Nov 29 2025 … His Grace Is Enough …

Nov 29 2025 …  His Grace Is Enough  … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics, from Steven Curtis Chapman singing His Strength Is Perfect … assuring those who struggle with pain that God’s strength will provide them (us) with His enabling grace.

Highlight Passage: … 2Corinthians 12:9 … [NLT] … 

9 Each time He said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.… 

… Paul remembered Jesus teaching him that God’s enabling grace was enough to deal with the pain and tribulation of life.

Highlight Passage in Context:  2Corinthians 12:2-10  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul was given a “thorn in the flesh” to humble him and be able to receive God’s enabling grace to serve the Lord more effectively.

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon teaches his son to trust God and follow Him alone to deal with the tribulation of this life. 

Reference Passage: … John 16:33 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Jesus taught His disciples (and us) that they (we) would encounter trials in this life; but that HE, our Lord, would help us overcome those trials with His grace.

Reference Passage:… Romans 8:28 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

The Apostle Paul teaches fellow Christians that ALL THINGS in our life, even the troubles, are for our good and His glory.

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 10:13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also teaches fellow Christians that no matter what we face in life, ,,, temptations, trials, or troubles, … that HE is there to give to provide His enabling grace.

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Finally, Paul teaches that any/all Christians can - and should - take their worries and cares to God, with a thankful heart, to receive God’s peace, which will guard their (our) hearts in times of trouble. 

Reference Passage: … James 1:2, 12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Jesus’ brother, James, assures fellow Christians that trials and troubles are opportunities to show God’s strength lifting them (us) up and providing His joy.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, John Blase…  USE THS LNK      …  wrote about 20th Century writer, Mary Flannery O’Connor, who, during her 39 years, suffered from the pain of lupous.   However, having witnessed her father die of the same congenital disease, the pain she endured likely made O’Connor a better writer. Another novelist of her time, Alice McDermott, said, “It was the illness I think that made her the writer that she is.” 

If my readers have taken in the linked song and meditated on the Scriptures I’ve shared above, would you agree with me, as fellow Christians, that God allows or gives us the trials and tribulations of life to build us into stronger Christians, … who can - and will - use God’s enabling grace to stand against the trials of life and serve the Lord more effectively?   I hope and pray you do; .. because it’s God’s truth!!

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for giving me Your enabling grace to deal with the trials of my life.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … for lifting us up with Your strength when we are weak. … Amen

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.

Nov 28 2025 … Seeking To Know Him …

Nov 28 2025 …  Seeking To Know Him  … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics, from Charity Gayle singing I Speak Jesus … declaring that seeking life thru our growing relationship with Jesus is our life’s quest.

Knowing Christ thru His word ... 

Highlight Passage: … John 17:3 … [NLT] … 

8 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ … 

… Paul declared that NOTHING compared to the value of knowing and serving Christ as Lord.

Highlight Passage in Context:  Philippians 3:1-9  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul exhorted fellow Christians to seek to know Jesus as The Christ more than anything else in life.    

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Reference Passage: … John 17:3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Jesus prays to His Heavenly Father, showing that the only way to be with Him in heavenly glory comes thru seeking to know Him.  

Reference Passage: … Acts 4:12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Peter, guided by God’s Spirt, declares to a council of elders and religious leaders, that there is only one Name to seek and follow; and that is the One Who was crucified to save those who believe on Him as Lord.    

Reference Passage: … Colossians 1:18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to pursue and follow ONLY JESUS as Messiah and Lord.

Reference Passage:… 2Timothy 3:16-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches fellow Christians that God gave them (us) His word to know Him as Lord and to follow Him all the way to His glory.

Reference Passage: … 2Peter 3:18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Peter admonishes and exhorts fellow Christians to grow in God’s grace by seeking to know our Lord more intimately.

Reference Passage: … 1John 2:3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle John teaches that that only those who follow His commandments (i.e., HIs word) are the ones who truly know Jesus as Lord.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, Karen Pimpo …  USE THS LNK  -      …  wrote about explorer, Percy Fawcett, writing a letter to his wife in 1925, just before he set out in Brazil with a team of explorers to find a reported “lost city,” which turned out to be Percy’s last exploratory journey.   And the ODB author used Percy’s story to illustrate how many, if not most, of us have quests we have in life to find dreams or desires which we will never find.  

The point is … that the only search worth our life’s effort is seeking to find and know Jesus as Lord and Savior.  And if my readers have taken in the linked song and meditated on the Scriptures I’ve shared from God’s word above, I pray, as Jesus Himself prayed (in John 17), that our life quest should be to know Jesus as Lord.  He’s the only way to go in life.  I  know it; and I seek to know Him more thru His word (see photo) ... EVERY DAY. …  Are you with me? 

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for calling me to know You more thru Your word today … and tomorrow.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … for shining Your light on the way to know You, Lord, … thru Your word. … Amen

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site. 

Nov 27 2025 … Humble Thanksgiving …

Nov 27 2025 …  Humble Thanksgiving  … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics, from Nichole Nordeman singing Legacy … focusing on what kind of legacy we, as Christians, desire to leave … from following God’s ways and doing His will.

Highlight Passage: … Proverbs 22:6  … [NLT] … 

6 Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it. 

… God’s wisdom, thru Solomon, on how to raise children know and follow God’s ways.

Highlight Passage in Context:  Proverbs 22:1-6  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon shows fellow believers how to raise children to know the ways of following God.   

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Reference Passage: … 1Chronicles 16:34 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David, singing thanks to God for allowing God’s people to bring His ark back into God’s Temple.   

Reference Passage: … Psalms 107:1 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David repeats his song of thanks to God.    

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 5:20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to give thanks to God for ALL things in their (our) lives.

Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:15-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also exhorts fellow Christians to live their (our) lives with thankful hearts for all God has done for His chosen and faithful children.

Reference Passage: … 1Thessalonians 5:18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK  ...  

… Finally, Paul continues to call upon his fellow Christians to live their (our) lives thanking God for EVERYTHING.  .

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, Katara Patton …  USE THS LINK  -     …  talking to her mom on a Thanksgiving day later in her mom’s life, the ODB author asked her mother for what she was most thankful; … to which her mom replied, … ”that all three of my children know how to call on the name of the Lord.”  That was surprising to the author, her mom being a teacher, that her kids would value how she had been raised as a Christians more than their education or doing well in the world. 

It reminded the ODB author of what Solomon taught in the Book of Proverbs (see Highlight Passage)… of how important it is to raise up children in the fear of the Lord so that they would return to the ways of God (see Prov 22:6 and the other Scriptures shared above).

Right now, on this Thanksgiving day here in the USA, I’m thinking of what I’m most grateful.   And I’m agreeing with the ODB author’s mom.  My wife and I have two beautiful daughters who became teachers; and though we’re grateful that they have become successful in the world, we are most grateful that both of our kids know Jesus as Lord; and are raising our grandkids to know and follow Jesus as Messiah and Lord.  

For what are you most grateful on this Thanksgiving day?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for our kids and grandkids knowing You as their Lord and Savior.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … that our legacy (hear the linked song) is a family who know and love You as their King and Savior. … Amen

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.

Nov 26 2025 … Counting My Blessings …

Nov 26 2025 …  Counting My Blessings  …

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics, from The London Fox Singers singing Count Your Blessings … calling Christians when they (we) are in the midst of trials/troubles to count our many blessings.

 

Highlight Passage: … Ezra 3:11  … [NLT] … 

11 With praise and thanks, they sang this song to the Lord …

“He is so good!  His faithful love for Israel endures forever!” ... 

Then all the people gave a great shout, praising the Lord because the foundation of the Lord’s Temple had been laid. 

… God’s remnant of faithful believers gather to praise the Lord for the blessings of their return to Jerusalem to rebuild God’s Temple.

Highlight Passage in Context:  Ezra 3:1, 4-6, 9-11  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The formerly exiled remnant of faithful Israelites gathered, now back in Jerusalem and rebuilding God’s temple, to praise the Lord of all His blessings.    

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Reference Passage: … Numbers 6:24-26 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God instructs His Priests to give God’s blessing for His faithful people. 

Reference Passage: … Psalms 103:2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David sings of never forgetting all the wonderful things the Lord has done for him.    

Reference Passage: … Malachi 3:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s promise to pour out His blessings on those who’re willing to faithfully tithe to God’s storehouse.

Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to think of heavenly blessings rather than focusing on earthly things.

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:8, 19 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Again Paul shows/teaches fellow Christians to focus on God’s blessings and all the good things which come from their faith in Christ, … Who will supply all our needs.

Reference Passage: … James 1:2, 17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus’ brother, James, exhorts fellow Christians to praise God ALWAYS, focusing on His blessings, … even when they (we) face trials and troubles. 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, Alyson Kieda …  USE THS LNK  -        …  related memories of loving and learning to sing the words to the old hymn, ”Count Your Blessings”.   And then later in her life, when her husband was down or facing trials, he would have the ODB author sing the words to that hymn, which would take his mind off his troubles and calm his spirits. 

Perhaps some of my readers are in a place where you need to take your minds off your troubles and to remember all the blessings which God has brought into your life.  It’s a truth that I need to remember right now, as I deal with some personal challenges.   What about you?  Do you, as I do, need to count your blessings.  How about we do it right now? Join me!  Let’s take in the link; and play the song … and let’s join in to …”count our blessings, one-by-one!”  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …for all the blessing You have brought in to my life.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … You keep on blessing our lives, even though we don’t deserve it. … Amen

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.