Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 233
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Kids Under Construction singing … Building On the Rock … joyfully singing of how we Christians must choose to build our lives on the Rock of Ages, … on the solid ground of God’s word and teachings.
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Highlight Passage: … Matthew 7:24 [NLT] …
24 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock
… Jesus charges His followers to build their [our] lives on the solid ground of His teaching.
Highlight Passage (Context): … Matthew 7:24-27 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus shows that building our lives by following His teachings is like building a house on rock rather than on sand.
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Reference Passage: … Psalms 18:2, 62:2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… King David sings of his God being his (and our) refuge and strength in the storms of life.
Reference Passage: … Ezekiel 13:10-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Ezekiel, shows what happens that a wall which is built poorly and then whitewashed to look strong will not last when God brings His storms of destruction.
Reference Passage: … Luke 6:47-49 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Luke’s account of Jesus teaching on the wisdom of Christians building their (our) lives on the solid rock of God’s teachings.
Reference Passage: …Philippians 4:13 [NLT] …
13 For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.
… Paul expresses his confidence in the strength Christ gives him to live his life.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Marvin Williams … AT THIS LINK … writes about engineers testing out building codes for houses by subjecting houses to giant fans, producing winds equivalent to Category 3 hurricanes. Predictively, the house built according to hurricane safety codes where the only houses to withstand the testing.
If my readers have taken in the children singing the cute, but pertinent, song and meditated and studied the Scriptures above, you can see the message of stability taught by God’s word that we must build our lives on the strength and fortification of God’s truth, … i.e., HIs word. Because if we don’t, our lives will crumble when exposed to the storms of life.
Only when we build our lives on the Rock of Ages … our Lord, Jesus Christ, … will we be able to withstand the strong winds which come when the trials of life come our way. That’s why you find me here, … EVERY DAY, … building my house (i.e., my life) on the solid rock of God’s word (see photo). How about you?
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for helping me to build my life on Your solid and protective word. Lord.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to build our lives on the solid rock of Your truth, Lord. … Amen
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