This is Namma for Christ with the
two hundred twenty-ninth inspirational message dated Saturday, July 16th, 2022.
The title of this message is “The Father’s House – Acts 16:31 – The Whole House”.
The first three words of this message’s title are also the words
in the name of the below inspirational song/video, “The Father’s House”
(with lyrics) as performed by Christian artist “Cory Asbury”. The below
passage of scripture (that accompanies this message) is from the New Testament
book of Acts – the thirty-first verse of the sixteenth chapter:
Acts 16:31
New American Standard
Bible (NASB)
31 They said, “Believe
in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
For many years, I have enjoyed reading the daily inspirational messages as
provided by Our Daily Bread Ministries in their publications of "OUR DAILY
BREAD".
I recently read the message
for the day (for July 15th, 2022) and found it to be so inspiring, memorable
and “thought-provoking”.
I wanted to share this message with you (see the below message). Our
Daily Bread Ministries has the website of: www.odb.org so that you can read and
enjoy life-changing wisdom of daily inspirational messages based on scripture
from the Bible. Please read and enjoy:
THE WHOLE HOUSE
Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved – you and your
household. – Acts 16:31
Today's Scripture &
Insight:
Acts 16:22-34
Wearing
his striped jumpsuit, James walked across the steamy jail gym and climbed into
the portable pool where he was baptized by the prison chaplain. James’ joy
multiplied, however, when he heard that his daughter Brittany – also an inmate –
had been baptized that same day…in the same water! When they realized what had
happened, even the staff got emotional. “There wasn’t a dry eye,” the chaplain
said. In and out of jail for years, Brittany and her dad both wanted God’s forgiveness.
And together, God gave them new life.
Scripture
describes another prison encounter – this time with a jailer – where Jesus’
love transformed an entire family. After a “violent earthquake” shook the prison
and “the prison doors flew open,” Paul
and Silas didn’t run but remained in
their cell (see Acts 16:26-28 below). The jailer, overcome with gratitude that
they didn’t flee, took them to his house and eventually asked that life-changing
question: “What must I do to be saved?” (see
Acts 16:30 below)
“Believe
in the Lord Jesus,” they answered, “you and your household” (see Acts
16:31 above). The response reveals God’s desire to pour out mercy on
not only individuals but also entire families. Encountering God’s love, they
all came “to believe in God – [the jailer] and his whole household” (see Acts
16:34 below). Though we’re often eager for the salvation of those we
love, we can trust that God loves them even more than we do. He desires to
renew all of us, our whole house.
Acts 16:22-34
New American Standard
Bible (NASB)
22 The
crowd joined in an attack against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes
off them and proceeded to order them to be beaten with
rods. 23 When they had struck them with many
blows, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them
securely; 24 and
he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and
fastened their feet in the stocks.
25 Now about midnight Paul and Silas were praying
and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to
them;
26 and
suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the
prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and
everyone’s chains were unfastened. 27 When the jailer awoke
and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was
about to kill himself, thinking that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul called out with a
loud voice, saying, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!” 29 And the jailer asked
for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear, he fell down
before Paul and Silas; 30 and after he brought them out, he said,
“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31 They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you
and your household.” 32 And they spoke the word of God to him
together with all who were in his house. 33 And he took them that very hour
of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and
all his household. 34 And he brought them into his house and
set food before them, and was overjoyed, since he had become a
believer in God together with his whole household.
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BE BLESSED!
