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OUR DAILY BREAD             Monday, Aug. 21, 1995    
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READ:  Ephesians 6:17-24 
 
 
               SPEAKING WELL OF GOD'S SON 
 
      "[Pray] that I may open my mouth boldly to 
         make known the mystery of the gospel." 
 
                           -- Ephesians 6:19 
 
Scottish missionary Frederick Arnot spoke well of 
God's Son in central Africa.  Indeed, he spoke so 
well of Him that thousands of people in the area 
became Christians.  But Arnot had made it his 
practice to speak well of God's Son long before 
leaving to serve his Lord in that unevangelized 
field. 
 
When he was still young, Arnot and a friend tried 
to hold a street meeting in Glasgow's tavern 
district.  As long as they sang hymns, the rough 
crowd tolerated them, but when they began to 
preach, their drunken audience drowned out their 
voices with hoots and profane howling. 
 
Moved to tears, Arnot and his companion prepared 
to leave.  But a tall, elderly Christian who had 
been listening urged, "Keep at it, laddie.  God 
loves to hear men speak well of His Son."  Encour- 
aged by that admonition, he and his friend doggedly 
continued their witness and gained a more attentive 
audience.  All through his years of ministry,  
Arnot's highest goal was to speak well of God's Son. 
 
Is that our motive too?  When opportunity presents  
itself, do we speak out boldly, telling who Jesus 
is and what He has done for us? 
 
How about speaking well of God's Son today? 
 
                                -- Vernon C. Grounds 
 
         Take control of my words today, 
        May they tell of Your great love; 
         And may the story of Your grace 
          Turn some heart to You above. 
 
                                -- Sees 
 
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          THOUGHT FOR THE DAY  
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           Keep the faith -- 
          but not to yourself. 
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THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:   Jeremiah 9-12

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