Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 6
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group We Are Messengers singing … Made In the Image of God … poignantly, yet powerfully, singing of God has made us in His image to live for His glory.
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Highlight Passage: … Genesis 1:27-28 [NLT] …
27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
… God creates man and woman in His images … to reign over the earth for His glory.
Highlight Passage (Context): … Genesis 1:21-28 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
…God, thru Moses, relates the story of the creation of mankind to reflect His glory in life.
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Reference Passage: … Psalm 139:14 [NLT] …
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well
… King David praises God for how the Lord had made him … for God’s glory.
Reference Passage: … Isaiah 43:7 [NLT] …
7 Everyone who is called by My name, Whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him.”
… God’s Spirit, thru Isaiah, reminds believers that all of mankind were created for God’s glory.
Reference Passage: …Romans 8:29 [NLT] …
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
…The Apostle Paul teaches truth to remind God’s chosen, i.e., we Christians, were predestined by God to be confirmed into His image for His glory.
Reference Passage: … Ephesians 2:10 [NLT] …
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
…The Apostle Paul reminds fellow Christians that we who are born-again in Him were created for His good works in this life we were given by Him.
Reference Passage: … Colossians 1:15-16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul teaches fellow Christians that Christ was and is the firstborn of creation and the creator of all, including mankind, for God’s glory.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Sheridan Voysey … AT THIS LINK … writes of discovering a playground fashioned out in the woods from natural elements, much like the one in the photo, creating a wonderful adventure land for the author’s children.
And the point of today’s ODB entry is to remind us that we chosen ones, … who’ve become born-again Christians, … were created for the “adventure” of life in God’s image and predestined to live in Him and for Him as we live and work in the adventure-land of life for His glory.
And the bottomline question is … ARE WE living and moving in this life for the glory of the One Who created us? Oh how I pray that for all reading here with me.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for creating me in Your image, Lord, to live for Your glory.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to live our lives, Lord, for Your glory every day. 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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