April 18, 2023 … God’s Restoration Promise

Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 108 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics  from a group of young people singing … Restored … poignantly singing of how God gives us His promise of restoration for God’s faithful people.  

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Highlight Passage: … Jeremiah 32:42 [NLT] … 

42 “This is what the Lord says: Just as I have brought all these calamities on them, so I will do all the good I have promised them. 

… God’s promise, thru Jeremiah, of the Lord restoring God’s faithful to all the Lord had promised them (and us).         

Highlight Passage (Context): … Jeremiah 32:37-44 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… God’s repeated prophesy, thru Jeremiah, to God’s exiled people to restore them completely in God’s timing.                               .                     

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Reference Passage: … Psalm 51:12 [NLT] … 

12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and make me willing to obey You. 

… King David, in confession of his sin to God, sings a prayer for God to restore the joy of God’s saving grace to David’s broken life. 

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Solomon, commands God’s people to trust in God, seeking His will to follow Him, to allow for God to lead us to His restoration forever. 

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 61:7 [NLT] … 

7 Instead of shame and dishonor, you will enjoy a double share of honor. You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours. 

… God’s promises, thru the Prophet Isaiah, of His restoring God’s people to His covenant of restoration for God’s faithful remnant.  

Reference Passage: … Joel 2:25-25 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God also promises restoration to God’s faithful people, even after The Lord allows for destruction and devastation to His unfaithful     

Reference Passage: … Zechariah 9:12 [NLT] … 

12 Come back to the place of safety, al you prisoners who still have hope!  I promise this very day that I will repay two blessings for each of your troubles.. 

… Another Prophet who beckons God’s people to come back in faith of God’s promise of restoration of His people.     

                                                                                                                         

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Karen Pimpo … AT THIS LINK … tells how Karen, who had lost her mother at a very young age, became driven to promise and provide safety and security for her children when she became a mother.  

And today’s linked song and the Od Testament Scriptures above point to God’s promise to one day bring about complete restoration to any/all who have our hope in the truth of God’s restoring grace.  Because if we, as followers of the One Who fulfilled all those promises,   … our Lord, King Jesus, … The promised Messiah, … we will one day experience the joy of God’s restoring grace … FOREVER!!  

Are you with me today, seeking and believing in God’s restoring grace?  if so, we move forward, following our Lord all the way to His glorious. … heavenly, … restoration.  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for the truth and reality of Your restoring grace.        

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to praise You, Lord, for the promise - and reality - of Your restoring grace.   …  Amen               . 

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