Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 360
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Zach Williams singing … Fear He Is a Liar … powerfully singing that the thoughts we get from Satan are ALL LIES.
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Highlight Passage: … Judges 7:15 [NLT] …
15 When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship before the Lord. Then he returned to the Israelite camp and shouted, “Get up! For the Lord has given you victory over the Midianite hordes!”
…God finally shows Gideon to trust the Lord and follow Him into battle.
Highlight Passage (Context): … Judges 6:12, 7:8-15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God patiently shows Gideon to cast aside His fears and trust in HIs God.
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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Solomon, commands His people to trust in Him … and lean not own feelings and perceptions.
Reference Passage: … Isaiah 41:10 [NLT] …
10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.
… God, thru Isaiah, commands His faithful followers to cast aside their (our) fears and follow Him - NO MATTER WHAT we face in life.
Reference Passage: … Matthew 28:20b [NLT] …
20b … And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
… God’s promise, thru Jesus Himself, that He will be with us ALWAYS as we trust and follow Him in life to carry our HIs great commission.
Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:13 [NLT] …
10 For I can do everything through Christ, Who gives me strength.
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians (and us) to trust that our Lord will give us His strength when we feel weak or unable to carry on.
Reference Passage: … 2Timothy 1:7 [NLT] …
7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
… Paul teaches Timothy (and all Christians) that feelings of fear NEVER come from God.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Karen Huang… AT THIS LINK … tells of being fearful of an upcoming annual physical with her doctor, … having fears from a past bad diagnosis. But then the author remembered the promises from God’s word to trust in the Lord in all circumstances.
It’s so NATURAL to have reflexive fears when we face some circumstances in life. And the ODB author makes reference to the fears encountered by Gideon when God’s people were being attacked by mighty enemies. And in this highlight passage, we read of God patiently showing the fearful Gideon, how the Lord would always be with Gideon and God’s people in battle, dispelling all of Gideon’s fears and allowing Gideon to be the warrior God had seen in this fearful follower.
We all deal with fears, don’t we? But it’s only when we trust in God and His promises from His word that we remember and realize that our fears are lies from Satan or our selves; (listen to the inked song); and, from the truth of the Reference Scriptures above, we come to believe and gain strength to deal with the trials and circumstances of life.
And so I pray we all go our way today, trusting in the reality that, like Gideon, we need not fear what we’re going thru, … knowing that our God is ALWAYS there with us, giving us His strength when we feel fearful.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for Your empowering grace to deal with my fears today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to trust and follow You, Lord, not matter what we’ll face today. 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!
Kjetil
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