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A prayer to share the gospel without shame by Victoria Rihlano, read by Leah Martin.

The Lord gives the command, the women who proclaim good news are a great army.

I must be honest, it's not always been easy for me to share the gospel.

One would assume that being a pastor's wife or being in ministry for decades would make

proclaiming God's words second nature to me.

Yet there are many days I struggle to know when and how to share my faith in a world that

seems to despise God and is desperately seeking anything that makes them feel good.

I wonder how my words could break through all the noise.

Fear of being rejected, ignored or ostracized for sharing the gospel can be hard to handle.

But the longer I walk with the Lord, the more I can't help but share how good he's been.

From healing me, from the inner pain of growing up without my father, to restoring my marriage,

to bringing my daughter to complete health, God has been so good.

Even more so, what he did for me on the cross and the eternal salvation for those who believe

is something that I can't help but share to anyone willing to listen.

As the prophet Jeremiah said centuries ago, but if I say, I will not mention his word or

speak any more in his name, his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in

my bones.

I'm weary of holding it in, indeed I cannot.

Jeremiah 29.

In other words, Jeremiah proclaims that God's word in his heart and in the depths of his soul

just can't be contained, says if he could just explode if he holds in God's word any

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