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The scripture for today, April 15, is 1st John 4:15 as found in the New Testament of the Bible:
“And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.”
The New Testament was written by people who walked and talked with Jesus. They saw his miracles, they heard his amazing words. They were eyewitnesses.
Several first- and second-century manuscripts still exist that were passed down from some who actually knew the eyewitnesses. A few were even written during the late life of the last living apostle, John. The Bible has more existing ancient manuscripts (over 5000) than any historical writing in the world.
Read the New Testament. It was written by inspired men with a passion that would not let them stop talking about this Jesus. He consumed their life when he was on earth, and consumed their spirit after he left.
Through the centuries, men and women have given their lives so that you today may have the writings (New Testament) of those eyewitnesses in our own language and read it for yourself. Many were ridiculed and tortured terribly and then died a long excruciating death so that the apostles’ testimony could live on.
Do not take for granted the words of Jesus’ eyewitnesses. Jesus lived and died for you. Those witnesses, in a sense, also lived and died for you. Read what they testified to. Then, if necessary, live and die for it.
The scripture for today, April 14 (4/14), is Esther 4:14b as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:
“And who knows but that you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
Today’s scripture is about a reluctant young lady who won a beauty contest and was chosen to be the queen of Persia. Time has passed, and now a command has just gone out to kill all Jews. Queen Esther was a Jewess but had not told anyone at the royal court. She could continue to hide her nationality and let all her people die, or she could intervene with the king. She was the only Jew the king would have listened to. So she took the chance that she, too, would be killed, and spoke on behalf of her people. They were saved.
There are always situations in life in which you are the only one who can accomplish something very needed. Perhaps you are the only adult standing near a strange child who is about to run out into a busy road. Perhaps you are tall and a short person needs to reach something at the store. Perhaps you know a particular language and others around you need you to explain something to them. Perhaps someone called a wrong number on the telephone and reached you instead.
As we go through life, there are situations in which you are the only one who can handle them. Do you? Do you watch for those situations, or do you walk around in your own little world?
Listen! It’s the silent cries of people only you can help. Do you hear them?
1.Hey, don’t complete the voting page on the website: https://comeflywithme-tv.com/vote-for-episode-ending-vote/
This is just an example of ways the viewers can feel they are part of each episode. It is just an example page and not meant for any of you. Okay?
2. Also, I have reset the comments section so you don’t have to leave your name & email.
I need your feedback on the partial (most will be on paper from the 8 books I read on today’s teen and young adult) proposal I sent you last night. Remember, I am trying to get young people to give the show a chance. https://comeflywithme-tv.com/
Never will I have Jesus say anything that is not in the Bible. That’s a given. You saw the extensive list of scriptures I listed that each story is based on. If you have read my eight- book series ~ THEY MET JESUS ~ you will see applicable scriptures and ancient historians cited at the end of each chapter.
The Apostle Paul said in I Corinthians 9: 19 Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible….22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.” I took the nationalities of the apostles either from direct reference (Simon, the Canaanite) or the etymology of their name (Thaddeus was Syrian), or where they traveled to after Jesus died (such as Thomas to India). This was to show viewers that Jesus accepts all nationalities.
Do you like the pictures? I chose them as allegorical depictions of how Jesus can help people today. Only about 20% of America’s population goes to church regularly now. Most are not atheists, but call God the “Higher Power” because they do not know who he is. They also do not see how Jesus could make a difference in their life other than drawing them into “organized religion” with its great hierarchy. That is my target audience, and especially the teens, the future of the church.
Suggestions?
Reflections?
Likes?
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Remember, my target audience is teens and young adults.
Click the picture to see my partial proposal (some is in writing) to Sony pictures for turning my 8-book series, They Met Jesus, into a weekly TV series. I have an appointment with them in June. I am temporarily calling the series
My main target audience is teenagers and young adults who would not ordinarily watch a Christian TV show. (Older people who like this kind of show will watch it w/o extra targeting. )
Be sure and start the audio (you can turn the sound down a little) and let me know what you think of it.
The scripture for today, April 12, is Colossians 4:12 as found in the New Testament of the Bible:
“He is always wrestling in prayer for you.”
Do you have fast-food prayers? Drive in, ask for something for yourself, and drive out two minutes later?
How about trying gourmet prayers ~ where you gather many ingredients, not just one? They take longer but are very special and rewarding.
Your menu is your prayer list. People on your list don’t even have to be people you know personally. They can be from the newspaper, teachers at a local school, government officials, your neighbors, your congregation. List people by name. Pray for them by name.
Then tell these people you are praying for them. You may think you’ll get some strange looks, but mostly, even from the unreligious, you will get a smile and a whispered thank you. Some will actually reply, “No one before has ever told me they were praying for me.” After a while, you will begin receiving word from some of them, “I am praying for you too.”
Prayer is wonderful. It is most wonderful when it centers, not on yourself, but on struggling in prayer for others.
One by one you will begin seeing amazing answers in the lives of those you pray for. And that’s a promise!
The scripture for today, April 11 (4/11), is Exodus 4:11 as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:
“Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the Lord?”
This is a dynamic verse, for it helps answer the question: “If God is so good, why did he allow me/my relative to become deaf/blind?”
Here is the answer. Satan is the prince of this world. So, God takes countermeasures to defeat him. Everything Satan does God can undo. But he does it in his own way. He does it through us.
God gives each of us an assignment. We all have something God wants us to overcome. Why? Because it makes us spiritually stronger. It is intended to turn us into spiritual giants. Wow!
His assignment may be the family we were born in to, the country we were born in, an earthquake, a flood, an unfair professor, a mean boss. Amidst our tears, as we face sometimes unbearable assignments, the challenge is for us to carry on with the smile of faith on our lips.
Paul said in 2nd Corinthians 12:10, “For Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses…For when I am weak, then I am strong!” If God did not believe you or your relative or friend could handle your affliction, he would not allow you to have it.
It’s almost as if the more affliction you have, the more faith God has in you. After all, 2nd Corinthians 6:1 says we are workers together with God.
Has God given you a tough assignment? What a privilege!
The scripture for today, April 10 (4/10), is Zechariah 4:10 as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:
“Who despises the day of small things?”
We tend to admire big things ~ big buildings, big empires, big trees, big causes. Sometimes it is difficult to remember that those things started out small.
Have you been wanting to accomplish something big? All buildings started out with one board or one stone. All empires started out with one person. All big trees started out as one seed. All big causes started out with one dream.
Perhaps your dream started out small but stayed small. That doesn’t mean it will always be small. It may become big years from now, or even in someone else’s lifetime. Don’t despise what you have now.
Have you been putting off trying to make your dream reality because it won’t be big and people will laugh at you and you will get depressed? Do not fear it. Have faith in it. Plant that small seed. Do not despise it. Embrace it. Nourish it.
Make today the day of your new beginning. Launch your dream. Soar with it, even if you’re the only one who does.
