Daily Encounter: A Week-day Devotional by a staff of ACTS International.

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Jesus said, "You are to go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone, everywhere."¹

Dr. Leighton Ford tells the story of when his young daughter got lost years ago.

"I was minding the children while my wife was shopping. Debbie Jean had returned from school and was playing with her four-year-old brother in the back yard. When I called them to come in, Debbie Jean was missing.

"I walked up and down the street calling her nameâ€"fearing the silence.

"Later (after she was found) I reflected on the incident. During the nearly two hours that Debbie Jean was missing, nothing else mattered. In my study were books to be read, letters to be answered, articles to be written, planning to be doneâ€"but it was all forgotten. I could think of only one thing: my little girl was lost.

"I had only one prayer and I prayed it a thousand times: 'O God, help me to find her.'

"'How often,' I ask myself, had I felt that same terrible urgency about people who were lost from God?"

Suggested prayer: "Dear God, give me a passion for those who are lost without Jesus. Please use me today and every day to be as Jesus to someone who needs the Savior and grant that they, seeing Jesus in me, will want You for themselves. Thank You for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully, in Jesus's name, amen."

NOTE: Learn how to be a missionary right from your own home, and have a vital part in worldwide gospel outreach by becoming an ACTS People Power for Jesus Partner. It’s very simple, non-threatening, and without cost. See how at: http://www.actsweb.org/people_power_invite.php.

1. Mark 16:15 (TLB).

<:))))><

2. To Know God and be sure you're a real
    Christian click on:

3. Donate: To help send Daily Encounter
    without charge to people around the world
    click on:

4. To send today's Daily Encounter to a friend
    click on:

5. To share your faith in a simple, attractive
    way with a friend click on:

6. For today's featured article click on:

7. This week's chuckle as seen "On the Lighter
    Side"  on Weekend Encounter click on:

8. Change Address of your subscription to
    Daily Encounter click on: