Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 304
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Revival Worship singing … Shine Your Light … powerfully singing of how we Christians are called by God to shine the light of Christ into this very dark world.
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Highlight Passage: … Matthew 5:16 [ESV] …
16 In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.
… Jesus calls His followers to let our Christlike deeds shine the light of Christ into a very dark world.
Highlight Passage (Context): … Matthew 5:13-16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus calls those who would follow Him as His disciples to be salt and light in a world polluted and darkened by sin.
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Reference Passage: … Psalm 119:105 [NLT] …
105 Your word is a lamp to guide my feet an a light for my path.
… King David sings of using God’s word - His truth - to be the light which guides our path in life.
Reference Passage: … Proverbs 4:18 [NLT] …
18 The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.
… Solomon’s wisdom on righteous living being like the light of dawn dispelling the darkness of the night. .
Reference Passage: … John 8:12 [NLT] …
12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”
… Jesus shows His followers that following Him is like following the light out of the darkness.
Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 4:6 [NLT] …
6 For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.
… Paul shows fellow Christians (and us) that Christ’s light, shining from their (our) hearts, lights up the darkness of this world with God’s light.
Reference Passage: … 1Peter 2:9 [NLT] …
9 But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for He called you out of the darkness into His wonderful light.
… Peter shows persecuted Christians (and us) that they (we) have been called out of the darkness of despair and darkness into God’s glorious light.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Alyson Kieda … AT THIS LINK … tells of Whitney, a retired financial worker in NY city, who worked for weeks in the worst part of the COVID crisis, shining Christ’s light wherever she was able to help the city deal with the darkness of the pandemic.
If my readers have taken in the linked song and meditated on the Scriptures above, I pray we’re all convicted to act on the call from God’s word, … from King David and Solomon in the OT and from Paul, Peter, and no less than Jesus, Himself in the NT (see Scriptures above), to do all we can, as did Whitney in the ODB entry, to shine the light of Christ into the darkness of this world (see photo) by following God’s light of truth and by doing our best to live like God’s word calls us to live.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for calling me to shine Your light into the darkness of this world again today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to do all we can - even today - to shine Your light, Lord, into this ever darkening world. .,, Amen
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Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
1 comment:
Amen!
Kjetil
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