Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 61
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Kristyn Getty singing … Living Waters … poignantly singing of how we Christians can - and must - drink from the living waters provided by God’s word.
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Highlight Passage: … Psalm 1:1-2 [NLT] …
1 Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. 2 But they delight in the law of the LORD, meditating on it day and night.
… The Psalmist sings of the joy found by those who meditate daily in God’s word.
Highlight Passage (Context): … Psalm 1 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru His psalmist, sining of the joy of those who partake of His living waters, which we now know is The Bible.
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Reference Passage: … Joshua 1:8-9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s promise of success in carrying out the Lord’s will to Joshua and to any who would meditate on God’s word daily. .
Reference Passage: … Psalms 119:1-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… King David sings his prayer that he (and we) find joy in learning of and follow God’s truth thru His word.
Reference Passage: … John 4:13-14 [NLT] …
13 Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. 14 But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.”
… Jesus teaches the Samaritan woman at the well that only He can provide the thirsty with eternal - LIVING - waters.
Reference Passage: … 2Timothy 3:16-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle Paul teaches Timothy (and all Christians) on the power of God’s word to give direction to those who meditate on it and follow it.
Reference Passage: … Revelation 22:17 [NLT] …
17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” Let anyone who hears this say, “Come.” Let anyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who desires drink freely from the water of life.
… God’s promise, thru John, that all who surrender to live by God’s Spirit will partake of His living waters forever.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Amy Boucher Pie … AT THIS LINK … related a story of a family on safari in Africa coming on a watering hole where many animals, some who would normally be natural prey for others, all partaking of the life-giving waters in that small pond (see photo).
And if my readers have taken in the linked song and the Scripture above, we read of God’s promise to provide ALL who would surrender for His saving grace to provide His living waters, from which we can drink freely at His eternal well of truth from His word.
And that’s why you find me, coming to His watering hole (i.e., God’s word) every day to drink from His living waters to start each day; and coming back often to be refreshed by what I need for living out each day. Oh, how I pray that all my readers partake of God’s living waters daily as well.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me what I need each day from Your living waters.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to satisfy our longings for Your living waters, Lord.. … 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.
1 comment:
Amen!-
Kjetil
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