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

Dave Brandon wrote today's reading, and he titled it, Tell Them What God Did.

My college friend Bill Tobias has served as a missionary on a Pacific island for many years.

He tells the story about a young man who left his hometown to seek his fortune.

But a friend took him to church where he heard the good news Jesus offers, and he trusted Christ as his savior.

The young man wanted to take the gospel to his people who were steeped in sorcery,

so he looked for a missionary to reach them.

But the missionary told him to simply go tell them what God did for you.

And that's what he did.

Several people in his hometown received Jesus,

but the biggest breakthrough came when the town's

witch doctor realized that Christ was the way and the truth and the life. After he put his faith in

Jesus, he told the whole town about him. Within four years, the witness of one young man had led to the establishment

of seven churches in the region. In 2 Corinthians, Paul sets forth a clear plan for introducing

the gospel to those who don't yet know Christ, and it aligns with what that missionary told

the young believer in Jesus.

We are to be Christ's ambassadors, his representatives as though God were making his appeal

through us. Every believer has a unique story to tell of how Jesus made them a new creation

who reconciled them to God. Let's tell others what

he's done for us. Today's Our Daily Bread devotional scripture reading is from the

writings of Paul in 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verses 12 through 21.

We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but we are giving you an opportunity to take

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