Evangelism

His Peace  – 1 Peter 4:7 (ESV)  “The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.”  1 Peter 4:7

“…all who encounter Christ have this two­ pronged response of unworthiness and a willingness to follow His leadership.  If either is lacking, your regeneration should be held in doubt.” Walter A. Henrichsen (“Walt”)

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A history of these Daily Devotions can be found at: lylebrennan.com. 

This email contains, sequentially: Memory Verse (above), Daily Devotion from “Thoughts From The Diary of A Desperate Man” by Walter A. Henrichsen (“Walt”), Scripture Reading  (read the entire Bible in 1 year), and Prayer Requests. 

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What Is The Ministry?

Day One Hundred Nineteen

“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.” Mark 16:15 and Matthew 28:20

These two commandments of our Lord Jesus constitute the ministry.  “Preach the gospel to every creature”-evangelism, and “teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you”-edification.  Evangelism deals with calling the lost to repentance and reconciliation with God and edification deals with helping them grow to maturity in the Faith.  Nothing else constitutes the ministry. You may give a cup of cold water to the thirsty, but it is always in Jesus Name with the objective of helping them to either come to know Christ or grow in Christ. Any form of giving must have this as its objective in order for it biblically to be called ministry.

The followers of Christ have always known that helping alleviate the physical suffering of people gives them an entree to preaching the gospel.  Thus hospitals, orphanages, schools, agricultural aid, all have laid a foundation of relationships that enhanced the ministry.  But none of these ancillary activities are the ministry, “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”197  What does a person profit if you educate him and fill his stomach and he ends in hell?  The ministry always has as its objective the eternal; “because we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”198

197 Mark 8:36

198  II Corinthians 4:18

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1 Kings 6-7 Luke 20:27-47 (New King James Version)

1 Kings 6-7

Solomon Builds the Temple

6 And it came to pass in the four hundred and [a]eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of [b]Ziv, which isthe second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord. 2 Now the house which King Solomon built for the Lord, its length wassixty cubits, its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits. 3 The vestibule in front of the [c]sanctuary of the house was[d]twenty cubits long across the width of the house, andthe width of [e]the vestibule extended[f]ten cubits from the front of the house. 4 And he made for the house windows with beveled frames.

5 Against the wall of the [g]temple he built chambers all around, againstthe walls of the temple, all around the sanctuary and the [h]inner sanctuary. Thus he made side chambers all around it. 6 The lowest chamber wasfive cubits wide, the middle wassix cubits wide, and the third wasseven cubits wide; for he made narrow ledges around the outside of the temple, so that the support beamswould not be fastened into the walls of the [i]temple. 7 And the temple, when it was being built, was built with stone finished at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel orany iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built. 8 The doorway for the [j]middle story wason the right side of the temple. They went up by stairs to the middle story,and from the middle to the third.

9 So he built the [k]temple and finished it, and he paneled the temple with beams and boards of cedar. 10 And he built side chambers against the entire temple, each five cubits high; they were attached to the temple with cedar beams.

11 Then the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying: 12 “Concerningthis [l]temple which you are building, if you walk in My statutes, execute My judgments, keep all My commandments, and walk in them, then I will perform My [m]word with you, which I spoke to your father David. 13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel.”

14 So Solomon built the temple and finished it. 15 And he built the inside walls of the temple with cedar boards; from the floor of the temple to the ceiling he paneled the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the temple with planks of cypress. 16 Then he built the twenty-cubit room at the rear of the temple, from floor to ceiling, with cedar boards; he built itinside as the inner sanctuary, as the Most Holy Place.17 And in front of it the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long.18 The inside of the temple was cedar, carved with ornamental buds and open flowers. All wascedar; there was no stone to beseen.

19 And he prepared the [n]inner sanctuary inside the temple, to set the ark of the covenant of the Lord there. 20 The inner sanctuary wastwenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid it with pure gold, and overlaid the altar of cedar. 21 So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold. He stretched gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold. 22 The whole temple he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the temple; also he overlaid with gold the entire altar that wasby the inner sanctuary.

23 Inside the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim ofolive wood, eachten cubits high. 24 One wing of the cherub wasfive cubits, and the other wing of the cherub five cubits: ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other. 25 And the other cherub wasten cubits; both cherubim wereof the same size and shape. 26 The height of one cherub wasten cubits, and so wasthe other cherub. 27 Then he set the cherubim inside the inner [o]room; and they stretched out the wings of the cherubim so that the wing of the one touched onewall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall. And their wings touched each other in the middle of the room. 28 Also he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

29 Then he carved all the walls of the temple all around, both the inner and outer sanctuaries,with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. 30 And the floor of the temple he overlaid with gold, both the inner and outer sanctuaries.

31 For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors ofolive wood; the lintel anddoorposts were[p]one-fifth of the wall.32 The two doors were ofolive wood; and he carved on them figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid themwith gold; and he spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. 33 So for the door of the [q]sanctuary he also made doorposts ofolive wood, [r]one-fourth of the wall.34 And the two doors were ofcypress wood; two panels comprisedone folding door, and two panels comprisedthe other folding door. 35 Then he carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers on them,and overlaid themwith gold applied evenly on the carved work.

36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.

37 In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of [s]Ziv. 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month of [t]Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its details and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it.

Solomon’s Other Buildings

7 But Solomon took thirteen years to build his own house; so he finished all his house.

2 He also built the House of the Forest of Lebanon; its length was[u]one hundred cubits, its width [v]fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, with four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar beams on the pillars. 3 And it waspaneled with cedar above the beams that wereon forty-five pillars, fifteen toa row. 4 There werewindows with beveled frames inthree rows, and window wasopposite window inthree tiers. 5 And all the doorways and doorposts hadrectangular frames; and window wasopposite window inthree tiers.

6 He also made the Hall of Pillars: its length wasfifty cubits, and its width thirty cubits; and in front of them wasa portico with pillars, and a canopy wasin front of them.

7 Then he made a hall for the throne, the Hall of Judgment, where he might judge; and it waspaneled with cedar from floor to [w]ceiling.

8 And the house where he dwelt hadanother court inside the hall, of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken as wife.

9 All these were ofcostly stones cut to size, trimmed with saws, inside and out, from the foundation to the eaves, and also on the outside to the great court. 10 The foundation was ofcostly stones, large stones, some ten cubits and some eight cubits. 11 And above werecostly stones, hewn to size, and cedar wood. 12 The great court wasenclosed with three rows of hewn stones and a row of cedar beams. So were the inner court of the house of the Lord and the vestibule of the temple.

Hiram the Craftsman

13 Now King Solomon sent and brought [x]Huram from Tyre. 14 He wasthe son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father wasa man of Tyre, a bronze worker; he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill in working with all kinds of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and did all his work.

The Bronze Pillars for the Temple

15 And he [y]cast two pillars of bronze, each one eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of each. 16 Then he made two capitals ofcast bronze, to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of one capital wasfive cubits, and the height of the other capital wasfive cubits. 17 He madea lattice network, with wreaths of chainwork, for the capitals which wereon top of the pillars: seven chains for one capital and seven for the other capital. 18 So he made the pillars, and two rows of pomegranates above the network all around to cover the capitals that wereon top; and thus he did for the other capital.

19 The capitals which wereon top of the pillars in the hall werein the shape of lilies, four cubits. 20 The capitals on the two pillars also had pomegranatesabove, by the convex surface which wasnext to the network; and there weretwo hundred such pomegranates in rows on each of the capitals all around.

21 Then he set up the pillars by the vestibule of the temple; he set up the pillar on the right and called its name [z]Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the left and called its name [aa]Boaz. 22 The tops of the pillars were in the shape of lilies. So the work of the pillars was finished.

The Sea and the Oxen

23 And he made the Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it wascompletely round. Its height wasfive cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.

24 Below its brim wereornamental buds encircling it all around, ten to a cubit, all the way around the Sea. The ornamental buds werecast in two rows when it was cast. 25 It stood on twelve oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was setupon them, and all their back parts pointedinward. 26 It wasa handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, likea lily blossom. It contained [ab]two thousand baths.

The Carts and the Lavers

27 He also made ten [ac]carts of bronze; four cubits wasthe length of each cart, four cubits its width, and three cubits its height. 28 And this wasthe design of the carts: They had panels, and the panels werebetween frames; 29 on the panels that werebetween the frames werelions, oxen, and cherubim. And on the frames wasa pedestal on top. Below the lions and oxen werewreaths of plaited work. 30 Every cart had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and its four feet had supports. Under the laver weresupports of cast bronzebeside each wreath. 31 Its opening inside the crown at the top wasone cubit in diameter; and the opening wasround, shaped likea pedestal, one and a half cubits in outside diameter; and also on the opening wereengravings, but the panels were square, not round. 32 Under the panels werethe four wheels, and the axles of the wheels were joinedto the cart. The height of a wheel wasone and a half cubits. 33 The workmanship of the wheels waslike the workmanship of a chariot wheel; their axle pins, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs wereall of cast bronze.34 And there werefour supports at the four corners of each cart; its supports werepart of the cart itself. 35 On the top of the cart, at the height of half a cubit, it wasperfectly round. And on the top of the cart, its flanges and its panels wereof the same casting. 36 On the plates of its flanges and on its panels he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, wherever there was a clear space on each, with wreaths all around. 37 Thus he made the ten carts. All of them were of [ad]the same mold, one measure, andone shape.

38 Then he made ten lavers of bronze; each laver contained [ae]forty baths, andeach laver wasfour cubits. On each of the ten carts wasa laver. 39 And he put five carts on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house. He set the Sea on the right side of the house, toward the southeast.

Furnishings of the Temple

40 Huram[af] made the lavers and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing all the work that he was to do for King Solomon forthe house of the Lord: 41 the two pillars, the twobowl-shaped capitals that wereon top of the two pillars; the two networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals which wereon top of the pillars; 42 four hundred pomegranates for the two networks (two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowl-shaped capitals that wereon top of the pillars); 43 the ten carts, and ten lavers on the carts; 44 one Sea, and twelve oxen under the Sea; 45 the pots, the shovels, and the bowls.

All these articles which [ag]Huram made for King Solomon forthe house of the Lord were ofburnished bronze. 46 In the plain of Jordan the king had them cast in clay molds, between Succoth and Zaretan. 47 And Solomon did not weigh all the articles, because there wereso many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.

48 Thus Solomon had all the furnishings made for the house of the Lord: the altar of gold, and the table of gold on which wasthe showbread; 49 the lampstands of pure gold, five on the right sideand five on the left in front of the inner sanctuary, with the flowers and the lamps and the wick-trimmers of gold; 50 the basins, the trimmers, the bowls, the ladles, and the [ah]censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, bothfor the doors of the inner room (the Most Holy Place) andfor the doors of the main hall of the temple.

51 So all the work that King Solomon had done for the house of the Lord was finished; and Solomon brought in the things which his father David had dedicated: the silver and the gold and the furnishings. He put them in the treasuries of the house of the Lord.

Footnotes:

• 1 Kings 6:1 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX fortieth
• 1 Kings 6:1 Or Ayyar,April or May
• 1 Kings 6:3 Heb. heykal;here the main room of the temple; elsewhere called the holy place, Ex. 26:33; Ezek. 41:1
• 1 Kings 6:3 About 30 feet
• 1 Kings 6:3 Lit. it
• 1 Kings 6:3 About 15 feet
• 1 Kings 6:5 Lit. house
• 1 Kings 6:5 Heb. debir;here the inner room of the temple; elsewhere called the Most Holy Place, v. 16
• 1 Kings 6:6 Lit. house
• 1 Kings 6:8 So with MT, Vg.; LXX upper story;Tg. ground story
• 1 Kings 6:9 Lit. house
• 1 Kings 6:12 Lit. house
• 1 Kings 6:12 promise
• 1 Kings 6:19 The Most Holy Place
• 1 Kings 6:27 Lit. house
• 1 Kings 6:31 Or five-sided
• 1 Kings 6:33 temple
• 1 Kings 6:33 Or four-sided
• 1 Kings 6:37 Or Ayyar,April or May
• 1 Kings 6:38 Or Heshvan,October or November
• 1 Kings 7:2 About 150 feet
• 1 Kings 7:2 About 75 feet
• 1 Kings 7:7 Lit. floorof the upper level
• 1 Kings 7:13 Heb. Hiram;cf. 2 Chr. 2:13, 14
• 1 Kings 7:15 fashioned
• 1 Kings 7:21 Lit. He Shall Establish
• 1 Kings 7:21 Lit. In It Is Strength
• 1 Kings 7:26 About 12,000 gallons; three thousand,2 Chr. 4:5
• 1 Kings 7:27 Or stands
• 1 Kings 7:37 one
• 1 Kings 7:38 About 240 gallons
• 1 Kings 7:40 Heb. Hiram;cf. 2 Chr. 2:13, 14
• 1 Kings 7:45 Heb. Hiram;cf. 2 Chr. 2:13, 14
• 1 Kings 7:50 firepans

Luke 20:27-47

The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection?

27 Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to Himand asked Him, 28 saying: “Teacher, Moses wrote to us thatif a man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he dies without children, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and died without children. 30 And the second [a]took her as wife, and he died childless. 31 Then the third took her, and in like manner the seven [b]also; and they left no children, and died. 32 Last of all the woman died also. 33 Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife does she become? For all seven had her as wife.”

34 Jesus answered and said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage. 35 But those who are counted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; 36 nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. 37 But even Moses showed in the burningbush passagethat the dead are raised, when he called the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ 38 For He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for all live to Him.”

39 Then some of the scribes answered and said, “Teacher, You have spoken well.” 40 But after that they dared not question Him anymore.

Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?

41 And He said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is the Son of David? 42 Now David himself said in the Book of Psalms:

‘The Lord said to my Lord,

“Sit at My right hand,

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Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” ’

44 Therefore David calls Him ‘Lord’; how is He then his Son?”

Beware of the Scribes

45 Then, in the hearing of all the people, He said to His disciples, 46 “Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts, 47 who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

Footnotes:

• Luke 20:30 NU omits the rest of v. 30.
• Luke 20:31 NU, M also left no children

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PRAYER REQUESTS 

Please Pray for Brother K and his family as him and his wife have children from two different marriages including their own. The children are manipulating each other and the parents; and, trying to put a wedge between the him and his wife. 

Please Pray for Sister Anna’s mom who is in near end stages of life; and, Pray for Anna who is returning home to El Salvador to live.  

Please Pray for Brother Walt and His Friday Bible Study.

Pray for the Women’s Resources ministry in Las Vegas that thy would lead women to the Lord and save babies. 

Please Pray for Bill E.  who has been recently diagnosed with colon cancer. Pray for God’s healing hand in this matter and that Bill’s prescribed treatments and procedures go well. Above all, Pray that God reveals Himself to Bill and his family and that God would comfort them during this difficult time.

Please Pray for Jenny Nadeau who has multiple surgeries scheduled and is currently in a weakened state from a recent blockage removal surgery. Pray that she and those around her will witness first hand our Masters Love and Holy Touch. 

Pray for Simon, Sister Sonia’s friend, needs heart and kidney transplant; and, above all needs to receive Jesus.  

Please Pray for Dave Ubank and his family. They are ministering and rescuing children and families in Syria directly affected by  Isis – Pray for their protection and their ministry.  For a short 2 minute video about Ubanks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_htIgIvgDM[/embedyt

Please Pray for Jim Nelson and family ministering in China. 

Pease continue to Pray for Brother Bob Summers that he have complete healing after his surgery for a blood clot in his brain.

Please continue to Pray for Sister Diana who is witnessing to young persons with confused doctrine.  Pray God would speak through her and provide His Holy Clarity directly this young person to Him. 

Please continue to Pray for Jamie to accept the Lord into her life and the Peace only He can give her. Jamie recently lost her man that she had been with for over the 30 years to suicide. 

Please continue to Pray for our nation that God would open all our eyes to the sin that is drowning us. Abortion, sex outside of marriage, hatred & divisiveness, greed, pride, only to name a few.  Please Pray and Fast for our nation to turn from this evil that is enveloping us.   

II Chronicles‬ ‭7:14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

Please continue to Pray for our Brothers’ and Sisters’ struggling with various addictions. Pray that God would reveal Himself to them that all things are possible through Him… He can Cure any addiction … He is our Great Creator, He is our Savior, He is our Healer …He is our All and All!  

Please continue to Pray for the healing of baby Caden (Kevin Odor’s grandson) – born with Agenesis of the corpus callosum (rare neurological birth defect). 

Please continue to Pray for Sister Fabiola and her children in Mexico. And, please continue to Pray for her church caught up in the tragedies surrounding the murder of her husband, x-husband and one of her children.

Please continue to Pray for the Salvation of Hagen who is HIV positive and is deathly ill. 

We continue to ask for Prayers and Gods Grace and Mercy for Baby Grace and her parents, Lisa and Darren. 

Please continue to Pray for Alejandro Corral, his son Alejandro Jr., and his aunt Josefina. 

Please continue to Pray for Brother Steve Venable dealing with ALS. 

Please continue to Pray for our Persecuted Brothers and Sisters and their families that are suffering and giving their lives for our Faith.  10 WAYS TO PRAY FOR OUR PERSECUTED CHRISTIAN FAMILY.. Pray our brothers and sisters will:

1. Sense God’s presence (Heb. 13:5) 

2. Know we are praying for them (2 Tim. 1:3) 

3. Experience God’s comfort (2 Thess. 2:16–17) 

4. See God open doors to evangelism (Col. 4:3) 

5. Boldly share the gospel (Acts 4:29) 

6. Mature in their faith (Col. 1:28–29) 

7. Be granted wisdom in covert ministry work (Acts 9:23–25) 

8. Remain joyful amid suffering (Acts 5:41) 

9. Forgive and love their persecutors (Matt. 5:44) 

10. Be rooted in God’s Word (2 Tim. 3:16–17)

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Stand with your Brothers and Sisters in Prayer and Support. (See: The Voice of the Martyrs: https://www.persecution.com)

Please continue Pray for our President & government leaders that they will would seek God and Walk in His Ways.    

Please continue to pray for Biblical “headship” in families.

Please continue to Pray for all our children. 

Please continue to Pray that there would be a resurgence of Biblical “Fear of the Lord” in the church and in each of us… “to fear the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom.”

Please continue to Pray for Brother Ron Brink’s son who had 3+ military tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and who is now suffering brain damage and PTSD.  Pray for God’s Healing Power to fall upon Johnathon. (Ron is a 20 plus year missionary in Mexico with Touch Baja… for info on Touch Baja and how to touch the Mexican people for Christ, see http://www.touchbaja.com.)

Please continue to Pray for the Sharon India Foundation (“SIF”) to assisting the poor of India.  Through SIF: Widows have received medical treatment and been given quality sewing machines and training on how to use them to make a living. Orphans have been given free education in their neighborhood slum areas.  After natural disasters relief has been provided in the nature of medical, food items, blankets, clothing and building materials.  Bore wells have been successfully dug to provide fresh water to affected areas.  Water purification systems have also been given out on a limited basis. Special shoes have been purchased for lepers with ulcerated feet.  Thousands of books have been translated to assist in the ever growing discipleship outreach of E-Squared (Evangelism and Edification/Disciples).  Sharon India Foundation has no administrative costs and 100% of all donations go directly to the Indian pastors and their ministries. (Let’s reach India and beyond for Christ…see how you can help: https://sharonindia.org.)