Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 38
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Matthew West singing … Recovered … Powerfully singing of how we, recover the love and power and grace we might have damaged or lost in the past thru our surrender to God’s restoring/empowering grace.
Highlight Passage: 1Samuel 30:18 [ESV] ...
18 David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.
… By relying on God’s strength David and God’s people were able to rescue their wives from the Amalekites.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … 1Samuel 30:1-6, 18-19 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s people and David had lost their wives to the plundering Amalekites; but, by relying on God’s strength, all was restored.
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Reference Passage: … Joshua 1:9 [ESV] ...
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
… God’s promise to Joshua to capture God’s strength in moving forward is the same to us as it was for Joshua.
Reference Passage: … Lamentations 3:22-23 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK …
… God’s mercies are faithfully new every day to rely upon.
Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 5:17 [ESV] ...
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
… We are being made new in Christ … every day!!
Reference Passage: … 1John 1:7-9 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… When we’re willing to confess/repent of our sins, the Lord cleanses us and gives us the grace to make us over in His image.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Patricia Raybon, AT THIS LINK uses a picture (see photo) of a damaged cell phone being restored to illustrate God’s willingness - and ability - to make souls, damaged by sin, into the restored image of Christlikeness.
And, we all the scriptures above and the linked song by Matthew West proclaim … when we’re willing to confess and repent of our sins, our God is like the cell phone repairman who is able to take a damaged device and restore it to newness.
Not a bad deal, huh?!! … I’m sure in for repairs; … how about you?
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for being there to give me Your mercies and make me over into Your image.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray that all reading here will join me, …to be willing to go in for the restoration promised by God thru His word. … Amen
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