Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 339
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics of Matt Maher singing … Lord I Need You … poignantly singing about we Christians need our Lord’s protection and guidance every hour of EVERY day.
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Highlight Passage: … Matthew 6:11 [NKJV] …
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
…Jesus shows believers to pray with dependence on God’s providence DAILY.
Highlight Passage (Context): … Matthew 6:6-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus teaches his followers how to pray with daily dependence on God’s provision.
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Reference Passage: … Psalms 63:1 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
1 O God, You are my God; I earnestly search for You. My soul thirsts for You; my whole body longs for You in this parched and weary land where there is no water.
… King David prays to God declaring his absolute dependence on His Lord.
Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Solomon shows believers that believers must trust God ALWAYS and lean not on our own human understanding.
Reference Passage: … Jeremiah 17:5-9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Jeremiah, to faithful believers, promises His blessing on those who daily trust in Him; … but curses to those who trust in human strength and understanding.
Reference Passage: … John 6:47-51 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus refers to Himself as the “Bread of Life,” teaching that anyone who lives on His word will have eternals life.
Reference Passage: … John 7:38 [NLT] …
38 Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’”
… Jesus teaches that all born-again Christians can drink from the rivers of truth which flow from God’s word, … His living waters.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Glenn Packiam … AT THIS LINK … tells of a morning when the author and his wife were sleeping in and their young children decided to prepare breakfast for their mom and dad. But as one might predict, the parents were awakened by a crash and discovered a large bow of oatmeal was broken as the kids were trying, unsuccessfully, to clean up the oatmeal all over the kitchen floor.
The ODB story, of course, illustrates the dependence of young children, especially early in their lives, for the guidance and protection of parents, … just as we immature Christian believers are dependent on God’s guidance and provision in our lives. And that is why we must use Gold’s truth - i.e., His word - as our “bread of life” and our “living waters” as we consume and thrive on God’s truth in life EVERY DAY (see linked song and Scriptures above).
How do you let our Lord be your “Bread of Life” daily? Personally, you can come back here tomorrow and you’ll find this old warrior coming back for more of God’s “living water” in His word. God’s “bread of life and living waters” keeps me alive DAILY in this dry and thirsty land that we call life (see Psalm 63:1).
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for providing me with the sustenance of life thru Your word.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to take in Your “bread of life and living waters” again today, Lord, as You keep us alive with Your truth. . … 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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