Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 14
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir singing … My Help Cometh From The Lord … poignantly, yet powerfully, singing, from Psalm 121, of how we Christians find our way and our life by turning to our LORD for help and new beginnings.
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Highlight Passage: … Psalm 121:2 [NLT] …
2 My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.
… God’s people sing of their (and our) desire for a new beginning found in their (our) Messiah.
Highlight Passage (Context): … Psalm 120:1-121:2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Psalms written for Jewish pilgrims to Jerusalem for the feasts of celebration of their relationship with Yahweh.
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Reference Passage: … Psalm 139:23-24 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Kind David was desperately seeking to rid himself of his old ways and to trust in God to lead him to god’s ways in life. [BTW - this is a prayer I pray EVERY morning to start my day]
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, thru Isaiah’s prophesy of newness which is found only in keeping our minds on our Lord.
Reference Passage: … Jeremiah 29:11 [NLT] …
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
… God promises, His chosen people (and that’s us too) that He has a new way for those who choose to trust the Lord and surrender to His will and follow His ways.
Reference Passage: … John 14:6 [NLT] …
6 “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
… Jesus promises His disciples (and us) that they (we) can only find our way to the Father; and that is thru Him.
Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 5:16-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians about finding newness in life; and that is thru trusting, believing in, and following Christ.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Monica La Rose … AT THIS LINK … teaches readers about the Psalms of Ascent (i.e., Psalms 120-134), which were included in God’s song book (i.e., The Psalms) for Jewish pilgrims traveling up to Jerusalem for the various feasts God had called them to celebrate in their relationship with God and to find new ways to travel in life.
As we Christians are pilgrims in this life, we seek after new ways … new beginnings, … don’t we? Most, if not all of us, desire to cast off our own selfish and sinful ways and find new ways - God’s ways - of living out this life. I sure do; and I would guess most - if not all - of my readers do as well.
Well, if you have taken in the wonderful and powerful linked song, sung by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, and you’ve meditated on the Scriptures above, God shows us how to find that NEW start and the NEW way He wants us to go in life; and that is to follow His will and His way thru His word. … And that’s where I’m headed today … and will be tomorrow! How about you?
My THANKFULNESS:... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing me THE WAY to go today and tomorrow.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to follow Your way, Lord, thru Your word, … and to trust that You will lead us to the new start we seek today and then again tomorrow. Amen
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1 comment:
Amen again!-
Kjetil
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