Daily Meditation: Empowered to Speak

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Friday June 8, 2012      Empowered to Speak  The Spirit that Jesus gives us empowers us to speak.  Often when we are expected to speak in front of people who intimidate us, we are nervous and self-conscious.  But if we live in the Spirit, we don't have to worry about what to say.  We will find ourselves ready to speak when the need is there.   "When they take you before ... authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say, because when the time comes, the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say"  (Luke 12:11-12). We waste much of our time in anxious preparation.  Let's claim the truth that the Spirit that Jesus gave us will speak in us and speak convincingly.   Comment on this Daily Meditation. Please join us for a discussion on The Wounded Healer.   Visit our website for inspiration, resources, news, events, community. Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Photo by V. Dobson.

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