February 27, 2023 … Find a Need & Fill It …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 58 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Matthew singing … Do Something … powerfully singing of how we Christians were made by God to reach out and help others in need.  

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Highlight Passage… Acts 9:36  [NLT] … 

36 There was a believer in Joppa named Tabitha (which in Greek is Dorcas). She was always doing kind things for others and helping the poor.                                                                                                  

Highlight Passage (Context): … Acts 9:36-42 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

…  Luke tells the story of Tabitha (also, “Dorcas”), who was known for her work in helping others and who was raised from the dead by Peter’s prayer.            

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Reference Passage: …  Proverbs 14:31, 19:17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s wisdom, thru Solomon, on reaching out to help those in need.                .         

Reference Passage: …  Matthew 5:41-42 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches how those who follow His way should live, … helping others in need.   

Reference Passage: …  Philippians 2:3-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul strongly exhorts fellow Christians to take on the attitude of Christ to avoid being selfish by humbly reaching out to help others.    

Reference Passage: …  Hebrews 13:16 [NLT] … 

16 And don’t forget to do good and to share with those in need. These are the sacrifices that please God.  

…God’s word, in Hebrews, shows that God favors those who sacrifice to help others in need. 

Reference Passage: …  1John 3:17-18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… The Apostle John charges fellow Christians to show Christlike love by reaching to give and help others in need.                               

                                                                             

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Cindy Hess Kasper … AT THIS LINK …  wrote of a nurse caring for the author’s father in the last days of his life, giving him a shave every morning and relating, “Older men of his generation like to have a neat shave every day.”

And that nurse, … Rachel, … was like the woman, named Tabitha, <b>In the highlight passage</b>, who did all she could as a follower of Christ, to humble herself, as would Christ, to see the needs of others and reach out to help those in need.  

It’s like Matthew West calls on Christians in the linked song to reach out and ”Do Something” when we see those who need what we can do to help.  So, … are any of my readers feeling convicted, like I am, to do more today to help others who might need God’s love and grace flowing thru what we could do to show that love to others.                                  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your love and grace to share with someone who needs it today.                 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to see the needs of those with whom I can share Your love today.   … Amen                 

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