Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 172
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Matthew West singing … Together … Poignantly, yet powerfully, singing of how we Christians must live and serve Christ .. . TOGETHER … as we live and serve the LORD as His body.
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Highlight Passage: … 1Peter 4:10 [NLT] …
10 God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.
… Peter reached fellow Christians how they (we) must using our Spirit-given gifts as the Body of Christ, sharing the good news Christ with any and all who need the Lord’s saving grace.
Highlight Passage (Context): … 1Peter 4:7-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Peter exhorts fellow Christians, even persecuted believers, to work TOGETHER, using their individual gifting to share the Gospel with those who need to hear of God’s saving grace.
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Reference Passage: … Romans 15:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul teaches that Christians are to live in harmony with one another.
Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 1:10 [NLT] …
10 I appeal to you, dear brothers and sisters, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, to live in harmony with each other. Let there be no divisions in the church. Rather, be of one mind, united in thought and purpose.
… Paul exhorts Christians to work together in harmony representing our Lord in this world.
Reference Passage: … Ephesians 4:16 [NLT] …
16 He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
… Paul teaches about the Body of Christ, fitting TOGETHER perfectly to share Christ with each of our individual gifts.
Reference Passage: … Philippians 2:3-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul called fellow Christians to take on the attitude of Christ, being humble and reaching out TOGETHER in love to help others, like Christ would do for us.
Reference Passage … Hebrews 10:24-25 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s word, thru the Author of Hebrews, teaches that we are to come TOGETHER to encourage and edify one another as we live to serve and witness for Christ.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Xochitl Dixon… AT THIS LINK … used the party game of a “three-legged” race (see photo) to illustrate how a team had to plan and work TOGETHER, communicating and staying on the course - again TOGETHER - to win the race.
And if my readers have taken in Matthew West’s song and the Scriptures, linked and listed above, I hope we all are motivated - and maybe even convicted - to work TOGETHER in the Body of Christ to use our uniquely Spirit-given talents and gifts, working - as in the 3-legged race - to run God’s race, being witnesses for the good news of the Gospel grace, available to all who are willing - in faith - to receive God’s saving grace.
Common dear friend, let’s run the race TOGETHER today!
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for equipping me to run the Gospel race of witness today with other fellow Christians.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to join with other fellow Christians -TOGETHER - to run Your race, Lord, all the way to the finish line for Your glory. … AMEN
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