Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 358
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from Celine Dion singing … O Holy Night … poignantly singing the classic Christmas song of the birth of the “Prince of Peace” and “Lord of lords” on that morning in Bethlehem.
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Highlight Passage: … Isaiah 9:6 [NLT] …
6 For a child is born to us, a Son is given to us. The government will rest on His shoulders. And He will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. </i>
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Isaiah 9:1-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God promises, thru the Prophet Isaiah, a Messiah who will be our prime of peace.
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Reference Passage: … Isaiah 26:3 [NLT] …
3 You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You!
… God promises, again thru Isaiah, His peace for those who continue to focus on Him.
Reference Passage: … John 14:27 [NLT] …
27 “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.
… Jesus, to his troubled disciples in the upper room, promises them (and us) His peace, a peace that only HE can provide.
Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul helps fellow Christians realize that they can have the peace of Christ when they bring their cares to Him with a thankful heart.
Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:15 [NLT] …
15 And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.
… God, thru Paul, exhorts His Body (i.e., the Church - that’s us!) to let the peace of Christ dwell in our hearts thru our relationship with the Prince of Peace.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Amy Boucher Pie, AT THIS LINK … writes of a man named John who was hospitalized for pneumonia with his mother in the same hospital for cancer. John was understandably troubled; but found peace when he heard the strains of the Christmas classic, ”O Holy Night” [LINK to the song above], playing on the hospital sound system and showing how our mind, focusing on the PRINCE OF PEACE, can quell our personal anxieties.
God’s word is replete with His promises to give us His peace when we’re troubled, as we read in the story above in the ODB story. Certainly Isaiah (see highlight passage and in Isaiah 26:3)</b> promised that God would send a Messiah to be our Prince of Peace! And we read how Jesus promised to give His special peace to His disciples when they were so, so troubled (see John 14:27). And the Apostle Paul shared God’s promised peace with fellow Christians so many who were being oppressed (see Phil 4 and Col 3 above).
So, as we close out on the Advent season, I pray that we all can focus in on God’s promises and His hope to bring us His peace as we enter the New Year.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for the hope and promise of Your peace as we enter the darkness of this New Year.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to believe in and live out Your promise of peace into this New Year, Lord. … 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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