February 8, 2023 … His Arms Always Open …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 39 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from David Dunn singing  … Open Arms … poignantly singing about how we Christians will ALWAYS find God’s arms open to His forgiveness and healing grace.  

His arms of forgiveness ... ALWAYS open ... 

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Highlight Passage: … 1John 1:9 [NLT] … 

9 But if we confess our sins to Him, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. 

… Truth about God’s open arms to forgive any/all who come to Him with a faithful and contrite heart.                                                                                                 

Highlight Passage (Context): … 1John 1:1-10 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

…  The Apostle John teaches truth to fellow Christians about the character and forgiveness of God.      

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Reference Passage: … John 15:12 [NLT] … 

12 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. 

… Jesus commands His disciples to love others the same way that He - with open arms - loved us.  

Reference Passage: … Romans 8:38-39  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...  

…God’s promise, thru Paul, that NOTHING can ever separate us from God’s open arms of love.

Reference Passage: … Colossians 2:6 [NLT] … 

6 And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow Him.   

…Paul charges fellow born again Christians to continue to fallow His faithfulness all our lives.

Reference Passage: … 1John 2:6 [NLT] … 

6 Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.  

… We Christians are charged by God’s truth to live and walk as He did.                              

                                                                             

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Jennifer Benson Schuldt… AT THIS LINK …   wrote of how difficult it was, knowing of God’s open arms of forgiveness, to apologize to a Christian friend with whom she had had a disagreement.        

And we’ve probably all been in those shoes, haven’t we?  Knowing, as Christians, that our Lord is ALWAYS wiling to open His arms of forgiveness (see photo) and cleanse the heart of anyone who comes to Him with a faithful and contrite heart.  

But the question is, … are we willing to go to others with the open arms of Christ’s love just as He is ALWAYS willing to receive us with His open arms of love and grace?  Oh, I pray so!!                 

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for Your open arms of love and forgiveness … today and always.                  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to come to Your open arms, Lord; and then to open our arms to others just as You open Your arms for us.           Amen

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