My Conversation With Layla | Daily Devotional 1656

You're listening to the My Morning Devotional Podcast, episode 1656. Today's Devo is called My Convo with Layla.

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Good morning and happy Monday, my morning Devo listeners. Stephanie is here with a wonderful week of devotionals. I am so excited to get into this week because I feel like I'm finally out of the postpartum fog and I'm stepping into the light. I am out of the woods and I am clear-minded and ready to give you guys some amazing devotionals this week. But today I wanted to share with you a snippet of my conversation with my friend Layla Nehivandi. And we had an amazing discussion about her testimony, about what she does for the church today, where she travels, all that she is impacting. So here is a snippet of our conversation.

Often we we think we we're sort of apologetic or sheepish about preaching the gospel to people because we think, like, you know, I don't want to impose, you know, I don't want to like push my beliefs on someone else.

Yeah.

We don't realize, like, we're we're not just forcing someone to believe what we believe, we're offering them like a lifeboat in as they're like drowning, you know? And so if we remember that people are desperate, if we remember that, you know, the things of this world just leave us broken, hopeless, alone, um, desperate. If we remember the the plight that people are in, um, I think it will make us so much more confident to go and share and just, you know, be there, be the light and the darkness to people, be the missionary to your street, be the one who's praying for the people in your kids' kindergarten and school when you see, you know, something's going on with them. Be the person who's sharing the gospel at target, you know. Um, and and just know that like there is actual power in the gospel. I love what Paul writes. He says, No, I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God to save, like it is the power of God to those who are perishing. And if we could just remember to preach the gospel, to live the gospel, to share the gospel with people, um, I think we would see a lot of people's lives changed around us.

You're right. No, and you just said it. People they are so desperate, and they're desperate for answers. Like they find themselves in that similar position that your mom was in, crying in the at the dining table with children running around, not knowing what they're gonna do tomorrow morning. They have no idea. And uh here I come crossing somebody's path at a grocery store, and I have the answer.

Yes, I have the answers.

I know what they are. We have even our My Morning Devotional, it's similar to that where for five minutes I can tell you the answer. Pick up the Bible. Come on, pick up the Bible. Just go to church. Say yes when they ask you to serve a church. And I know it's simple, I know it may even sound too simple to some people that need bigger answers, but truly, I I keep referring lately. I've been really meditating on how all God asked Moses to do was lift his hand lift his hands, and God was the one that split the C.

Come on.

Like, Moses did not split the C. There's no way one person can do that. Yeah, come on. One person can lift their hands, yeah, one person can go and minister to somebody at the grocery store. Yes, come on, one person can post about what Jesus is doing in their life, share about what Jesus is doing, go serve their kids in the children's ministry for one Sunday a month. That's all you gotta do, that's all God is asking you to do. And let the power of God do his supernatural, mysterious, transformational work on a family. Absolutely. Come on. Yeah. Well, I hope you enjoyed that snippet of my conversation with Layla, and I promise you will love the entire discussion we had. If you subscribe to our Buy Me a Coffee, you will get the entire convo plus more of our exclusive content. And I know it's going to encourage you. Tune back in tomorrow for more of my devos. But hey, let's finish out our day with some prayer. Lord, we just thank you that you bring people like Layla into the world, that she is being used to spread the gospel. Lord, we know that you can use us in the same capacity. So, God, we surrender our lives to you today. On this Monday, as we go into our workday, Lord, we just give you our entire lives, our gifts, our talents. We surrender it to you so you can use us for your kingdom. And in Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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