January 13, 2024 … Keep On Keeping On

January 13, 2024 … Keep On Keeping On 

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 how we, as Christians. follow our Lord in faith … no matter what!   

I will follow Christ ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Hebrews 12:1b-2a [NLT] … 

1b-2  ,,, And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. 2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.. 

… We keep on keeping on in life by following Christ’s example.         

Highlight Passage (in context)  … Hebrews 12:1-3 … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s call, thru the Author of Hebrews, for Christians to persevere in faith, follow our Lord’s example of being willing to endure all He did for us, including the Cross.                                       

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Reference Passage: … 1Chronicles 16:11 [NLT] … 

11 Search for the Lord and for His strength; continually seek Him.  

…King David sings of exhorting God’s people to continually search for and follow our Lord.           

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 run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.    

… God’s promise, thru Isaiah, to give strength to whose who choose, in faith, to trust and follow The Lord. 

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

…God leads our way when we’re willing to surrender our ways to trust and serve Him with  ALL our hearts.  

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

…The Apostle Paul charges Christians (that’s us too) to persevere in our faith by following and trusting in Christ … ALWAYS.   

Reference Passage: … Galatians 6:9 [NLT] … 

9 So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.   

… Paul also exhorts fellow Christians to persevere in doing good by follow Christ to the finish line of life.                          

        

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author , Karen Huang -  AT THIS LINK -   related remembering three of her seminary teachers, singing fervently of theirs faith; and especially remembering how these men kept the faith as they suffered thru terminal cancer, following and serving Christ all the way to the end of their life.

Similarly, years ago, I can remember a personal mentor who taught me to trust and follow the Lord thru His word, no matter what I faced in life.    He used to say to me,” We must keep on keeping on in our faith,” … a phrase I often use now in discipling fellow Christians as they (we) deal with trials and troubles in life.   Oh, how pray that for you!          

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … as I meditate on the Scriptures above, I keep on keeping on by following Your word.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to persevere in faith by following You, Lord. … Amen  

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