by Dr. Bill Bright
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“And He saith unto them, Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men” Matthew 4:19 (KJV).
Each morning I kneel to acknowledge Christ’s lordship of my life and ask Him to have complete, unhindered control of my life for that day, to walk around in my body, to think with my mind, to love with my heart, to speak with my lips and to continue seeking and saving the lost through me.
Sometime ago I was at a conference in a Midwestern city, anticipating an early adjournment so that I could catch a plane to Los Angeles and rejoin my waiting family.
When I arrived at the airport, I discovered that flight after flight had been canceled because of poor weather conditions. Rushing from one airline ticket counter to another, I hoped to find one that was still flying its planes. Finally, to my disappointment, I had discovered that all the airlines had canceled their flights.
On one hand I was discouraged, but on the other I was encouraged by the promise of the Bible, “And we know that all that happens to us is working for our good if we love God and are fitting into His plans” (Romans 8:28, (LB).
Back at the hotel for the night, in the lobby I met a businessman who was hungry for God. As I shared Christ with him, I learned that he and his wife had been visiting a different church every Sunday for the past couple of years. They were looking for God but had not been able to find Him.
I explained to my new friend how to receive Christ. Together, we knelt and prayed, and he received Christ into his life as his personal Lord and Savior.
With great joy and enthusiasm my new brother in Christ announced, “I want to take these things to my wife because she too is eager to receive Christ.” It is our responsibility to follow Christ. It is His responsibility to make us fishers of men.
Bible Reading: Matthew 4:18-22
TODAY’S ACTION POINT: As I follow Christ today, I will recognize that even the delays, hindrances and closed doors may well be opportunities for me to share my faith in Jesus Christ. I shall remember, with God’s help, to share Him with others at every opportunity.
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of us.
How lovely on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news.
The loveliest feet I’ve ever known are those of the young man who took it up on himself a duty to bring it to me that I needed Christ. Those that follow Christ shall do greater things than the things that He did while on earth.
Many want to perform great mirracles. I guess the greatest mirracle that ever happened to me in my life was the day my spiritual eyes were opened. The young man perfomed the greatest mirracle ever over me. This mirracle is a gift to us all and Christ is requiring this…
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However, “the servant who knows what his master wants, but has got nothing ready and done nothing in accord with those wishes, will be given a great many strokes of the lash” (Luke 12:47) But behold “the one who did not know, but has acted in such a way that he deserves a beating, will be given fewer strokes. When someone is given a great deal, a great deal will be demanded of that person; when someone is entrusted with a great deal, of that person even more will be expected” (Luke…
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