We may have plenty of advice and opinions we’d like to share with others, but the only words that can transform a life are the ones that come from Scripture. When people encounter God’s word, they experience an authority and power that is found nowhere else. The Bible is not good advice. It is the voice of eternal God. And, it has been entrusted into our care so the people we share it with can be set free.<\/p>\n
Not everyone is called to be a preacher, but we are all expected to exhort people to believe and obey God’s word. To do so, we must know Scripture so thoroughly that we can share it instantly if an opportunity arises. We are to strive to convince<\/em> people of God’s truth. We are also to use God’s word to rebuke<\/em> people who sin. Finally, we are to exhort<\/em> people to follow God’s standards and teachings. And, we are to do so with long-suffering. We are to live and breath God’s word so that it dramatically affects others! Are you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and teaching. 2 Timothy 4:1-2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotionals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackabyleadership.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackabyleadership.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackabyleadership.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackabyleadership.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackabyleadership.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3949"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blackabyleadership.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15183,"href":"https:\/\/blackabyleadership.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3949\/revisions\/15183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackabyleadership.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackabyleadership.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackabyleadership.org\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}