Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 226
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the Mennonite Hour Singers singing the old hymn … What God Hath Promised … poignantly singing of how God doesn’t promise peace without pain in life.
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Highlight Passage: … Deuteronomy 31:8 [NLT] … </b>
8 Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; He will neither fail you nor abandon you.”
… Moses encourages His people to provide them with His enabling grace was they enter God’s Promised Land.
Highlight Passage (Context): … Deuteronomy 31:1-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God promises Joshua and God’s people, thru Moses, to always be with His chosen people as they enter God’s Promised Land.
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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God promises, thru Solomon, that we can trust His grace to lead us thru life, no matter what we encounter.
Reference Passage: … Matthew 11:28-30 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus promises His strength - i.e., His enabling grace - to lift us up in times when His disciples are weary or overloaded.
Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 10:13 [NLT] …
13 The temptations [also translated “tests, trials, troubles, or tribulations] in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you can endure.</i>
… Paul showing fellow Christians that God’s enabling grace and strength are ALWAYS available for believers who follow Him.
Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Paull, promises His His peace … if we’re willing to bring ALL our cares and concerns to Him in humble and grateful prayer.
Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:11-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Paull, promises His empowering grace no matter what we face in life.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Amy Boucher Pie … AT THIS LINK … writes about Amy Johnson Flint, who was totally dependent on others due to severe arthritis; and who in 1919 wrote a poem which became the hymn which is posted in the linked song above, which declared, “God hath not promised skies always blue, and flower-strewn pathways all our lives through. . . .”
And taking in this old hymn, I think all my readers will agree that life can be - and often is - almost too much for us to handle. But if my readers have also meditated on - and agree with as I do the Scriptures above - we know that our Lord will never leave us or abandon us in times of trial; and … He will always be there to provide us with His enabling/empowering grace.
Personally, that’s all I need in life! How about you?
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for ALWAYS being there with Your empowering grace … today and tomorrow.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to use Your enabling grace, Lord, to deal with our trials today. … Amen
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