Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 256
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from the group Casting Crowns singing … The Word Is Alive … poignantly singing of how God has given us His powerful and living word to guide and direct the paths of those who would follow Him.
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Highlight Passage: Psalm 1:1, … 2 [NLT] …
1 Oh, the joys of those who … 2 … delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night.
… God, thru Psalm 1, blesses those who delight in meditating on God’s word.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Psalm 1 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, in Psalm 1, blesses those who delight in the power of God’s word.
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Reference Passage: … Joshua 1:8 [NLT] …
8 Study this Book of Instruction [i.e., God’s word]. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.
… God’s prescription for success in carrying out The Lord’s will.
Reference Passage: … Psalm 119:105 [NLT] …
105 Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path..
… God’s word lights our path in this darkened world.
Reference Passage: … Isaiah 55:11 [NLT] …
1 It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.
… God’s word ALWAYS accomplishes what it purposes.
Reference Passage: … 2Timothy 3:16-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul teaches Timothy - and us - about the power of God’s living truth.
Reference Passage: … Hebrews 4:12 [NLT] …
12 For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.
… God’s word is alive and powerful to expose our innermost thoughts and desires of mankind.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Karen Pimpo, AT THIS LINK … quotes Peter Croft, in memorializing the work of his grandfather, J.B. Phillips, who had crafted a popular paraphrase of God’s word during WW2, … Croft writing, “It is my deepest desire for the person who picks up their Bible, whatever version they use, to not only understand but experience the scriptures as living documents, just as relevant, dangerous, and exciting now as they were those thousands of years ago."
And if one meditates on and follows the the Scriptures above, I believe Peter Crofts’s quote above is the desire of God for those who are disciplined to take in and be guided by God’s word. And I pray that ALL those who’re reading here with me have discovered the power and the light of God’s word in guiding our paths in life. As Casting Crowns sing in the linked song, … God’s word lis living and powerful to guide our steps in life.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, …for shining a light on my path in life thru Your word.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to use Your word, Lord, as our guiding light in life. … Amen
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