December 27, 2022 … Joining In HIS-STORY …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 361 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Katy Nichole and Big Daddy Weave singing  … God Is In This Story … poignantly and powerfully singing of how God is woven into the story of our lives. 

TOGETHER in HIS-STORY ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Genesis 1:26a-27 [NLT] …  

26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. … 27 So God created human beings in His own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female He created them. </i> 

… God’s story of mankind begins in His creation of man and woman IN HIS IMAGE.                                                                             

Highlight Passage (Context): … Genesis 1:1, 26-31 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God created everything for His glory, including mankind in His image.                                       

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Reference Passage: … Genesis 2:18-25 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God creates man and woman to rule over the earth in His mage and for His glory.               

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 4:24 [NLT] … 

24 Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.   

…  Paul enjoins fellow Christians to put on the new nature of holiness since, in Christ, we are created to be like God.     

Reference Passage: … Philippians 1:6 [NLT] … 

6 And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue His work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns..  

…  Paul teaches fellow Christians that God will continue to do His work to transform them (us) into Christ’s image.

Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:10 [NLT] … 

10 Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.   

…  Paul exhorts fellow Christians to grow to learn of the new nature of Christlikeness as we grow to know Him and become more and more like Him.      

                                                                             

My Devotional Journal:Today's Our Daily Bread author, Kirsten Holmberg … AT THIS LINK …   tells of interesting research which has shown that when a group of people listen to a story together, the hearts of many in the group begin to beat in unison.                  

And when one reads in God’s Story - our Bible - (see Scripture passages above), these research findings should seem very plausible; … because we were created in God’s image and to be joined in Christ to become and live as the growing image of God.  

That’s why you find me here, everyday, digging deeply into HIS STORY - i.e., God’s word - so that I can know my Lord more intimately and grow in HIs images to live TOGETHER with others who were created to live for our Creator more and more every day.   Will you join me today to have our hearts beat in unison with His heart,… living for His glory in HIS-STORY?       

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for joining my heartbeat with Yours today, Lord.    

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to have our hearts to beat in unison as we grow closer to You, Lord, thru Your story … day-by-day.      Amen

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