November 12, 2022 … God Can Turn It Around …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 316 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Jon Reddick singing … God, Turn It Around… powerfully singing of how our prayer should be for God to turn our life circumstances around for our good and His glory. 

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Highlight Passage: … Genesis 45:5  [ESV] …  

5 But don’t be upset, and don’t be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place. It was God who sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives. 

… Joseph explains to his brothers how God had put him in this place, after his brothers had sold him into slavery to save their lives, showing how God can turn bad into good.                                               

Highlight Passage (Context): … Genesis 45:3-11, 50:18-21 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Joseph confronts his brothers with the truth of their selling him into slavery which God had turned from evil to good with Joseph able to save his family with the circumstances God had engineered.                                                                                                                                      

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Reference Passage: …  Joshua 1:6-9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… God shows Joshua how to turn a very scary task into a victory for God by trusting in God’s promise and His word.

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

… Solomon shows all believers that we must ALWAYS trust in God and He will show us the way in life - no matter what we face. 

Reference Passage: …  Mark 5:32-34 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… A woman bleeding for most of her life is healed showing God’s power to heal and turn a life around completely thru faith in Him.          

 

Reference Passage: … Romans  8:28 [NLT] …  

28 And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. 

… God thru Paul’s teaching shows us that, no matter what we face, God can turn it around for our good and His glory.        

                                                                              

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Kirsten Holmberg… AT THIS LINK …   writes of how the life of a young Chinese girl, kidnapped at birth, was redirected by God for His glory, … much like the life of Joseph was redirected by God, thru a wondrous set of circumstances (see highlight passages) and from a great act of evil to a glorious result of good by God’s grace.      

Perhaps some of my readers, like yours truly, have experienced how God can take a life bent on destruction and turn that one around for His good.  If you take in the Scriptures above, God certainly did that for Joseph in his life, … for Solomon by merely trusting God, … for Joshua who had to follow God’s promises, … for a woman bleeding severely by merely touching Jesus’ robe, … and by the Apostle Paul, who knew and taught God’s truth that ALL THINGS work together in the lives of believers for their (our) good and for God’s glory.

The question is, do we really believe that God can turn our bad stuff into His good stuff?   Because if we do, we’ll be praying, as in the linked song and the attached photo, for our God to turn our bad into His good.  … Common!  Let’s try!  Yes, today !!                                             

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing me that you can, … and will, … make my tough stuff into Your good stuff today. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to pray diligently today, Lord, that you turn things around so that we can recognize Your life changing grace.   …  Amen

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