DAILY STRENGTH FOR GROWING YOUTH
Howard Bean

The Jewish leaders considered the early Christians unlearned and ignorant. But when the believers confidently responded to their accusing questions, the astonished rulers recognized "that they had been with Jesus." What did the Jews see in the believers? Consider this story: A group of gold prospectors tethered their limping ponies by a creek. One of them picked up a stone from a creek bed and wondered if it might contain gold. They hammered it open-and the group spent the rest of that day panning for gold. They said to each other, "We've struck it rich! We need to go to town to get supplies. But let's not tell anyone about our find." Back in town, they quietly outfitted themselves for the big prospecting trip. But when they started back, three hundred men trailed them. Though not one of the men had said a word about the gold strike, their faces had given away the secret. Likewise, the attitude and actions of a person with an intimate relationship with God will bear witness to the world.That's what the Jews saw in the believers. Daily Strength for Growing Youth is designed to be used in your time alone with God to help you think about what the Bible says and to apply it to your life. May it bless you and help you grow closer to God so those around you will notice you, too, have been with Jesus.
Paperback,365 pages.