verseoftheday

For everyone here, including the whole palace guard, knows that I am in chains because of Christ. And because of my imprisonment, most of the believers here have gained confidence and boldly speak God's message without fear. Philippians 1:13-14 NLT Who was really in chains? Most likely Paul was chained up to a guard who was rotated 24/7. Every 8 to 10 hours Paul had another captive audience to hear the good news of Jesus! His heart and his actions gave others confidence too. People generally are interested in faith, life's purpose, God's love, & sometimes it just takes one bold person...we don't need to be afraid to talk about what's really important... Maybe there's a Paul where you live, study, work, or play, who's example gives confidence to share, or maybe that can be us? #goodnews #nofear

It's true that some are preaching out of jealousy and rivalry...Those others do not have pure motives as they preach about Christ. They preach with selfish ambition, not sincerely, intending to make my chains more painful to me. But that doesn't matter. Whether their motives are false or genuine, the message about Christ is being preached either way, so I rejoice... Philippians 1:15-18 NLT And we think celebrity preachers are something  new! Paul is in prison & it seems that others were stepping in to make a $ or a name for themselves. And Paul's attitude? He's not worried about why you preach Jesus just that you do it He was all about getting Jesus message of Love, Grace, Forgiveness & Peace out there than anything else... #goodnews #getitoutthere

Ephesians 1:4 NLT Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. In Jesus we are without fault. God now sees us as holy. Wow. No matter who you are. Loved. Chosen. No matter what you've done. Without fault. Holy. That's the gospel right there...the good news...:) #goodnews