April 21, 2023 … Creation Calls

Berry Patch Devotions in 2023</u> - Day 111 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics  from Brian Doerksen singing … Creation Calls … poignantly, yet powerfully, singing of how God calls us to trust Him as we take in His mighty and wondrous creation. 

The deepest cave on earth ... 

     

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Highlight Passage: … Psalms 95:4 [NLT] … 

4 He holds in His hands the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains., 

… God’s psalmist sings of our God holding the wonders of His creation in His mighty hands.         

Highlight Passage (Context): … Psalm 95:1-7 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… The psalmist shows the greatness of our God as we take in His wondrous creation.                 

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Reference Passage: … Psalm 27:1 [NLT] … </b>

1 The Lord is my light and my salvation - so why should I be afraid?  The Lord is my fortress, protecting me from danger, so why should I tremble? .

… King David sings of trusting in God in all circumstances, dispelling any fears which believers may have.    

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

… God’s call for His chosen to trust in Him no matter what we may encounter during our lives as believers in the LORD.   

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 41:10 [NLT] … 

10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.  Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you and help you.  I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.   

… God’s promise of His strength to cover us in our weakness.  

 

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul calls on fellow Christians to take all of our anxieties to God in prayer to seek and find His peace.      

Reference Passage: … 2Timothy 1:7 [NLT] … 

7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.   

… Paul shows Timothy and all born-again Christians that our Lord is not the author of any fear that we might have.  

                                                                                                                           

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Kirsten Holmberg … AT THIS LINK …   tells about deepest caves in the world found in the Eurasian country of Georgia (see photo), showing the wonders of God in creation.     

And when I consider the truth of the linked song and the Scriptures above, all I have to do is look around in God’s creation and see how we can trust our Lord to be with us, dispelling all fears; … and being lifted up by God’s glorious creative strength.  Why don’t you join me today and look around to see/hear/feel God’s glorious - creative - strength.  And yes, … we can trust Him, … can’t we?  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing me Your strength, Lord, thru Your creation. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to look around and see the glory of Your creation, Lord, …  Amen               . 

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