November 1, 2022 … TOGETHER Is Better …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 305 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Casting Crowns singing … If We Are the Body … powerfully singing of how we Christians must work TOGETHER as the Body of Christ. 

Serving God TOGETHER in the Body of Christ ... 

  

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Highlight Passage: …  Acts 2:44  [ESV] …  

44 And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had.   

… The early church gathered TOGETHER in a fellowship of believers, sharing with and helping one another.                                                  

Highlight Passage (Context): …  Acts 2:42-47 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

…  Luke writes about the early church gathering into a community of believers, serving one another in the fellowship of Christ … TOGETHER.                                                                          

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Reference Passage: …  Psalm 133:1 [NLT] … 

1 How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony! 

… King David sings of how wonderful it is when God sees believers coming TOGETHER and working TOGETHER in harmony.   

Reference Passage: …  Romans 12:10 [NLT] … 

10 Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other. 

… Paul exhorted fellow Christians to come TOGETHER to love and serve one another. 

Reference Passage: …  Matthew 18:20 [NLT] … 

20 For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them.” 

… Jesus promises to be present when Christians gather TOGETHER in His Name and for His glory.     

Reference Passage: …  1Corinthians 12:12, 27 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul shows fellow believers (and us) that Christians should work <b>TOGETHER</b> as Christ’s body.   

Reference Passage: …  Hebrews 10:24-25 [NLT] … 

24 Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. 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.

… The Author of Hebrews charges fellow Christians (and us) to come TOGETHER in the fellowship of believers to encourage one another and to work TOGETHER for God’s glory.  

                                                                                

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Xochitl Dixon … AT THIS LINK …   … relates a story of a local church, banding TOGETHER to help a single mom, who was a loyal member of their church, and who had many needs, … with a number of the church members donating - TOGETHER - to help their loyal fellow Christian.    

And if my readers have taken in the linked song and the descriptions after each scripture above, you’ll see the word “TOGETHER” is the key message from today’s ODB entry.  And I would pray that all of us, who claim Christ as our Lord and Savior, will truly come TOGETHER, as the body of Christ to encourage and help one another today and on into the tomorrows of our life.  

Truly … TOGETHER is better … WAY BETTER!!                                  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for bringing me into Your body, Lord, so that I can be part of the fellowship of Your family. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to do all we can - TOGETHER - to serve one another in Your body, Lord.   …  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.