Posted by: trbccoffeebreak | January 23, 2026

What We’ve Been Hiding Too Long

“Above all maintain an intense love for each other since love covers a multitude of sins.” I Peter 4:8 (HCSB)

Ever find yourself running for cover? It’s kind of how we’ve all felt – like Eve we instinctively know when we have done something wrong. A stirring in our hearts, a sorrow in our soul. Maybe, just maybe, we could run and hide. Cover it all up for no one to see. Or better yet, just pretend it never happened. Has that one ever served us well? Pretending is simply denial, and denial always rises back up to the surface just when we least expect it.

Hiding isn’t really hiding – we all know that right? We may think we’ve got them fooled, but the people who know us the best usually see right through our ugly places. And if they really, really love us then they ask those hard questions. Takes courage to love like that. Takes boldness to love like that. Takes humility to love like that. Why? Because we’ve all been there. We’ve all fallen short. We’ve all desperately needed washing from head to toe. We’ve all landed outside the boundaries of obedience and attempted to excuse our way back in.

Praising Jesus for those who have roped me back in over my lifetime. Thankful for love that propels hard words that softens my dead heart. Grateful for do-overs and grace that covers exposed, forgiven places. Remembering that intense love hanging on the cross covers all our sin – past, present and future.

Ready to stop running? Tired of trying to cover it all up? Pretending getting old and burdensome? Listen intently to the people who love enough, who care enough to not give up. Then gather at the feet of Jesus, confess what He already knows and allow His love to cover the wrongs we’ve been hiding too long.

“Father, Your love runs deep and wide washing over all our sins – our chains are gone we’ve been set free.”

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Janet Martin
TRBC Women’s Life

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Posted by: trbccoffeebreak | January 22, 2026

Jars of Clay

One of my favorite word pictures in the Bible is 2 Corinthians 4:7:  “But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.”   (NIV)

Jars of clay. Picture a potter sitting down at his wheel with a large lump of shapeless, gray, nondescript clay, throwing it on the wheel, then beginning to work it with his slurred hands as the wheel spins, pulling up and up, molding and shaping, caressing the clay into the shape that he wants. Finally, it goes through the firing and glazing process. Now it’s complete. It will work for his intended purpose – to hold olive oil. He places it on the shelf, waiting for a buyer.

Let’s stretch our imaginations and give the jar human emotions. It sits proudly on the shelf, eager and ready to be put into service. It feels sorry for those little jars made for nothing but to hold herbs, or, even worse, to sit around and look pretty. It even feels a bit haughty, looking down its spout at the lesser jars.

Oops! Someone bumps it off the shelf, and it breaks into pieces. Now it’s no longer suitable for doing its job, even after the potter uses glue to put the pieces back together. And now it has those ugly scars. It can’t even be used as an accent piece in the décor. Being put back together enables it to handle some jobs, but it is still embarrassed at its condition. Now it feels inferior to the other jars, believing no one will ever want to use it.

In the meantime, customers come and go, buying the perfect jars and ignoring the patched one.

Business is good, and the potter spends and saves his earnings wisely until he has a small stash of gold coins. He needs to find a place for his valuables that thieves would likely overlook. Eventually, the potter stores his coins inside the broken clay jar, giving it a noble purpose. The jar rejoices. It knows it isn’t noble of itself, but because of the riches inside.

You know where I’m going with this. That’s what God did. He put His treasure inside us, the broken and unworthy jars of clay. If we go back to verse 6, we see what the treasure is – it’s the knowledge of God’s glory as displayed in the face of Christ. Think about that—we now have personal knowledge of His glory! We didn’t have it before we believed. That is a light reserved only for His children, and where did He put it?  In us, in plain jars of clay, with all of our flaws, with all of our cracks, with all of our un-specialness. We have this treasure in jars of clay. We can stand in awe of His gracious favor in allowing us to be vessels of His glory.

“Lord God, we are grateful that you have given us the honor of being your clay jars, vessels of your Light. We pray for Your help in living lives worthy of this calling.”

For His Glory

Cherie Williams (www.cherharbridgewilliams.com)
TRBC Women’s Life

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Posted by: trbccoffeebreak | January 21, 2026

Represent Well

“So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”  2 Corinthians 5:20 (NLT)

The headlines are overwhelming. The grief is real. The pain people are walking through publicly and privately is no joke. It is life altering and traumatic and heavy.

What are we to do with all of this? How do we teach our children Jesus is the Light of the World when the darkness is so thick you can feel it? Where is God and is it too late for Him to help us?

Judges 17:6 says, “In those days there was no king in Israel: everyone did what was right in his own eyes.”(NIV)  This is again repeated in Judges 21:25.

Notice this verse does not say everyone acted on how they felt or everyone acted on any other premise, other than ‘what was right in their own eyes.’  The key here is that we think we know what is right and then actions follow, and chaos ensues. This is not just about other people, this is about us. The Israelites, who had seen and heard of the miracles of God, were living this way.

The Bible has a clear antidote for this in several places.

Proverbs 3:5-6-”Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean NOT in your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths.”

Psalm 119:105-”Your Word is a lamp for my feet, a light for my path.”

Isaiah 30:21-”Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.”

James 1:5-”If you lack wisdom, you should ask God….”

It begins with us. We have to admit we do not know what is right apart from God and His Word. We have to walk in wisdom, leaning on His understanding, acknowledging Who He is, trusting His light to guide us, and being patient enough to wait to hear His voice.

We do not react to this world because it is not our home. We are called to be His representatives, not His lawyers. We do not need to respond to everything and when it is the right time to respond, we represent Him well.

How do we represent Him well? By walking with Him each day, talking with Him each day, and trusting that He is above every worldly leader, politician, speaker, writer, and pastor. By understanding those in the world are going to behave like those in the world. They do not have Jesus as their HOPE.

How can we expect our children and others to choose Jesus if we are walking as the world does, by doing what we ‘ think’ is right without consulting Him? Let us dare not assume we know what God wants or how God thinks before we spend time in His Word and talking with Him about it.Represent Him well. Lean into His understanding. Ask for wisdom and do not act, post, speak, until we hear clearly from Him.

If Jesus was reading our social media, listening to our conversations, or sitting near us in the coffee shop, would He be pleased?

We do this so Christ is made known to all. That others would desire a relationship with Him, know His love for them, and have the HOPE only Jesus can bring.

“Don’t shine so that others can see you. Shine so that through you, others can see HIM.” ~ C. S. Lewis

“Father, may we live well for You no matter what is going on around us.”

 

For His Glory

 

Terrie Tollerson
TRBC Women’s Life

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Posted by: trbccoffeebreak | January 20, 2026

Edifying Input

“I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil.” Psalm 101:2b-4

Phones, tablets, smart watches. The opportunity in our day for visual and mental input is pervasive. to the tantalizing bait with a click, and the next thing you know, the algorithm starts feeding you similar content—whether you liked what you saw the first time or not. Search something on Google (or even discuss something with your phone in earshot) and relevant ads will flood your feeds. Then there are all those streaming tv channels…endless story options that seem interesting, perhaps even tempting a binge-watch because of the “character development” or good-versus-evil plot. Ah, but a few minutes into episode one (or in the first 15 minutes of a film), there it is: the world’s immorality, sin normalized with an underlying soul-numbing message of, “This is natural, acceptable—it’s the way of the world, nothing to get uptight about. You can still live the way you want. After all, this is just entertainment—no harm, no foul.”

Friend, don’t be deceived! These are hissing lies of the enemy. Modern algorithms and streaming shows are his tools to either hook you into sin and trip up your walk with the Lord (and potentially damage your testimony) or lull you into the sleep of ineffectiveness.

Before salvation, we were darkness—but, as surrendered followers of Christ, we are now light in the Lord. So, we’re called to take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness (Ephesians 5:3-17). We are to look carefully at how we walk—and what we watch. These days are evil, and Satan knows his time is short. Are you (and I) making the best use of the time? By watching these worldly shows full of sex, homosexuality, cursing, and murder or doomscrolling for hours down dark holes of the same, we are acting like fools, partnering with the ungodly. In this, we befriend the world. But we need to recall the brutally honest exhortation of James: Whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God (James 4:4).

“But this is just the way the world is! Am I supposed to give up my smartphone? My television?” (Well, the answer to that is, “Maybe.” It depends on the Holy Spirit’s conviction within you and/or your level of addiction to it all.) For all of us, though, it is about turning away from the dark and setting our minds—and eyes—on things above (Colossians 3:2). It’s about filling our ears, eyes, mind, and spirit with godly things. That which is honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, and worthy of praise (Philippians 4:8).

Beloved, let’s assess our input. The shows we stream and the YouTube channels we subscribe to (even the seemingly innocuous ones about health or home—they could be contributing to confusion, envy, fear). This includes our favorite podcasts (political, cultural…maybe even spiritual, if the host tends to drive wedges among the Body of Christ). Let’s make a shift and devote ourselves to quieting the worldly noise. (I’ve already started, and I can tell you that the level of peace and joy I am already experiencing is beautiful. And I haven’t had any social media in about a decade—so my cutting away has been primarily YouTube and tv shows. I recognize that socials have an entirely different level of pull, so eliminating this may hold much greater difficulty.)

My prayer for you and for me in this mirrors that of the Apostle Paul in his letter to Titus (2:11-14): “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession who are zealous for good works.” Amen and amen.

For His Glory

Julianne Winkler Smith
TRBC Women’s Life

 

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Posted by: trbccoffeebreak | January 19, 2026

Our Daily Bread

“Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. Deuteronomy 6: 5-9 (ESV)

If you’re like me there are probably only a few things you actually write – yes, with your hands gripped around a pen. My computer keys are exhausted from my constant pounding. And those texts on my phone track miles of conversations. My note app and calendar keep me scheduled all at the tap of fingertips. Modern day technology stealing away words written by hand on a page.

As a writer, I definitely spend more hours typing than using all those beautiful pens displayed on my desk, yet I love every single one of them. Special pens, colorful pens, gel pens – you name it I have them. And dare I leave out all those note cards, journals, highlighters, etc. – everything a Bible study girl would love. Enticing me to grab a pen and write on paper.

Sweet friends, that’s exactly what I did a few years ago. I released the urge to tap out words on my keyboard or text on my phone and welcomed the invitation to write out scripture daily. Oh, how I love the verses God has brought to my attention over the years. With lots of different scripture writing plans for free online, I’ve been blessed to dive deep into God’s Word and uncover encouragement, inspiration, pivotal wisdom, convicting truths, gratitudes – the list is endless. As my hand glides across the page unveiling God’s Word for the day, I am amazed at how His Words were just where my focus needed to land.

In a world filled with AI, false truths and careless words, the discipline of writing out scripture has benefited me in so many ways:

A renewed love for God’s Word
Easier recall of verses to share with others
Focused unpacking of one verse per day
Respect and awe for the character of our God
Laying a firm foundation for hard places
Gratitude igniters to cultivate praise
Hope lifters when life is challenging
Convicting reminders of His holiness

Would totally love it if you joined me on this journey of scripture writing. Grab a pen, paper and yes, the written Word. Check out the concordance in the back of your Bible and start with verses that resonate with your 2026 life. Look up referenced verses or pick one from many offered online resources. I guarantee you won’t be disappointed, but rather amazed at what God reveals to you and how He encourages you daily to treasure His Word. And when 2026 comes to a close, you will have written down 365 living breathing Words of God (we’re still early into January, you can definitely catch up).

“Father, give us a passion and thirst for Your Word. A new practice of writing down scripture each day – our daily bread – exactly what we need.”

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Janet Martin
TRBC Women’s Life

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Posted by: trbccoffeebreak | January 16, 2026

The Power of Asking

“For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.” Matthew 7:8 (ESV)

Asking the right questions at the right time can prove crucial. Like when you’re running to catch your plane and you’re unsure which gate is yours. Or even better what about those moments when the one cutting your hair suggests taking a little bit more off. Great time to ask, “How much is a little bit?” Failed to ask this question as a third grader when my grandma left me with not too much hair. School pictures that year were not purchased.

Funny how we often avoid asking questions probing through our thoughts for fear of how they may make us look. So instead, we often forego knowing in favor of intimidation and fear. Now that definitely doesn’t serve us well. And settling in on too many assumptions usually steers us in the wrong direction. Silence leaves us regretting the unasked, unspoken questions that would have unlocked so many doors.

When Jesus faced lots of accusations and questions, He met his critics and cynics head on with deep, probing questions. In fact, if you study the Gospels, you will find Jesus was the ultimate question asker. He challenged His disciples with questions and often answered their questions with, yes, another question. When others tried to trap Him with His own words, Jesus resorted to questions which left them blindsided.

Jesus, the Son of God, had infinite, unlimited knowledge –  nothing was beyond Him. He knew the questions before the words hit someone’s lips, yet He was strategic in using those moments to cultivate thinking on the part of the one asking. He painted beautiful word pictures (Parables) to bring full circle His point and allowed the listeners to think rather than simply telling them the underlying truth.

So the next time we think our question is ridiculously silly, let’s ask anyway. If we feel our questions are too deep, probing and uncharted ask anyway. God knows what is on our minds – the thoughts that are desperately searching for an answer. But once we ask let’s not fail to wait and trust, search and seek. Right in the midst of answers is a beautiful relationship with God, the one who longs for us to dive deep into His word and gather close so we can listen intently to His wisdom.

“Jesus how sweet it is to come to You with all our unknowns, doubts and questions trusting completely that You are our ultimate answer giver – we are so blessed.”

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Janet Martin
TRBC Women’s Life

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Posted by: trbccoffeebreak | January 15, 2026

Count Me In

“Let’s see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out, not avoiding worshiping together as some do but spurring each other on, especially as we see the big Day approaching.” Hebrews 10:25 (Msg)

“Lord, did you forget that I’m an introvert?” I distinctively remember saying those words not so long ago. The beginning of change. For prior, I lived in a world of walls. No, not walls that anyone could see but walls created and maintained by me. I was a master wall builder. Walls of brick that spanned two feet wide and 20 feet high. Walls of steel, coated in bronze that enclosed me and locked in place on cue. Walls that appeared out of nowhere at the most inopportune times. It took years to build my walls. Effortless it was. It’s what I did when hurt came and had no place to go.

But God wanted something different. I was created for community. I was created to love, be loved and serve. Walls not only sheltered me from others but formed ceilings that restricted my relationship with God. Nothing and no one could hurt me, in theory. Correspondingly, nothing and no one could satisfy and bring contentment, joy or peace.

And so, I prayed a simple prayer: “I’m ready.” I’m ready to open my heart again. I’m willing to take down the walls. And the people came. My neighbor, someone at the grocery store, even someone at church. Exhausting! Then another and another. And as I returned their advances, I realized that the only thing that held me back from others’ kindnesses was me.

God had room to enter and heal, love and teach. I then could give and receive love just as God filled me with His love. Did hurt come calling? Sure. We live in a fallen world. Where have I placed the hurt? I wish I could say that I leave it at Christ’s cross, because I think that’s what I should say. Sometimes I do, but I struggle with doing this always. My tear count is too high likely. But, I have experienced so many moments of joy, love and life that I choose to not build the walls back. I’m finally alive, moving forward in my faith journey. Instead of building walls, God is building bridges. Instead of height the focus is breadth. The end result is pure gold.

“Father, thank You that Your desire is to have relationship with us. Thank You that You have never stopped pursuing us. Thank You for Your faithfulness and love that can change a heart of stone and make it something beautiful.”

For His Glory

Kathryn Hayman
TRBC Women’s Life

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Posted by: trbccoffeebreak | January 14, 2026

What God Are We Worshipping?

“Can people make their own gods? These are not real gods at all!” Jeremiah 16:20(NLT)

There is something I have been thinking about for a while, and I want to share my thoughts with you today. Many of us unknowingly think of God as a “formula” God. We don’t intend to think of Him this way, sometimes it is intuitive and sometimes it is because of the way we grew up.

Let me share a few examples-

-Bring up a child in the way he should go, and he will not depart from it.

-If you follow God, you will be blessed.

-If you wait for marriage, sex will be amazing.

-If you give to God, you will be blessed.

While some of these are truths from Scripture, some of these are just platitudes we have been taught. In addition, blessings do not come packaged in the same way for every person or every time. We can easily become disillusioned when God does not meet our expectations.

Have we thought about who we really believe God is?

How can we avoid being mad at God when He does not do what we think He will or should do? How can we stay strong in our faith and safeguard ourselves against thoughts that could someday turn against us if our circumstances were to change?

Here are a few things to think about:

-First, we need to be sure our relationship with Jesus Christ is real, and we are moving toward Him each day. Are we dying to our desires on a daily basis or do we live in an environment where our life appears to honor Him because we do not overtly do anything against Him?

-Next, we need to be honest about Who He is. Do we really believe He is the King of Kings? Do we talk with Him, ask for wisdom in our decisions, and care what He thinks?

-Finally, we may sing songs like I Just Want to Speak the Name of Jesus with lyrics such as

Your name is power

Your name is healing

Your name is life

 

Do we mean Jesus is all powerful, all healing, all life, even when things feel like we have no power, healing does not come and there is death of any kind?

The question is, do we change how we think about who Jesus is based on our circumstances or experiences or have we determined Who He is and are we living accordingly?  Who do we really believe God is?

Let us be sure we are guarding our hearts against creating any gods, and we are trusting in the One who created all things.

“Father, help us to know Who You are and believe and trust You.”

For His Glory

Terrie Tollerson
TRBC Women’s Life

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Posted by: trbccoffeebreak | January 13, 2026

Resting In Incomprehensible Love

“…that you, being firmly rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge… ~Ephesians 3:17b-19a

God is beyond time—He created everything and has always existed (Genesis 1:1; John 1:1-4). He is everywhere all at once (omnipresent), and He knows everything (omniscient). God holds everything together with His Word (Colossians 1:16-17; Hebrews 1:3)—He is all-powerful (omnipotent). He knew you before He formed you (Psalm 139: 15-16).

And, no matter who you are, where you are, or what you’ve done, God loves you.

Maybe you’re running from God right now. You want to do life the world’s way, on your own terms. You’re confident that you can think, speak, and act outside of God’s view. Like a toddler who covers her own eyes and thinks she can’t be seen, you fully believe you can hide from God. Oh, but let’s look at the glorious words of Psalm 139:7-10: “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. If I lift up the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.”

Sweet friend, God knows you. You cannot hide or run from Him. He created you for relationship with Him and wants You to be reconciled with Him. That’s why—while we were still running, hiding, sinning—God the Father sent Jesus, the Son who is fully God and fully Man, to live the perfect life we could not and die the brutal death we deserved, making the payment we owed. Then, when Jesus rose victorious over sin and death, we who accept that it counted for us, receive forgiveness and reconciliation with God by grace through faith. This is the love of God for you (Romans 5:6-11). You can stop running…you can rest in His love.

And, believer, what about you? Perhaps you are in Christ—surrendered and saved—but you feel alone, afraid, abandoned? Oh, beloved…it’s a lie from the enemy of your soul! We can never, ever be separated from the love of Jesus. In His victory, we are co-victors—but more than that, we are His children, one with Him and heirs of the Kingdom. More than conquerors. And because of this, nothing, no one, no powers-that-be can put a wedge between us and the love of God. You are not alone.

“Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will affliction, or turmoil, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Just as it is written, “For Your sake we are being put to death all day long; We were counted as sheep for the slaughter.” But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:35-39

Friend, may you and I root our lives in this truth! No matter what storms come against us (because they will). We are loved and known by God, and we’re made inseparable from the love of God in Christ. And what a mind-blowing joy to read the way Paul talks about this in Ephesians 3, as he’s praying for that church family. He basically says, “Friends, stand firm in knowing the breadth, length, height, and depth of Christ’s love…and…rest in the fact that it’s too broad, long, high, and deep for us to ever know.” Amen!

“Lord, may every person reading these words recognize the glorious truth of Your love. Love that saves by grace through faith…and love that never leaves or forsakes. And may we all rest in the unknowable power, presence, and vastness of You.

 

For His Glory,

Julianne Winkler Smith
TRBC Women’s Life

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Posted by: trbccoffeebreak | January 12, 2026

The Weight of Our Words

“Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.”  Colossians 4:6 (ESV)

Everyone has an audience today….between tweets, posts and chats…someone is always listening to our words tapped out on a keyboard or phone.  They may not audibly hear us utter those words, but they can definitely catch the flavor of our speech.

Communicating in 2026 looks so different than in Paul’s day.  No cell phones.  No computers. No Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat or Instagram.  Despite the lack of tools to convey their message, Paul challenged the believers in Colossae to weigh their words carefully.

Why all the emphasis on speech?  Throughout God’s word, we find several references regarding the weight of our words:

  • Our words are to glorify God (Psalm 19:14)
  • God knows our words before we speak them (Psalm 139:4)
  • Restraining our lips serves us well   (Proverbs 10:19)
  • Harsh words stir up anger (Proverbs 15:1)
  • The right word at the right moment is priceless (Proverbs 25:11)

And last but not least, James reminds us in Chapter 3 , no human can tame the tongue.  Lots of ouches in that list don’t you agree?  We find it ever so easy to voice our opinion, post our thoughts and speak our responses without even a moments hesitation.  Yet God reminds us whatever we say and how we say it impacts our influence in the lives of others.

Sweet friends as God’s ambassadors, we have the awesome privilege of speaking life, grace and truth into the lives of those we meet.  For some, we may be the only version of the Bible they will ever pick up and read.  For some, we may be the reason why they don’t want to pick up the Bible – convicting to say the least.

Before his conversion, Paul spent a lot of time giving his opinion against believers.  His statements were filled with powerful impact in the moment and cost others’ their lives for their belief in Jesus Christ.  But Paul’s encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus changed his speech forever.  Never once did he revert back to harshly accusing the body of Christ.  His focus and driving passion was to use the words which uttered from his mouth to proclaim the good news – the gospel.

In a world where words are many, unrehearsed and unrestrained, we find the challenge to be real.  Are our words filled with grace?  Are we using words to preserve and build up the body of Christ?  Do we know enough about the gospel to give an answer to those desperately searching for truth?  Is our speech glorifying God or is it stirring up disunity and discord – just so we can prove out point?

Lots to think about in a world where voices can be heard loud and clear.  Once our words hit the air, they are gone never again to be retrieved.  Maybe it’s time we carved in time this week to evaluate how our words are drawing others to Jesus.  Perhaps we need to rethink some responses. Maybe we need to spend some time diving deeper into His word to ensure we can give others the reason for the hope within us.  And most importantly, let’s surrender our words to the control of the Holy Spirit – who will guide us in choosing words which serve us and others well.

“Father, our words are many and often empty focused and driven on our agendas.  Help us to weigh the power of our words and choose carefully so we will bring honor and glory to Your name.”

 

For His Glory

Janet Martin
TRBC Women’s Life

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