Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 321
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Steven Curtis Chapman singing … Be Still and Know… poignantly singing of we Christians need to quietly rest in the confidence that our God is the all-in-all … our Lord forever.
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Highlight Passage: … 1Thessalonians 2:12 [ESV] …
12 We pleaded with you, encouraged you, and urged you to live your lives in a way that God would consider worthy. For he called you to share in his Kingdom and glory.
… Paul begs and exhorts fellow Christians to live lives which we were called to live by Christ’s sacrifice.
Highlight Passage (Context): … 1Thessalonians 3:11-13, 4:9-12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul charges fellow Christians to live lives of togetherness in love so as to show others what Christians living is all about.
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Reference Passage: … Isaiah 26:3 [NLT] …
3 You [LORD] will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, … ALL those whose thoughts are fixed on You.
… God’s promise, thru Isaiah, that He, the Lord, will give His peace to those who fix their (our) thoughts on Him.
Reference Passage: … John 13:34-35 [NLT] …
34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. 35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”.
… Jesus commands His disciples in the upper room to love one another that others will see that love to show others the love of God.
Reference Passage: …Romans 12:17-18 [NLT] …
17 Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. 18 Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to avoid evil living and to live in peace with one another.
Reference Passage: … Ephesians 4:1-3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul strongly exhorts fellow Christians to bind together and live in peace, living lives worthy of our calling as Christians.
Reference Passage: … 1Timothy 2:2 [NLT] …
2 Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity.
… Paul teaches Timothy (and us) that Christians should pray for all in authority to help us live in peace with one another. .
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Monica La Rose… AT THIS LINK … quotes from a poem entitled, ”Rest,”, which shows that there should be no separation of our pursuit of peace while we live and work, day-by-day.
And isn’t that what is being taught in this ODB entry today, … that we Christians should do all we can to live lives which pursue and realize God’s love by our resting and living out the love of God. Really when we love God and live lives worthy of His love, we will be basking in the peace of God as Steven Curtis Chapman sings in the linked song.
Oh how I pray that for all of those reading here with me today.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for the peace I find when I rest in Your love, my Lord.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to pursue Your peace, Lord, by resting in Your love and sharing that love with others. . … 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..again!-
Kjetil
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