Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 264
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from Matthew West singing … Truth Be Told … poignantly singing of how seldom truth is really told in our public discourse.
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Highlight Passage: Exodus 23:7a [NLT] …
7 “Be sure never to charge anyone falsely with evil. …
… God commands us NEVER to bear false witness …
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Exodus 23:1-9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Moses, lays out His command to ALWAYS tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
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Reference Passage: … Exodus 20:16 [NLT] …
16 “You must not testify falsely against your neighbor…. “
… God’s 9th Commandment …
Reference Passage: … Proverbs 12:22 [NLT] …
22 The Lord detests lying lips, but He delights in those who tell the truth.
… Solomon shows how much God hates sharing untruth.
Reference Passage: … John 8:32, 44 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus exposes Satan, who is the author of all lies … and that seeing truth will set us free from our selfish ways.
Reference Passage: … Ephesians 4:25, 29 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians (and that’s us too) to ALWAYS tell the truth.
Reference Passage: … 1John 3:18 [NLT] …
18 Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
… We are commanded by God’s word to show our love thru the truth of our actions.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Winn Collier, AT THIS LINK … tells of how a viral video of a baseball fan misrepresented what actually happened at a Cubs baseball game, causing the fan to be hated when, in fact, he had actually done a service to a small fan. The story illustrates what can happen when we don’t share the WHOLE truth, … especially in these days when social media can so easily spread untruth in our wold.
And I hope that all reading here with will take in Matthew West’s pertinent song, and we all have meditated on the truth from God’s word in the Scriptures above, … commanding us all to ALWAYS choose truth over any misrepresentation of the truth (see photo). Because, as Jesus spoke THE TRUTH, … we get to choose the truth over a lie, and God’s truth will ALWAYS set us free (see John 8:32).
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for helping me to choose to follow Your truth today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to choose Your truth, Lord … today and ALWAYS!! … 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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