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God's assignment may be to bear witness to those in our town or neighboring towns. | Mark 5:18-20 | Mark 5:18-20 | God's assignment, witness |
A changed life speaks volumes to those who knew you best before. | Mark 5:18-20 | Mark 5:18-20 | Changed life, witness |
The spiritual markers you note in your life or church's life won't necessarily speak for themselves. | Joshua 4:4-7 | Joshua 4:4-7 | spiritual markers, training, witness, object lessons, testimony |
Future generations may need to inquire what the spiritual marker represents. | Joshua 4:4-7 | Joshua 4:4-7 | spiritual marker, trianing, witness, object lessons, God's activity |
Those who experienced the awesome event noted in a spiritual marker must pass on to others the lesson or lessons of the marker. | Joshua 4:4-7 | Joshua 4:4-7 | spiritual marker, witness, testimony, object lessons, God's activity |
In whatever a believer or teacher communicates to others, the gospel of Jesus Christ should be the priority item. | 2 Corinthians 15:3 | 2 Corinthians 15:3 | gospel, Jesus Christ, proclaim, communicate, witness |
Believers need to be able to give reasons why they have hope in Jesus Christ. | 1 Peter 3:15 | 1 Peter 3:15 | evangelism, teaching, education, witness, why I believe, hope |
There are particular events (encounters with God) from God's point of view of which His children need to be reminded periodically. | Joshua 4:4-7 | Joshua 4:4-7 | God's activity, encounter God, witness, object lessons, spiritual reminders |
Objects can serve as reminders of awesome spiritual events God brought in one's life. | Joshua 4:4-7 | Joshua 4:4-7 | spiritual markers, witness, God's activity, object lessons, remember God |
Believers need to think through in advance what they would say to one who inquires about salvation in Jesus Christ. | 1 Peter 3:15 | 1 Peter 3:15 | advance, prepration, teaching, evangelism, witness, gospel |
Sometimes you have to break from popular cultural 'norms' to share the Gospel with one in need of a personal encounter with Jesus Christ. | John 4:9-10 | John 4:1-54 | Gospel, Witness, Culture |
Those IN CHRIST walking in an intimate relationship with the LORD, even in an idolatrous culture, will recognize a God-appointed opportunity, courageously declare God's revelation (Truth), and point gloriously to God as their Source. | Daniel 2:24-28 | Daniel 2:17-28 | Idolatrous Culture, Intimacy, Witness |
Profoundly significant and to be rewarded are those IN CHRIST who point others to Jesus Christ. | Daniel 12:3 | Daniel 12:1-13 | Gospel, Rewards, Witness |
How can a God-honoring person carry on and even succeed while living in an idolatrous culture? Answer: this one's life is deeply dedicated to a disciplined prayer life, having a dynamic communion with God. | Daniel 6:10 | Daniel 6:1-10 | Faithful, Idolatrous Culture, Witness |
Even if a Christ-follower conforms to his local, idolatrous culture in many external ways (name change, clothing, language, housing, etc), his identify as belonging to God should remain true and known to those in the culture - even over many years (60 plus years in the case of Daniel). | Daniel 6:13 | Daniel 6:8-13 | Faithful, Idolatrous Culture, Witness |
Even a relatively forgotten, quite elderly, faithful servant of God in an idolatrous culture may be given an opportunity to speak again for God in public (maybe at the highest level) and by God's grace do so with boldness, truth, revelation, and humility. | Daniel 5:22-28 | Daniel 5:17-31 | Faithful, Idolatrous Culture, Witness |
A godly man can be true to God and in life's circumstances serve a leader in a high position in an idolatrous culture - the godly man being of excellent spirit, unquestioned integrity, and faithful execution of his responsibilities. | Daniel 6:1-4 | Daniel 6:1-10 | Faithful, Idolatrous Culture, Witness |
When a Christ-follower runs his daily life 'low' on oil (Holy Spirit) and 'high' on flesh (self-energy), his 'light' will be dim at best. | Exodus 27:20-21 | Exodus 27:20-21 | Testimony, God's Power, Witness |