The Daily Fountain Devotional Tuesday, October 11, 2022
The Daily Fountain Devotional Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
TOPIC: BREAK NEW GROUND
TEXT: Romans 15:14-21
14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. 15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God, 16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, 19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation: 21 But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.
The Daily Fountain Devotional Tuesday, October 11, 2022
INTRODUCTION TEXT
Apostle Paul spoke confidently and glowingly of his ministry to the gentiles. He testified that through the power of the Holy Spirit, great signs and wonders were recorded in his missionary works. He felt so fulfilled that he was able to fully preach the gospel with great impact and result. In his remarks, he made it known that he strived not to preach the gospel where Christ was named (Rom. 15:20), because he did not want to build upon another man's foundation. What a great man Apostle Paul was! His interest and desire was to reach the unreached with the good news of the kingdom. His passion was to break new grounds (new converts) for God. Snatching of members to swell membership, as is the practice in most cases today, was foreign to Apostle Paul.
It is a common experience in the present dispensation to see many churches in a street in metropolitan cities and even villages who have never believed the gospel. God wants you to reach out and break new grounds for Him. He expects you to invest your material and non-material resources to spread the gospel to lands where the good news has not reached. He is counting on you. Please arise and do the needful!
Prayer: Heavenly Father, open my eyes to see new grounds to cover for you, and grant me courage to launch out in Jesus' Name. Amen