November 13, 2022 … Christlike Living …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 317 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Tim McGraw singing … Humble and Kind … poignantly singing of how we all should ALWAYS be humble and kind to one another. 

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Highlight Passage: … Colossians 3;12-13  [ESV] …  

12 Since God chose you to be the holy people He loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. 

… Paul charges fellow Christians to put on the qualities of Christlikeness in dealing with others.                                                        

Highlight Passage (Context): … Colossians 3:12-17 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to join him by putting on the fruitful qualities of Christ and treat others as He would treat His chosen ones.                                                                                      

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Reference Passage: …  Psalm 145:8-9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… King David sings how our Lord is ever merciful and compassionate, ALWAYS showing His love to everyone.

Reference Passage: …  John 13:34-35 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Jesus commands His disciples (and us) to love one another as He showed His love to them (us).  

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: … Galatians 5:22-23 [NLT] …  

22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! 

… Paull shows the qualities of Christ which show forth in true born-again Christians.  

Reference Passage: …  Ephesians 4:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to ALWAYS be humble and kind to others, as Christ was (and is) to His chosen ones.  

Reference Passage: … Philippians 2:3-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to to take on the attitude of Christ, …ALWAYS being humble and kind to others.        

                                                                              

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Alyson Kieda… AT THIS LINK …   tells of how a young daughter of a visiting nurse, who took her daughter to a work at a nursing home, began to ask the nursing home residents what three things made them feel good.  And the girl started a “go-fund-me” to allow her to purchase some of the small things that brought joy to the residents, saying, “It lifts you. It really does.”

And if my readers have taken in one my favorite C&W songs by Tim McGraw and meditated on the scriptures above, perhaps you’re asking yourself , as am I, …“Could I do more to show the love and grace of my Lord to others, … maybe even today?”                                             

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for calling me to put on Your robes of righteousness and show them off to others … today and then again tomorrow. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to humbly display Your fruit of love and grace to others today.    …  Amen

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