June 23, 2023 … Relying on God’s Power …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 174 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Steven Curtis Chapman singing … His Strength Is Perfect … Powerfully singing of how we Christians can rely on God’s strength to lift us up in times of challenge, trial, or weakness.     

God's mighty power ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Exodus 14:31 [NLT] … 

31 When the people of Israel saw the mighty power that the Lord had unleashed against the Egyptians, they were filled with awe before Him. They put their faith in the Lord and in His servant Moses. 

… Paul teaches that our faith comes and grows from hearing the truth about Christ thru His word.                           

                         

Highlight Passage (Context): … Exodus 14:21-31 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… Moses shows God’s people, escaping from Egypt, God’s mighty power to save them at the Red Sea and God’s people trust in the LORD because of His mighty strength and power..           

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

… God’s Psalmist sings of those who delight in God’s truth (i.e., God’s word) growing in faith and righteousness.    

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 41:10 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God promises His strength to lift up God’s people when they are weak.    

Reference Passage: … Matthew 28:19-20 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus’ “great commission” and His promise to be with His disciples ALWAYS.      

     

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 10:13 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul teaches the truth about God always being there, in times of trial or temptation to show His disciple the way to go and to endure the circumstances. 

Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 12:9-10 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul again shows fellow Christians that God’s strength and power will ALWAYS be enough to support His disciples in their (our) weakness.  

                                                                                                                                         

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Lisa M Samra… AT THIS LINK … wrote about how the mighty winds of Hurricane Ida in August, 2021. blew with such force that the waters of the Mississippi flowed northward for several hours overcoming God’s force of gravity.         

And that’s the type of mighty power God’s people saw at the Red Sea (see photo) when our mighty God stood with Moses to show God’s chosen people how the Lord would part the Red Sea and to save and allow His people to go thru the sea on dry ground, … amazing the people and bringing them to trust in the LORD and to rely on HIS strength in their (our) times of challenge.  

 And if my readers today have taken in the linked song, and meditated on the Scriptures above, I pray that you believe, … as I do, … that God’s enabling and empowering grace, which our Lord has promised us, would ALWAYS be there to provide us with His strength when we are feeling weak.  And today, I need His strength; because I’m feeling very, VERY,  weak.   How about you? 

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for promising to give my Your mighty power when I’m feeling weak, … as I am today.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to rely on Your empowering grace, Lord, to lift us up with Your strength today.  .    … AMEN 

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