further
Study: || 1 Peter 4:11 If any man speak, [let him speak] as the oracles of God;
if any man minister, [let him do it] as of the ability which God giveth: that
God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and
dominion for ever and ever. Amen. ||
|| Proverbs
16:24 Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to
the bones. ||
||
Colossians 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice,
blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. ||
Daily
Scripture Reading
1-Year Bible
Reading Plan: Acts 14:1-28,
Nehemiah 11-13
Nehemiah 11-13
2-Year Bible
Reading Plan: 2 Corinthians 10:8-18,
Isaiah 18
Isaiah 18
EXTRACT
FROM: Rhapsody of Realities Daily Devotional
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