Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 311
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the Maranatha Singers singing … He Has Made Me Glad … poignantly singing of how we all should be grateful for every day God gives us to praise Him.
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Highlight Passage: … Ecclesiastes 2:24 [ESV] …
3 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will bring a terrible disaster on this place, and the ears of those who hear about it will ring!
… God, thru Jeremiah, prophesies to God’s people that in their lives the Lord would bring a disaster on God’s people for their stubborn disobedience.
Highlight Passage (Context): … Ecclesiastes 2:17-25 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… shows that life is difficult and that the work we do is often challenging; but we can - and must - choose to take pleasure and be thankful for ALL things.
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Reference Passage: … Psalm 118:24, 29 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s Spirit, thru a Psalmist, shows the God gives us everyday and we can - and should - give thanks for even the hard days.
Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s Spirit, thru Solomon, calls on all of us to trust God, with all our hearts, … ALWAYS!!!
Reference Passage: … Isaiah 26:3 [NLT] …
3 You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
… God promises His peace for those who can - and will - keep focusing on The Lord rather than on our own desires.
Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 10:13 [NLT] …
13 The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you can endure.
… Paul shows that God will not allow any temptation or trial or trouble to overwhelm any/all who follow the Lord faithfully.
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.
… Paul shows fellow Christians that everything we encounter is for our good, as born-again Christians, and it is for God’s glory.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Poh Fang Chia … AT THIS LINK … writes about early in his work life how the ODB author used to dread going into work on Mondays after a joyful weekend, … until finally he came to realize how God - thru His word - teaches that all things we encounter are given to us - yes, even Mondays - for our good and for God’s glory.
If my readers have taken in the linked song and meditated on the Scriptures above, I pray we all are coming into today - a Monday - with grateful hearts and looking for ways that we can thankfully serve our Lord for giving us this Monday and all the days which He will give us into the future.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me today - this Monday - to serve You in any way I can.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to look for ways to make this Monday a day we are grateful to serve You, Lord. … 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.
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