Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 330
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group New Wine Worship singing … Song Of Repentance … poignantly singing of how we Christians must respond to God’s call for us to confess and repent of our sins.
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Highlight Passage: … Hosea 4:2 [NLT] …
2 Bring your confessions, and return to the Lord. Say to Him, “Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us, so that we may offer You our praises
… Hosea’s call for God’s people to confess of their sins and reptant to follow The Lord’s will and His ways.
Highlight Passage (Context): … Hosea 4:1-4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru the Prophet Hosea, calls God’s people, who were living in sinful separation from God, to repentant living.
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Reference Passage: … 2Chronicles 7:14 [NLT] …
14 Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.
… God’s promise to true believers what it will be like when they (WE) truly turn from our sins and humbly follow the Lord.
Reference Passage: … Luke 13:3, 5:32 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus’ repeated message in His time on earth was for His followers [and us] to confess and repent of their [our] sins and to follow The Messiah.
Reference Passage: … Acts 3:17-20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Peter preaches of the need of fellow Jews to repent of their sins and turn to Christ for forgiveness.
Reference Passage: … Romans 2:4 [NLT] …
4 Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin?
… Paul preaches that God’s kindness and forgiveness is to lead His followers to real repentance, . following the Lord no matter where He might lead.
Reference Passage: … 1John 1:7-9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru John, shows Christians that truly confessing our sins is the first step of cleansing, leading to repentant living which, in turn, leads us to to His light and out of our own darkness.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Arthur Jackson… AT THIS LINK … told of a man, named Grady, who had come to a saving relationship with Christ, which led him to turn and walk away from his previous life of gambling, adultery, and deceit, … a story of real brokenness, leading to repentance and a new life following Christ.
And oh how yours truly identifies. For 22 years of my life, I led a double-life which looked good to many but was steeped in hidden, sinful living. But Christ was relentless and finally I surrendered to follow God’s call for me to confess and live in surrender and repentance, following my Lord rather than myself.
And if you’ve taken in the linked song and the Scriptures above, believing in their truth, as I do, … then we all know that following the Lord in repentant living is the only way to go!! And that’s what I pray for all reading here with me.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … may my surrender to follow You, Lord, be the life of real-deal repentance every day.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to turn to follow You daily, Lord, and to help others follow Your call to repentant living. … 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 today too!-
Kjetil
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