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Thursday,
August 28,
2025
"Be
Ye Glad"
Message
summary:
Let
us continue to
proclaim this
good news
today and
every day! "Be
ye glad!"
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“But let
all who take
refuge in You
be glad, let
them ever sing
for joy; and
may You
shelter them,
that those who
love Your name
may exult in
You” (Psalm
5:11). "They
never stopped
teaching and
proclaiming
the good news
that Jesus is
the Christ"
(Acts 5:42).
Today
the evidence
of evil in our
world abounds.
Day by day
news reports
remind us that
we live in a
fallen world
and yesterday
we had a grim
reminder with
another school
shooting. But
Scripture
declares, "But
where sin
abounded,
grace did much
more abound"
(Romans 5:20).
Sin still
abounds but so
does grace.
Today
we can focus
on this
abounding
grace and be
glad. “Be Ye
Glad” was a
popular song
when I was a
young
Christian
(link below to
the song by
the group
"Glad"). It
enabled me to
get a focus on
the truly good
news of the
gospel and
prompted a
Scripture
search which
revealed the
first verse we
share today: “But
let all who
take refuge in
You be glad,
let them ever
sing for joy;
and may You
shelter them,
that those who
love Your name
may exult in
You”
(Psalm 5:11).
The second
daily text
describes the
message of the
early church.
The verse
begins with
the phrase, “Day
after day, in
the temple
courts and
from house to
house.”
Their
presentation
was daily and
not limited to
a specific
place. Later
in Acts we see
a similar
phrase
regarding the
steady
proclamation
of the good
news by the
apostle Paul,
“So he
reasoned in
the synagogue
with the Jews
and the
God-fearing
Greeks, as
well as in the
marketplace
day by day
with those who
happened to be
there”
(Acts 17:17).
We
can all
despair at sad
news whoever
it may affect.
Of course that
intensifies if
it involves us
or someone we
know and love.
But we can
also
sympathize
with any who
face loss.
We
all hunger for
good news.
What a
blessing to
receive good
news, such as
a job opening
after a long
season of
unemployment;
a medical
update such as
“The cancer is
gone.”; a
wayward child
returns home;
a marriage
restored and
the list goes
on and on.
But all other
sources of
good news pale
in comparison
to the "good
news that
Jesus is the
Christ".
“Good news” is
translated
from the Greek
word from
where we get
“evangel" and
this good news
is the gospel
of Christ. The
simple profile
of the work of
the early
church is that
they never
stopped
teaching and
proclaiming
this message
and neither
should we.
This is truly
good news that
all of
humanity needs
to hear. It
has been
preached all
through the
church age. It
is the only
lasting good
news. It meets
our greatest
need and
prepares us
for eternity
in heaven. Let
us continue to
proclaim this
good news
today and
every
day! “Be
ye glad!”
Be encouraged today! Hebrews 3:13
Stephen
&
Brooksyne
Weber
Daily
prayer:
Father, there
is nothing on
earth that
compares with
the joy and
peace that
wells up
within when
our sins are
forgiven and
we begin our
journey on the
straight and
narrow path.
There are many
other messages
out there
attempting to
detour us
and
there are
testings and
trials that
weigh us down
or attempt to
sidetrack us.
But we believe
these testings
will become a
testimony in
our lives of
the Good News
that Jesus who
is the Christ
has forever
changed us. It
spurs us on to
share this
good news with
others to
equip for them
for here and
now, and
prepare them
for eternity
in heaven. May
we be faithful
in sowing the
seeds. In
Jesus’ name we
pray. Amen.
Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
"Be
Ye Glad"
Watch
on YouTube
Glad
"Good
News"
Watch
on YouTube
Bryan
& Katie
Torwalt
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