Today's encouragement comes from Acts 13:42, where we read these words:
"So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath."What an amazing situation: people "begging" to have the Gospel of grace in the Lord Jesus Christ preached to them! That kind of glory is special; and it is certainly the result of a marvelous work of the Holy Spirit, wherein He draws hopeless sinners to Jesus, and places them into His New Covenant church.
Does this kind of gospel dynamic still occur? Of course it does. The Sove-reign Lord causes this to happen in many parts of His world. The blessing is astronomical. Even today, let us ask God to prosper Christ's Gospel, and to increase the members of His faithful church.
[Puritan quote of the day: "You cannot gratify Satan more, nor injure your-selves more, than by living without assurance of God's favor in Christ.”
—Thomas Brooks, in, "Heaven on Earth"]
