My last comic focused on some "not to dos" when it comes to sharing your faith. So, how can we show our faith in love? I ended the last comic with the phrase "Witness daily, use words when necessary". Let's look at those necessary times.
While early on, I wanted to tell everyone, everywhere about what I was reading in the Bible, now I am more apt to only get into it if the person brings me into that type of conversation. I find these later conversations to be a lot less stressful. A lot less feelings getting hurt. A lot less people not wanting to hear what I have to say.
I try to go into these conversations letting the person know that this is where I am at in my studies. If they have questions or counters to what I am saying, I don't take it as an attack, but a dialog between me and them. I'll answer back and with Scripture for my stance.
Lately, I have been doing a lot of vendor booths out in public for my comics, mainly at our local farmer's market. I was nervous at first because I thought I would be running into a lot of pushback and hostility towards what my comics were saying, but I knew if I did, I wouldn't, and shouldn't, push back in kind.
That hasn't been the case though. I have had so many that are interested in what I have to say and even some relating to things that I tell them the comics are about (like Church vs. Bible being church teachings versus what the Bible actually says).
All this to say, while it is exciting and when we go down this path of doing what the Bible says to do, we lose friends, we lose our church in some cases, we lose family sometimes. All these things cause us hurt and puts us on defense. However, not everyone out there is looking to attack. There are God-fearing people out there doing what they know best to love God, even though their walk may not look the same as ours. We should be aware of that and treat everyone as though they may be one of these people. Who knows, maybe one that is looking to attack will deescalate because instead of coming ready to fight, you are showing love to them.
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A #chiasm in #deuteronomy 26:1-2 becomes a parallelism in v1-4, which becomes another parallelism in v3-10.
That third structure (v3-10) tells of how we are to declare the faithfulness of God back to him. God is faithful to keep His covenants and He wants us to tell Him that we know it.
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"When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby."
Eze 33
Thought for Today: Monday August 28:
Open your hearts to the love YHVH instills... Elohiym loves you tenderly. What He gives you is not to be kept under lock and key, but to be shared.
FEAR
A healing prayer to use when you are feeling fearful
References:
Psalm 27:1 --- Genesis 26:24 --- Deuteronomy 3:22 --- Psalm 23:4 --- Psalm 56:4 --- Mark 5:36 --- John 14:27 --- Hebrews 13:6 --- 1 John 4:18 --- 2 Timothy 1:7 --- Romans 8:15 --- Proverbs 3:26 --- John 16:23
Healing Promise:
“Adonai is my light and my salvation; whom shall, I fear? Adonai is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1)
Healing Prayer:
O my Adonai and my YHVH, You are my light and my salvation. You are the strength of my life. Because these statements are true, I know that I do not have to walk in fear any longer. The knowledge that You are with me helps lift feelings of fear from me. Not only are You with me my Adonai and my YHVH, but You are also fighting for me. Thank You Abba. Even if I should have to walk through the valley of the shadow and death, I will fear no evil, because You are with me. I place my un-reserved trust in You my Adonai and my YHVH and this lifts me out of fear. I will put faith in place of my fear. Knowing the truths and promises of Your Word Abba, I will not led my heart be troubled and I will not be afraid. You are my Helper my Adonai and my YHVH. Accepting this truth makes me feel secure and keeps me from fear. Your perfect love for me removes all fear from my life. Thank You Abba, for the truth that You had not given me a spirit of fear but rather You have given me a spirit of power, of love and of a sound mind. I now realize that I have not receive the spirit of bondage to fear but I have received the spirit of adoption whereby I am able to cry “Abba, Abba”. You are my confidence Abba and I know I have no reason whatever to fear. In the mighty Name of Yeshua I pray, amen.
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