Daily Bible Reading with DragoNate #74

Sharing the Word

Acts 13

I pray blessings on you as you read.

(v. 46-47) "Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: 'We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.' ' "

My Thoughts

So far, I've done quite a few Bible readings from Acts. There is a lot of stuff in there and most of it seems similar. Well, it's all about acts; actions. Acts is about sharing, witnessing and generally just doing. We need to take action faithfully, otherwise we aren't truly living up to what God asks of us.

Paul and Barnabas shared the word of God. They shared the word to those in the synagogue, and also to the Gentiles. They, of course, faced opposition from the Jews, who incited others against them. Sharing the word isn't always easy. Sure, it is easy to do so in groups of people who believe, but not always so much when it is people who do not.

Some people may be angry because they think or feel that you are trying to force your faith on them. Others may just not really care. Again though, we need to share our faith. We do not need to go preaching to others, nor do we need to talk about any of this out of the blue. The biggest thing is that we do not hide our faith in Jesus.

When people ask questions or you feel like bringing up something specific from the Bible that would be relevant to the topic at hand, then do so faithfully! That is sharing the word, sharing your faith. When you do even this, you are acting in faith and planting the seed. What you say may incite those you're speaking to to learn more, whether they look it up themselves or talk more to you or someone else about it.

By the way, when you do face opposition to your faith in Jesus, do not worry about that. Do not worry because that means that you are fighting against Satan and he is trying to fight back. Do not be afraid because Satan cannot prevail against you if you stay faithful to God. In fact, keep on doing what you are doing! If God wants you to stop or to change something, He will let you know. Keep on acting in faith to God.

Prayer Time

Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do.

Let me know your thoughts on this reading as well.

Thank you for taking the time to read, I pray that what you have read blesses and inspires you! Godbless!

Daily Bible Reading with DragoNate #9

God is for Everyone

Acts 10

(v. 15) "...'Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.' " (v. 34, 35) " ...'I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right..."

My Thoughts



Peter had a vision of a blanket that came down and had animals roaming on it. God said to him, "Get up, Peter, kill and eat." Peter said " Surely not Lord! I have never eaten impure or unclean." God told him not to call anything impure that God has made clean. What did Peter's vision mean? Think about it for a minute, then continue reading.

So, what do you think? The meaning of Peter's vision was that God has made us all clean. A gentile is a person who is not a Jew. For the Jews at this time, it was against the law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile. The vision that Peter had was God showing him that He has made clean the Gentiles; that God does not favor the Jews over the Gentiles, but that He loves them just the same. God is for each of us, Jew or not, Christian or not. It doesn't matter who you are, what you believe, what you do or have done in the past. No amount of sin or guilt or hurt can keep God away. Only you can do that by not allowing God into your life.

Remember that Christ died on the cross for every one of us. He paid the ransom for each and every person that ever has or ever will live. That's how much He loves us. There are so many people in this world that don't realize that God loves them, or they think He can't. They are the ones putting boundaries up to keep God out of their life. God won't overstep anyone's freewill of choice, so He won't overstep someone's choice not to let Him in.

It's up to the Christ followers to show those who don't follow Christ what it means to follow Him. You don't need to go and preach to people, all you need to do is show the love of God in all you do. When you talk to people, do so with love. Everyone is different; some people are good at encouraging others, some people are just easy to talk to, others are inspiring, honest, and so on. There's a huge list of traits, and some people have more than one. Use those traits that God has given you when you talk to other people. That's one way you can show His love to them. Think of some other ways, and then act on them!

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Prayer Time

Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do. Thanks for reading, Godbless!