September 10, 2022 … Always With Us …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 253 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Vineyard Worship singing … You’re Always With Us … poignantly singing of our God always being with those who truly believe and surrender to receive His grace.  

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Highlight Passage: …  Esther 9:23 [NLT] …  

22 He told them to celebrate these days with feasting and gladness and by giving gifts of food to each other and presents to the poor. This would commemorate a time when the Jews gained relief from their enemies, when their sorrow was turned into gladness and their mourning into joy. 

…  God, thru Mordecai, establishes the annual “Feast of Purim” to celebrate God’s deliverance of the Jews and the Lord’s constant presence in the lives of true believers.                 

Highlight Passage (Context): … Esther 9:20-23, 29-32 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God establishes the Feast of Purim as an annual celebration of God’s presence and His sovereign rule over all who truly believe and follow the Lord.                                                          

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Reference Passage: … Isaiah 41:10 [ESV] …  

10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.  Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with My victorious right hand.  

… Isaiah prophesies of God’s hand of protection and grace always being with those who trust in our God.  

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …   

… True believers in the Lord’s omnipotence must ALWAYS trust in His presence and His power to lead us.       

Reference Passage: … Matthew 28:20b [ESV] …  

20b And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”.  

… Jesus promises His disciples (i.e., ALL OF US) that He will be with us ALWAYS as we follow Him in this life to carry out His “Great Commission.”      

Reference Passage: … Romans 8:38-39 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul shows fellow Christians h to his confidence that NOTHING in our lives can separate us from God’s love and His sanctifying grace.       

Reference Passage: … Revelation 3:20 [ESV] …  

20 “Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.  

… Jesus assures His church that He is ALWAYS there, knocking on the doors of our hearts, awaiting us to open the door and let Him in to provide us with His love/grace.    

                                                                                

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Tim Gustafson … AT THIS LINK … showed how Emperor Constantine, in the 3rd century AD, changed the Roman calendar, which is still used to this date worldwide, to declare the constant and eternal presence and rule of God.     

And then the ODB author makes reference to how God established a yearly reminder (i.e., the Feast of Purim) for God’s chose people to annually celebrate God’s willingness to live up to the Lord’s protection and deliverance of His chosen peoples.  And that promise was completely fulfilled in the life, death, and resurrection of our Lord, King Jesus, … promised and fulfilled iin the Reference Scriptures above.  

And can I sense my readers, joining me in a robust ”HALLELUJAH;” … to declare our affirmation of belief that our God is ever present and always powerful to show His protective love and sanctifying grace for us … as His disciples.               

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for Your ever present love and protective grace.      

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  to praise You, King Jesus, for Your ever present love and empowering grace.   .… Amen

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