January 16, 2024 … Failures Teach Truth

January 16, 2024 … Failures Teach Truth   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Jeremy Camp singing … Living Word …  Powerfully singing of God’s living word being the only guide to follow God’s truth to glory.  

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Highlight Passage: … 1Corinthians 10:11 [NLT] … 

11 These things happened to them as examples for us. They were written down to warn us who live at the end of the age. 

…The Apostle Paul teaches fellow Christians from the failures of God’s people in the past..         

Highlight Passage (in context): … 1Corinthians 10:1-11 … USE THIS LINK … </b>

… God teaches, thru Paul, lessons to learn from the past failures of God’s chosen.                      

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

… God’s promise, thru Solomon, of leading our path in life if we avoid following our own understanding and perceptions.  

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.   

… Paul teaches truth that ALL THINGS, encountered by His disciples, are for their (our) good and His glory. 

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 10:13 [NLT] … 

13 The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.   

… Paul, helping a failing church to have hope in the restoration power of Christ no matter our past trials or failures.  (Note: the word “temptations” in this passage is from the Greek, “peirasmos,” which is also translated “trials, troubles, or tribulations.”)   

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.   

… Paul assures fellow Christians of God’s promise to transform Christians, within their (our) hearts; and to remake them (us) into Christlikeness.          

Reference Passage: … 1John 1:9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru John, promises to cleanse all sin from those who confess and repent of their (our) sin.           

        

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author , Marvin Williams -  AT THIS LINK -   tells of the Library of Mistakes which was compiled in Edinburgh, Scotland, with a collection of books and papers, telling of the mistakes which led to the financial crashes of 1929 and 2008, and hopefully teaching the world to avoid the financial mistakes of the past.     

But then again, God has compiled and chronicled His book of mistakes, The Bible, for future generations to avoid the mistakes of His chosen people in the past; … so that we can - as we read in the Scriptures above - follow HIS truth and HIS way for us in our trek to find God’s glory.   But are we willing to believe His way; … and then to follow it, … avoiding the failures of God’s chosen in the past?  … I, for one, am here today, … as I am daily,  … seeking to study and learn from God’s “GPS,” His word.  And I’m praying that I might avoid the temptations and mistakes of others in the past.  How about joining me?              

My THANKFULNESS: .. Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for Your word, Lord, … Your perfect “GPS,” … so that I can follow Your way, which is the only way to glory. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to seek Your way in life, Lord,  by using your perfect “GPS,” and that is Your word.   Amen  

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