Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 8
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Mercy Me singing … Even If … poignantly, yet powerfully, singing of how our hope is in Christ’s victory over sin no matter what we face in life.
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Highlight Passage: … Romans 8:28 [NLT] …
28 And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
… Paul teaches truth that ALL things we face for Christ are for our good and His glory;
Highlight Passage (Context): … Romans 8:28-39 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul teaches fellow Christians that no matter what we face - even suffering for Christ - is His victory.
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Reference Passage: … Psalm 34:19 [NLT] …
19 The righteous person faces many troubles, but the LORD comes to the rescue each time.
… King David sings of the Lord coming to the rescue of His faithful who endure troubles.
Reference Passage … John 16:33 [NLT] …
33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
… Jesus shows His disciples (and us) that tho we will faces trials/troubles in this world, we can take heart and have hope because HE has overcome the world.
Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 4:17 [NLT] …
17 For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!.
…The Apostle Paul shows fellow Christians Christ’s purposes in enduring troubles in our lives.
Reference Passage: … James 1:2-4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… James shows fellow Christians that enduring troubles in this life is an opportunity to serve our Lord for His glory.
Reference Passage: … 1Peter 5:10 [NLT] …
10 In His kindness God called you to share in His eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, He will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.
… Peter shows fellow persecuted Christians that our Lord will lift up those and be a firm foundation in our suffering for His glory.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Xochitl Dixon … AT THIS LINK … tells of her husband coaching little league baseball (see photo) and finding it challenging to show the young boys that just trying their best carries a victory of its own, especially when the winning score was so emphasized as victory by the world.
However, if my readers have taken in the deep meaning of the linked song by Mercy Me; and you believe in the Scriptures above, as I do, then we have to come away with God’s reality that we Christians are going to face many trials and troubles and set-backs in this world; but, as long as we recognize that our suffering is for God’s glory, then God’s Spirit, … as our ultimate Coach in life, … sees us as God’s winners!!
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for being Your winner, Lord, a I face Your trials today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to come away as Your winners, Lord, as we deal with the trials which we face for Your glory. Amen
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1 comment:
Amen!
Kjetil!-
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