November 17, 2023… LIFE - God’s Great Adventure …

November 17, 2023… LIFE - God’s Great Adventure …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Clay Crosse, Bob Carlisle, and Bebe Winans  singing  … I Will Follow Christ …  Poignantly and powerfully singing of choosing God’s greatest adventure, and that is to choose to follow Christ no matter where it leads us.  

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Highlight Passage: … Ephesians 1:11 [NLT] … 

11 Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for He chose us in advance, and He makes everything work out according to His plan. 

… God has chosen Christians to lead them (us) on His great adventure   

Highlight Passage (in context): Ephesians 1:4-13 (NLT) … USE THIS LINK …  

… God’s Spirit, thru the Apostle Paul, promises God’s blessings bestowed on those who surrender to follow Christ’s call and His leading on God’s great adventure which is to follow the Lord to glory.           

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

… God, thru Solomon, promises to lead those who trust in the Lord, showing them (us) the way to His glory.  .   

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 40:31  (NLT] …  

31 But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.  They will soar high on wings like eagles.  They will and not grow weary,  They will walk and not faint.   

… God’s promise of the great adventure of those who choose to trust in the Lord to lead them (us) in life.       

Reference Passage: ... Jeremiah 33:3 [NLT] …  

3 Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.   

…  God’s promise to His chosen people (i.e., believers and followers) of great things ahead.    

Reference Passage: … Romans 8:28 [NLT] …  

28 And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them.   

… The Apostle Paul shows assures His followers that all we face in life is for our good and God’s glory.                   

                                                                              

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 truth to fellow Christians about them (us) being chosen to live the great adventure, which is the life of those who choose to follow Jesus.  

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Anne Cetas … AT THIS LINK …   who encountered a young woman who told the ODB author that she rejected the Christian life because she felt it was boring; and she was searching for adventure in life. This saddened the ODB author who felt that choosing to follow Jesus was the greatest adventure of all in life.     

Oh how I pray … that my readers have chosen to take the road in life that my friend Clay Crosse and his two friends sing about in the linked song; … and that is to follow Christ …no matter what!  Because that path is God’s great adventure, the one which God’s chosen will choose in life … to follow our Lord all the way to glory.   And I’m also praying today that all who read with me today, … have chosen to follow the Lord as He calls us onward to follow Him in His great and glorious adventure to be with Him forever.           

   

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for  showing me Your adventurous path to be with You, Lord, … FOREVER!          

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to trust you, Lord, to lead us on Your adventure that we see ahead of us in life.     … Amen 

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