Living Courageously for Jesus

I start every morning with coffee and God through daily devotions from Our Daily Bread Ministries, https://odb.org. Today’s devotion is titled “Faith-Stand” The scripture is from John 19:38–42 with the key verse, " Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen", John 19:40. Remi Oyedele wrote this devotion. My beloved children, grandchildren, brothers, and sisters in Christ, all that I write, I pray first to God to guide my words, so that it may serve as spiritual food and guidance. I want God to be the sole source of my writing, so all the credit goes to Him, not to me. I am only his humble servant. I thank God that He led me to use Our Daily Bread Ministries as a base for comments. When I think of heroic Christians such as Abraham, Moses, David, Elijah, Peter, Paul, Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, I want to emulate them. These men risk everything to be followers. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus risked their standing with the Jewish leaders to take Christ’s crucified body and give Him a decent burial. The manner of Jesus’s death and the events that immediately followed (Matthew 27:50–54) crystallized the fledgling faith of these fearful followers. They learned to focus on who God is rather than what man could do to them. Reflect: In what ways have you lived courageously for your faith in Jesus? What can you do differently that might show your faith to the world? Courage [is] not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. Nelson Mandela Prayer: Jesus, I want to live courageously for you. May God bless you and live your life courageously for Jesus.

Our Daily Bread Ministries (2019, Sep. 26). Faith-Stand, Remi Oyedele, retrieved from www.odb.org/2019/26/09/ Faith-Stand.