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July 4, 2021 8:00 pm
Alan came to me for advice on how to deal with his fear of public speaking. Like so many others, his heart would begin to race, his mouth would feel sticky and dry, and his face would flush bright red. Glossophobia is among the most common social fears people have—many even joke that they’re more fearful of public speaking than of dying! To help Alan conquer his fear of not “performing” well, I suggested he focus on the substance of his message instead of how well he’d deliver it.
Shifting the focus to what will be shared, instead of one’s ability to share it, is similar to Paul’s approach to pointing others to God. When he wrote to the church at Corinth, he remarked that his message and preaching “were not with wise and persuasive words” (1 Corinthians 2:4). Instead, he’d determined to focus solely on the truth of Jesus Christ and His crucifixion (v. 2), trusting the Holy Spirit to empower his words, not his eloquence as a speaker.
When we’ve come to know God personally, we’ll want to share about Him with those around us. Yet we sometimes shy away from it because we’re afraid of not presenting it well—with the “right” or eloquent words. By focusing instead on the “what”—the truth of who God is and His amazing works—we can, like Paul, trust Him to empower our words and share without fear or reluctance.
Hi and welcome to this Monday edition of Our Daily Bread.
I'm Tristan Holmberg and I like to share today's devotion with you that I titled the what in sharing our faith. Alan came to me for advice on how to deal with this fear of public speaking. Like so many others, his heart would begin to race his mouth would feel sticky and dry and his face would/bright red gloss of phobia is among the most common social fears people have many even joke that they're more fearful of public speaking than of dying to help Alan conquer his fear of not performing well.
I suggested he focused on the substance of his message instead of how well he would deliver it shifting the focus to what will be shared instead of one's ability to share it is similar to Paul's approach to pointing others to God when he wrote to the church at Corinth. He remarked that his message and preaching were not with wise and persuasive words instead, he determined to focus solely on the truth of Jesus Christ and his crucifixion, trusting the Holy Spirit to empower his words, not his eloquence as a speaker when we come to know God personally will want to share about him with those around us yet we sometimes shy away from it because were afraid of not presenting it well with the right or eloquent words by focusing instead on the what the truth of who God is and his amazing works we can like Paul trust God to empower our words and share without fear or reluctance today is Our Daily Bread devotional Scripture reading is from first Corinthians chapter 2 verses one through five and so it was with me brothers and sisters when I came to you I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom.
As I proclaim to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling, my message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom but on God's power.
Let's pray father in heaven. Thank you for revealing yourself to us through the Bible and those you put in our life to share with us.
Please help us to share with others trusting you to empower our words. Thank you Lord it's in Jesus name we pray. Amen.
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