Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 102
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Matt Maher singing … The Least of These … poignantly singing of how we serve our God by serving those in need …
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Highlight Passage: Matthew 25:40 [ESV] ...
40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
… When Jesus comes for His Church, will we be ones who were (are) willing to serve the least of those who are in God’s kingdom.
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Highlight Passage [Context] : … Matthew 25:31-40 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus teaches on the final judgment of mankind and the separation of the unsaved from the saved …
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Reference Passage: … Leviticus 19:34 [ESV] …
34 You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
… God, thru Moses in the OT, commands His people to treat strangers in need as we would treat our own family or friends.
Reference Passage: … Micah 6:8 [ESV] …
34 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
… God, thru the Prophet Micah, holds His own standard of goodness and kindness when dealing with others, especially those who need God’s love/grace.
Reference Passage: … Luke 10:25-37 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus uses the parable of the “Good Samaritan” to illustrate how Christians should treat those in need.
Reference Passage: … James 1:27 [ESV] …
27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
… James defines what Godly religion is all about - humbly helping those in need.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, John Blasé, AT THIS LINK … tells of a talented and well-educated young man who would declare that his greatest achievement and satisfaction came in developing a tutoring program to help disadvantaged kids in Nicaragua to escape the captivity of poverty in which the children found themselves.
And the ODB entry today illustrates what God’s word calls from His true, born-again, disciples in Matthew 25 [see above], with Jesus relating what it will be like in the final judgment … with God separating the sheep [believers] from the goats [unbelievers]. And only those with hearts of kindness/goodness, willing to help the least of the least in the world wil be in God’s flock.
And I pray today that all reading here will be among God’s flock, … always willing to help “the least of those” who need God’s love which we can give to those who need God’s grace.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, King Jesus, … for letting us help the least of those who need Your grace today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to reach out and become serving agents of God’s love today. … 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.
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