Living Letters - Greg Laurie Daily Devotion - February 19, 2020

 

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Wednesday, February 19, 2020 Living Letters "The only letter of recommendation we need is you yourselves. Your lives are a letter written in our hearts; everyone can read it and recognize our good work among you." (2 Corinthians 3:2 nlt) Christians are walking epistles, written by God and read by men. That means we're the only Bible some people ever will read. They'll form an opinion about God based on what they think of us. Yes, that's a lot of pressure, but we are His representatives. We can't escape the fact that we're examples. All that we determine is whether we're good examples or poor ones. So we are to be examples to those who are watching us. One thing that seems to permeate our society today is a sense of hopelessness. But as Christians, we have that hope. And we need to deliver it. We need to tell others there is hope in this world. There is purpose. There is meaning. Writing to the church in Thessalonica, Paul said, "We loved you so much that we shared with you not only God's Good News but our own lives, too" (1 Thessalonians 2:8 nlt). Paul understood that God called him not only to preach the gospel but to live it as well. What's more, Paul shared the entire gospel, not just part of it. He said, "I have fully presented the Good News of Christ from Jerusalem all the way to Illyricum" (Romans 15:19 nlt). CONTINUE READING →

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Book by Greg Laurie Greg Laurie Greg Laurie is senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, with campuses in California and Hawaii. He began his pastoral ministry at the age of 19, leading a Bible study of 30 people. Today, Harvest is one of the largest churches in America. More than 5.6 million people have attended Laurie's Harvest Crusades since 1990, and more than 500,000 people have registered professions of faith through these outreaches. Laurie is the author of more than 70 books and his daily nationally syndicated radio program, A New Beginning , is broadcast on more than 1,000 radio outlets around the world. He and his wife, Cathe, have been married for over 40 years and have two sons and five grandchildren If you would like to offset my expenses of producing all this free content, but you want to pass on buying Greg Laurie's books from  alibris.com, feel free to give a little something-------Give through PayPal-----Rick Livermore-Webmaster220 Brought to you by Rick Livermore   https://webmaster220.blogspot.com/   I live in Laguna Niguel California now  a fan of  tubitv.com/category/faith_and_spirituality also a fan of tubitv.com/channels/dovechannel  Thank you for your support for the work I did while I lived in Arizona.