{"id":727,"date":"2023-10-05T07:09:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T11:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=727"},"modified":"2025-07-07T10:43:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:43:47","slug":"sharing-the-gospel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=727","title":{"rendered":"Sharing the Gospel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good Morning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love [for others growing out of God\u2019s love for me], then I have become only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal [just an annoying distraction].&nbsp;&nbsp;-1 Corinthians&nbsp;13:1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our duty as Christians is to spread the gospel, right? It not only matters what we share but also how we share it. 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Listen in such a way that others love to speak to you.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dad Joke of the Day:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I read that, by law, you have to turn on your headlights when it\u2019s raining in Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How am I supposed to know if it\u2019s raining in Sweden?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have a great Thursday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Morning! If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love [for others growing out of God\u2019s love for me], then I have become only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal [just an annoying distraction].&nbsp;&nbsp;-1 Corinthians&nbsp;13:1 Our duty as Christians is to spread the gospel, right? 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