March 24, 2023 … Following God’s Voice …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 83 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Kristyn Getty singing … Speak O Lord … poignantly singing of how we Christians need to listen for God’s voice, leading us in life thru His word.   

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Highlight Passage: … Acts 20:32 [NLT] … 

32 “And now I entrust you to God and the message of His grace that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those He has set apart for Himself.     

…God’s Spirit speaks and leads Paul to follow God’s missionary call.                   

Highlight Passage (Context): …  Acts 20:22-32 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle Paul was committed to listening for and following the voice of God from God’s Spirit.                  .                     

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 25:4-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David prays in song for God’s voice, thru His word, to lead David (and us) on the right path in life.                

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 2:3-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Solomon, shows that the LORD will grant wisdom to those who seek to follow God thru His truth (i.e., His word).    

Reference Passage: … John 8:47 [NLT] … 

47 Anyone who belongs to God listens gladly to the words of God. But you don’t listen because you don’t belong to God.”  

… Jesus declares that only those who belong to God listen for His will and His ways thru His word.  

Reference Passage: … John 10:27 [NLT] … 

27 My sheep listen to My voice; … I know them and they follow me. 

… Jesus teaches that His born-again disciples listen for God’s Spirit and follow Him in life. 

Reference Passage: … Revelation 3:20 [NLT] … 

20 “Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.

… Jesus teaches His church that He constantly knocks at the hearts of believers, beckoning them (us) to open the door and let Him in to lead us thru His word.    

                                                                                                            

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Xochitl Dixon … AT THIS LINK … writes of scientists discovering that the voices of wolves (see photo) are individual, allowing them to communicate, thru their cries to one another, as they hunt in packs.  

And thru the Scriptures above, God’s truth is revealed that our Lord desires for His chosen ones - i.e., born again Christians - to listen for :His voice, primarily thru His word,  and to follow His calls to lead us in life.    So, … for my fellow Christians, … today’s ODB entry is calling us, thru His word, to follow the Lord’s voice.  

Are we?                                                  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for calling me out to follow You, Lord, again today.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to listen for Your voice, Lord, … calling us to follow You … ALWAYS.      …  Amen               . 

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