Hey there and welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

Our reading titled Finding Life was written by Dave Brannon.

It was a natural step for Brett to attend a Christian college and study the Bible.

After all, he'd been around people who knew Jesus his whole life,

at home, at school, at church. He was even gearing his college studies toward a career in Christian

work. But at age 21, as he sat with a small congregation in an old country church and listened to a

pastor preach from 1st John, he made a startling discovery. He realized that he was

depending on knowledge and the trappings of religion and that he'd never truly received salvation in Jesus.

He felt that Christ was tugging at his heart that day with a sobering message. You don't know me.

The Apostle John's message is clear.

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. We can overcome the world,

as John puts it, only by belief in Jesus. Not knowledge about him, but deep, sincere faith,

demonstrated by our belief in what he did for us on the cross.

That day, Brett placed his faith in Christ alone.

Today, Brett's deep passion for Jesus and his salvation are no secret.

It comes through loud and clear every time he steps behind the pulpit and preaches as a pastor.

My pastor.

1 John 511 and 12 says, God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

Whoever has the Son has life.

For all who have found life in Jesus what a comforting reminder this is

today's our daily bread devotional scripture reading is from first john chapter five verses one through five

everyone who believes that jesus is the Christ is born of God

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