Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Matt Maher singing … He’s My Everything … poignantly singing of the joy of being willing to give up anything/everything to follow Christ.
The Joy of the Ice Cream Truck on a Hot Summer Day ...
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Highlight Passage : … Matthew 13:44 [ESV] ... 44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
… Jesus tells of ultimate joy when we’re willing to give up everything for the ultimate treasure … eternity with Christ.
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Highlight Passage [context] : … Matthew 13:44-46 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus’ two parables about the joy of giving up our everything to gain the joy of heaven.
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Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK …
… God will show us THE way - His way - if we trust in Him COMPLETELY.
Reference Passage : … Luke 9:23 [ESV] ... 23 And He said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. …”
… Jesus on what it takes to be His disciple … to deny ourselves and take up whatever comes our way to follow the Lord.
Reference Passage : … John 15:1-5 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus shows His disciples what it is in store for those who’re willing to abide in Him.
Reference Passage : … Ephesians 3:20-21 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK …
… Paul showed us that God is willing to give us His all, and do far more for us than we could ever imagine, when we’re willing to give our all for Him.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Glenn Peckiam, AT THIS LINK uses the imagery of hearing - with joy - the approaching ice cream truck on a hot summer day, (see photo) illustrating what God’s word pictured in the highlight passage - i.e., the joy of looking forward to glory with Christ when we’re willing to put up with the heat of this life.
That picture really says it all, doesn’t it? Jesus calls us [see Luke 9:23] to be willing to deny ourselves in this life because of the coming joy of eternity with Christ , … which is far greater than we could ever imagine (see John 15:1-5 and Eph 3:20-21).
So, I pray today that we all see the heavenly ice-cream truck coming to serve us with the joy of what God has waiting for us in our relationship with Christ.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for dying to give us Your all when we’re willing to give our all for You.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me, to see the joy we look forward to as we live in the heat of today for our Lord. Amen
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