Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 225
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Big Daddy Weave singing … All Things New … poignantly singing of how our surrender to Christ will make all things new in our lives.
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Highlight Passage: … Luke 10:26-27 [NLT] …
26 Jesus replied, “What does the law of Moses say? How do you read it?” 27 The man answered, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
… Jesus helps a religious leader to see the meaning of truth from God’s word in Deut 6:5 by telling the parable of “the good samaritan.”
Highlight Passage (Context): … Luke 10:26-37 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus teaches on what it takes to help “a neighbor” be transformed into the newness Christ offers to anyone who believes in Him.
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Reference Passage: … Isaiah 43:18-19 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Solomon showsthat we must trust and follow God to lead us rather than doing life our own way.
Reference Passage: … Ezekiel 11:19-20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Ezekiel, to plant a newness of heart in those who truly believe in the Messiah.
Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 5:17 [NLT] …
17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
… Paul showing fellow Christians that any/all who believe in Christ are made new.
Reference Passage: … Galatians 2:20 [NLT] …
20 My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
… Paul again teaches to fellow Christians that when we are born-again, we become new in our surrender to Christ to live in us.
Reference Passage: … Ephesians 2:10 [NLT] …
10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago.
… Paul repetitively teaches Christians (and us too) that Jesus created us anew to carry out good works for His glory.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Elisa Morgan … AT THIS LINK … relates a story of a sick and dying goldfish which was brought back to life and made new by a caring new owner who took the time to care for the fish.
And this story reminded the ODB author of the parable in Luke 10 of the man on the road who was made new by the caring help of a Samaritan, which, of course, illustrates that any and all who come to Christ will be made new by their faith in Jesus (see Scriptures above). It was prophesied in the Old Testament (see Isaiah 43 and Ezekiel 11) and confirmed by Paul’s repetitive teaching in the NT (see Pauline scriptures above).
And no one knows better about the truth that God will remake a broken man into a new and healed person than yours truly, … having been remade and reshaped - slowly, but surely - into the image of my Savior. And oh how I pray that all reading here are experiencing the newness of Christ’s transforming grace. If not, … contact me @ billb13@icloud.com and I will do my best to help you find that newness in Christ.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for remaking this old broken warrior into the newness I find daily in following You, Lord. .
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to let You, Lord, transform us into Your image today and tomorrow. … Amen
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