January 10, 2023 … I’m Redeemed …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 10 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Big Daddy Weave singing  … Redeemed … poignantly, yet powerfully, singing of how our Lord and Savior redeems and reclaims and reforms us from the pits of our sin. 

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Highlight Passage: … Isaiah 43:1 [NLT] …  

1 But now, O Jacob, listen to the Lord who created you.  O Israel, the one who formed you says, “Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. …” 

… God, thru Isaiah, promises to ransom [i.e., redeem] His people, knowing and calling them (and us) by name. .   

Highlight Passage (Context): … Isaiah 43:1-7 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Isaiah, reveals His plan to redeem and restore His people from their sins.                 

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eference Passage: … Isaiah 44:1-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God continues, from Isaiah, His promise to redeem and restore His chosen people. 

Reference Passage: … Psalm 107:2 [NLT] … 

2 “Has the LORD redeemed you?  Then speak out!  Tell others He had redeemed you from your enemies. 

… God, thru a Psalmist, calls on His chosen and redeemed to share that redemption with others. .     

Reference Passage: … Luke 1:68 [NLT] … 

68 Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.  

… Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, prophesies of God’s redemption thru the Messiah to come.           

Reference Passage: … Galatians 3:13 [NLT] … 

13 But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When He was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing….   

…The Apostle Paul taught fellow Christians that Christ has redeemed us from our sins by dying on the cross.    

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 1:7 [NLT] … 

7 He is so rich in kindness and grace that He purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins..  

… Paul assures fellow Christians that Christ purchased (i.e., redeemed) our freedom from the death sentence of our sin by shedding His blood on the cross.    

                                                                  

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Glenn Packham … AT THIS LINK …  tells of an illustration where he, preaching a sermon, had an artist creating a beautiful painting on the pulpit stage with him. And, right in the middle of the painting, he went over and grabbed a brush and slashed a large white line across the painting, seemingly destroying the work of art.  But the artist calmly picked up her brushes and turned the destruction into a new, redeemed, and beautiful work of art.       

And the ODB illustration is a good one to illustrate how our Lord, King Jesus, was able to fulfill the prophesies of old (see Isaiah scriptures above), and redeem mankind from our sin by shedding His blood on the cross (see Reference Scriptures). 

And I pray today that all reading with me could share our gratitude for Christ’s blood, which has redeemed all who would believe on what our Lord did for us on the cross.  Yes, my fellow Christians, share with me a robust - ”HALLELUJAH” - for what our King Jesus did to redeem us from our sin by dying on that tree [see photo].        

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for redeeming me from my sin and restoring me with Your saving and sanctifying grace.               

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … in gratitude for what you did for us, Lord, by shedding Your blood on the cross to redeem us from destruction.   Amen

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