December 11, 2023… More Than Enough…

December 11, 2023… More Than Enough…   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir singing  … More Than Enough …  Powerfully singing of God’s love and grace being more than enough to provide for all of our needs. 

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Highlight Passage: … Ruth 4:17 [NLT] … 

17 The neighbor women said, “Now at last Naomi has a son again!” And they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse and the grandfather of David.

… God, thru Boaz and Ruth, provides Naomi, with more  than Naomi could have dreamed, a surrogate “son,” one who would become the ancestor of Messiah.         

Highlight Passage (in context)  …Ruth 4:9-17  … USE THIS LINK …  

… God provides Ruth (and Naomi) with an heir, … named Obed, … more than she could have ever dreamed, becoming the ancestor of our Lord.                    

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Reference Passage: … Job 13:15 (NLT] … 

15 God might kill me, but I have no other hope.  I am going to argue my case with Him.   

… Job declares that his God is his final and only hope in life.   

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. 

… Also thru Isaiah, God’s promise to be there for HIs people … ALWAYS .             

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

… Paul, in his painful thorn in the flesh remembers Jesus declaring that God’s empowering grace is enough for Paul in his condition of weakness.    

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

… Paul recognizes that he (and all Christians) can receive God’s peace by surrendering our concerns to the Lord in prayer.       

Reference Passage: … Hebrews 12:1-3 (NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…God’s promise to all Christians that God’ love and His victory on the Cross is enough to give victory over death and to provide them (us) with eternal life to all who believe in Him.    

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author , Mike Wittmer -  AT THIS LINK - wrote about a friend. Ellen, who - along with her husband Trey - were on a tight budget during holiday season.  But Ellen not only received a Christmas bonus; but was surprised to learn that their December mortgage payment was deposited in their account as a gift from the Bank, giving Ellen and Trey more than enough to allow them to give Christmas gifts to others.  

And if my readers, as we move into this Advent season, will remember God’s wonderful grace in giving us His Son, Whom He, The Lord, provided to mankind to be more than enough to supply all our needs and so much more.  Perhaps you will stop for a moment here - right now - to meditate on God’s word, shared above, and to thank God, as the Brooklyn Tab sings in the linked song, … recognizing in prayer that our God ALWAYS provides our needs and then, … so much more.  

   

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, …for ALWAYS being there to provide our needs from His enabling grace.        

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, …to to thank You, Lord, for Your Son during this Advent season.   … Amen  

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