September 18, 2022 … Come Like A Child …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 261 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group SongLab singing … Like Little Children … poignantly singing of how we Christians must trustingly come to the Lord with the trusting faith of a child. 

Coming to Him like a little child ... 

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Highlight Passage: …  Mark 10:15 [ESV] …  

15 I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”  

… Jesus commands that His followers must come to His like a little child.                       

Highlight Passage (Context): … Mark 10:13-16 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches that His true disciples must come to His with the faith and trust of a little child.  

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

… To follow the Lord we must trust Him with all our heart, … like a child trusts his father.             

Reference Passage: … Matthew 18:4 [ESV] …  

4 So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.  

… Jesus uses the faith of a child to show what it takes to be treat in the Kingdom of God. 

Reference Passage: … Matthew 19:13-15 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK ...  

… Matthew’s version of Jesus’ teaching on coming to Him with the faith of a child.  

Reference Passage: … Luke 18:15-17 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK ... 

… Luke’s version of Jesus’ teaching on worshipping the Lord with childlike faith.     

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 2:2 [ESV] …  

2 Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment, 3 now that you have had a taste of the Lord’s kindness. 

… Peter exhorts fellow persecuted Christians to grow in Christlike strength by taking in God’s word like a babe trustingly takes in a mother’s milk.   

                                                                                

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Patricia Rayon… AT THIS LINK … tells about Scottish elementary school children being exposed to care for the babies of some of the teachers on maternity leave in order to help the children develop a sense of empathy in caring for others.        

Likewise Jesus, in three of the synoptic Gospels (see passages from Matthew, Mark, and Luke above), teaches that we must develop trusting faith like that of a child coming to Him (see photo) to be able to come to God and enter His kingdom.  

And I follow the wisdom and teaching of Peter (see 1Peter 2:2) that I must trustingly take in God’s word, like a babe takes in the milk of a mother, to be able to grow in my relationship with my Lord.  So, you will find me here each morning seeking to grow in Christlikeness by taking in the milk of His word.  And I prayerfully invite any reader to trustingly come, like a Child of God, and grow with me to be more like our Lord.                   

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your milk of truth to allow me to grow to be more like You, Lord. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … and to grow with me, Lord, by coming to you like a child comes to his father.     .… Amen

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