Welcome to today's encouragement from our daily bread. My name is Sochil Dixon. Today, I'll be sharing a personal

testimony in Always Worth Sharing. After I became a believer in Jesus, I shared the gospel with my mother. Instead of making a

decision to trust Jesus, as I expected, she stopped speaking to me for a year. Her bad experiences

with people who claim to follow Jesus made her distrust believers in Christ. I prayed for her

and reached out to her weekly. The Holy Spirit

comforted me and continued working on my heart as my mom gave me the silent treatment. When she

finally answered my phone call, I committed to loving her and sharing God's truth with her

whenever I had the opportunity. Months after our reconciliation,

she said I changed. Almost a year later, she received Jesus as her Savior, and as a result,

our relationship deepened. Believers in Jesus have access to the greatest gift given to humanity, Christ.

In 2 Corinthians 2, the Apostle Paul says we're to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere.

He refers to those who share the gospel as the pleasing aroma of Christ to those who believe,

but acknowledges we wreak of death to those who reject Jesus.

After we receive Christ as our Savior,

we have the privilege of using our limited time on earth

to spread his life-changing truth while loving others.

Even during our hardest and loneliest moments,

we can trust he'll provide what we need,

no matter what the personal cost,

God's good news is always worth sharing.

Today's our daily bread devotional scripture reading is from 2 Corinthians chapter 2,

verses 12 to 17.

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