Bible Verse of the Day Wednesday June 8th 2022

 Ephesians 3:12-13 In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.

As the Apostle Paul pens this letter to the Christians at Ephesus, he knows that a crisis is on the horizon. At times of approaching crisis among the churches, Paul would send a letter to encourage the saints during their trials and tribulations. Unfortunately, the impending crisis this time involved the Apostle Paul himself. Paul was about to be put in a Roman Prison, and in most cases, when the Romans imprisoned a Christian, it ended in death. This crisis was not only going to affect Paul but was going to affect all that had heard the gospel from Paul and accepted Christ Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Paul wrote this to the Ephesians Church so they would not become discouraged in his time of crisis and turn their backs on the Gospel of Christ Jesus.

Satan has a heyday when Christians become discouraged in their service to God, especially when spreading the gospel to lost souls. A loan company called Deitch ran a series of commercials many years ago. There would be a greedy-looking banker looking out the blinds in his office while someone signed up with Deitch. The greedy banker would snarl and say: “I lost another one to Deitch.” Satan does the same thing when someone comes forward and accepts Christ Jesus as their Lord and Savior; he says: “I lost another one to Jesus.”  There is a danger when one of us Christians becomes weary in our service to God. One of the first things discouraged Christians will do is slack up in their prayer life and Bible study. The next thing is a loss of desire to fellowship with other Christians in Worship services, Bible study, and other fellowship activities. Lacking these most critical activities will result in the loss of our desire to share the gospel with the lost souls that we encounter every day of our lives.

As believers, we have full and free access to the throne room of God 24/7. There is not a slimmer of a chance that God will reject one of His children. We have unrestricted access to the creator of all in heaven and all on earth. The union we know with God gives us boldness and confidence to carry out the “Great Commission” (Matthew 28:16-20; Acts 1:8). As followers and believers in Christ Jesus, we need to know of our privileges before God. 

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