I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL

 

Romans 1:16

December 1, 2020

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

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Devotional Thoughts

By Nicky Cruz

If there is one thing we have learned through our ministry—through facing the enemy on his own turf time and time again, day after day, week after week—it is that Satan is a coward. 

He picks on the most defenseless among us, the most hopeless and desperate. 

Like a playground bully who runs for cover as soon as a kid his size shows up, Satan retreats at the first sign of real power.

Do we truly understand the power we have at our fingertips? 

Do we grasp the significance of the message that we bring to a lost world? 

Do we comprehend how easily evil can be beaten and revoked by simply opening ourselves up to the moving of the Holy Spirit?

Do we know what God is capable of doing among us?

How I long to see a day when Christians stand shoulder to shoulder, arm in arm, in this war with Satan and finally draw a line in the sand, right in the middle of his path. 

A line that stops him dead in his tracks. 

A line that says, “You’ve had your day! You’ve had your fun! 

But your day is over. 

In the name of Jesus, you can go no further.”

I long to see an army of soldiers rise up against him. 

A regiment of soul-obsessed believers, taking up arms in this fight against evil. 

An army of men and women with hearts that burn for God and lives that are dedicated to His will.

Isn’t that the kind of army you long to be a part of? 

Don’t you wish you could play even a small part in such a huge battle for God? 

Isn’t this what you’ve been waiting for, what you’ve been hoping for, what you’ve been praying and believing that God would bring your way?

If so, then God wants you to know that the army is already in place. 

The war is being waged. 

All you have to do is take up your sword and find your place in His ranks!

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes”        (Romans 1:16).