Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 307
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Fernando Ortega singing … The Good Shepherd… poignantly singing of how Christ is our “Good Shepherd,” … Who will ALWAYS watch over and protect those in HIs flock who faithfully follow Him.
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Highlight Passage: … John 10:27 [ESV] …
27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
…Jesus clearly states that as our Good Shepherd, His flock hear Him and follow Him.
Highlight Passage (Context): … John 10:1-10, 27 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus declares that He is the Good Shepherd of the world and His sheep listen to and follow His voice.
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Reference Passage : … Psalm 23 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… King David sings of The LORD being His “Good Shepherd” whom He (and we) should follow ALWAYS.
Reference Passage … Isaiah 40:11, 53:6 [NLT] …
6 All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s path to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on Him [The Messiah], the sins of us all. </i>
… God, thru Isaiah, promises to care for those who follow Him like a flock sheep follow their (our) “Good Shepherd.”
Reference Passage: … Matthew 18:12-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus, in a parable of the lost sheep, shows how far He will go, as our Good Shepherd, to save and protect any who wander from His flock.
Reference Passage: … Mark 6:34 [NLT] …
34 Jesus saw the huge crowd as He stepped from the boat, and He had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So He began teaching them many things.
… Jesus had loving compassion on those who followed Him, … many who were like lost sheep seeking a Shepherd.
Reference Passage: … John 14:21 [NLT] …
21 Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them.”
… Jesus declares to His disciples in the upper room that those who love and follow Him are the ones who will truly experience His love and grace.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Patricia Rayon … AT THIS LINK … tells of how a daughter begged her elderly father to stop taking in TV news and social media, which were causing her father to become anxious and agitated.
It is so easy in this world today to become anxious when we choose to hear the chaos and confusion being loudly put forth in the media and from other lost and confused people who are following the media. So, today’s ODB entry asks us Christians whom we are listening to and following. Because if you’ve taken in the linked song and meditated on the Scriptures above, we, who truly love the Lord as our Good Shepherd, know Whom we must follow, ,,,don’t we?
Or do we?!!
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for being my Good Shepherd, … leading me home as I follow You today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … seeking to hear and follow You, Lord, as our Good Shepherd, … hearing You clearly thru Your word. … Amen
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