June 24, 2023 … Made New In Christ …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 175 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Don Moen singing … God Will Make A Way … Poignantly, yet, powerfully, singing of how God can - and will - make a way when we see no way.   

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Highlight Passage: … John 6:12 [NLT] … 

12 After everyone was full, Jesus told his disciples, “Now gather the leftovers, so that nothing is wasted.”  

… After feeding the thousands, Jesus made sure nothing was wasted                              

                         

Highlight Passage (Context): … John 6:5-13 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+6%3A5-13&version=NLT

… Jesus fed thousands with just a few fish and loaves of bread and there were left-overs.           

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Reference Passage: … Isaiah 43:18-19 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s promise, thru Isaiah, that our Lord will make a new way through the waste and destruction of the past.    

Reference Passage: … Ezekiel 11:19-20 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God prophesies, thru Ezekiel, that He will remake His sinful people with hearts that worship Him forever.      

Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 5:17-21 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians (and us) that we have been reconciled and remade in our relationship with Christ        

     

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 2:10 [NLT] …  

10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.   

… The Apostle Paul teaches the truth about born-again Christians being remade into instruments of God’s purpose and His plans.   

Reference Passage: … Philippians 1:6 [NLT] …  

6 And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.   

… The Apostle Paul teaches the truth about born-again Christians being remade into the image of Christlikeness.   

                                                                                                                                         

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Patricia Rayon… AT THIS LINK … told of a traveling executive, Shawn Seipler. who came up with the idea of getting hotel chains, cruise lines, and resorts to give up their old, used, soaps to be remade into new, useable. soaps (see photo), which could be donated to third-world peoples, which could save many lives thru the use of these soaps.           

And that is the same concept that our God does in taking the left-over and broken lives of all of us who believe in Christ as Lord and Savior, …those of us  who were dead in our sin, and remakes us into lives that can be reused for His purposes.  As Don Moen sings in the linked song, … “God makes a way where there seems to be no way.”  So, I pray we all meditate in the Scriptures above and praise God that He is making us NEW in Christ so that we can be used for His life-giving purposes today.            

My THANKFULNESS:... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for re-using me today for Your purposes.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to allow You, Lord, to remake us for Your glory.  Yes, even today!   .    … AMEN 

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