Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 244
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from an anonymous praise group singing … We Gather Together … poignantly singing of how we Christians gather to worship and sing praises to God to honor His saving and sanctifying glory.
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Highlight Passage: … Hebrews 10:25 [NLT] …
25 And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near..
… God exhorts His chosen people to come TOGETHER to encourage and edify one another especially as we see the Day of the Lord approaching, … which we certainly do these days.
Highlight Passage (Context): … Hebrews 10:19-25 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God shares, thru the Author of Hebrews, how we can come together in Christian fellowship to lift one another up no matter what our circumstances might be.
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Reference Passage: … Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God shares, thru Solomon, that believers are always much stronger in faith when they (we) come together rather than as individuals.
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’s prescription for believers to capture God’s peace … when we focus on Him rather than our selves.
Reference Passage: … John 16:33 [NLT] …
33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
… Jesus acknowledges to His disciples (and to us) that they (we) will face many trials but that He has overcome the world and its tribulations.
Reference Passage: … Acts 2:42-47 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Luke describes how the early Christians came TOGETHER to worship God and to share their lives.
Reference Passage: … Galatians 6:2 [NLT] …
2 Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.
… Paul exhorted fellow Christians (that’s us, too) to share one another’s burdens.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Kirsten Holmberg … AT THIS LINK … writes of the cultural concept of “hygge” in Denmark, where the Danish people, especially during the darkness of the north during the winter, gather together in small community groups <b>(see photo)</b> to avoid loneliness and the despair that darkness can often bring. Consequently, the Danish people are considered some of the happiest people in the world.
My fellow Christian readers, I hope you realize that the darkness in this world is growing and deepening as we approach the return of our Lord. And I pray that we are taking the Scriptures above to heart, … doing all we can to come TOGETHER, with other fellow believers, to praise God and to share one another’s burdens. And, in that sharing and mutual encouragement, we can relish in the light of Christ to dispel the darkness of the world.
That is my prayer for of all of us today; … that we al have multiple places - daily or at lease weekly - where we can gather TOGETHER, with fellow Christians, as in the linked song, to share our lives and lift each other up, worshipping our Lord, … TOGETHER!
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for leading me to a community of believers who worship You together in fellowship.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to gather with fellow Christians to worship You, Lord, and share our lives TOGETHER! … Amen
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