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June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 164 – 13 June When the guard finally drops and pray on my behalf, that speech may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel. (Ephesians 6:19, NASB) Sit through a tense meeting and watch how

June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 162 – 11 June Cheap clay, priceless cargo But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. (2 Corinthians 4:7, ESV) Hand the most valuable object in the world to the least impressive person in

June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 163 – 12 June The fragrance that gets there first For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. (2 Corinthians 2:15, NKJV) Long before you catch sight of the bakery, you smell it. You might

June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 161 – 10 June You speak for a King Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. (2 Corinthians 5:20, KJV) For as long as nations have spoken to one

June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 160 – 9 June Words that carry their own power 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, NIV) Talk is cheap, the old saying runs, and most of us have proved

June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 159 – 8 June News you only have to receive Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand. (1 Corinthians 15:1, NKJV) The most quietly revolutionary feature of the Christian message is that it

June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 158 – 7 June The harvest you cannot hurry I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. (1 Corinthians 3:6, ESV) A newly sown field holds one of the quietest scenes in all of working life. The seed lies hidden beneath the dark crumb of the soil,

June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 157 – 6 June Strong enough to feel it with you Who is weak, and I am not weak? (2 Corinthians 11:29a, KJV) You know, from the inside, the particular loneliness of being the weakest one in the group. Perhaps it was the sports field where the captains

June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 156 – 5 June When good news presses to be told I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! (1 Corinthians 9:16, NIV) A quiet but enormous gulf separates the things we feel we ought to do from the things we

June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 154 – 3 June The gain that outlasts the ledger To the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. (1 Corinthians 9:22a, NKJV) Ask almost anyone what they hope to gain from the year ahead, and the replies arrive with little hesitation. A promotion,