January 22, 2024 … Is Your Name In His Book?

January 22, 2024 … Is Your Name In His Book?   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Robin Mark leading in worship and singing … Book of Life …  Worshipfully singing of God’s book of life for the names of all who truly believe in God ’s Son dying to save us from our sin.  

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Highlight Passage: … Luke 10:20 [NLT] … 

20 But don’t rejoice because evil spirits obey you; rejoice because your names are registered in heaven.”.

… Jesus commands His 72 disciples, returning from their Gospel mission, to focus solely on our relationship with the Lord in God's kingdom.               

<b><u>Highlight Passage (in context) </u> … Luke 10:17-20 … USE THIS LINK … </b>

… When the 72 disciples returned from their assigned mission to share the coming Kingdom of God, I.e., the Gospel message, with others, … Jesus shows them (and us) that they (we) need to focus, and give praise to God, for their (our) salvation and knowing that The Lord has written their (our) names in God’s Book of life.                                                        

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Reference Passage: … Exodus 32:32-33 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Moses prays that the Lord will accept him as a sacrifice for the the sins of God’s people.   

Reference Passage: …Daniel 12:1 [NLT] …   

1 “At that time Michael, the archangel who stands guard over your nation, will arise. Then there will be a time of anguish greater than any since nations first came into existence. But at that time every one of your people whose name is written in the book will be rescued.   

… God, thru Daniel, prophesies of all of God’s FAITHFUL believers will be rescued from God’s judgment by the Lord .

Reference Passage: …Malachi 3:16  [NLT] …  

16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with each other, and the Lord listened to what they said. In his presence, a scroll of remembrance was written to record the names of those who feared him and always thought about the honor of his name.  

… God, thru Malachi, prophesies that God’s chosen people, i.e., those who fear the Lord and focus on their faith in Him, will be written into God’a book of life.  

Reference Passage: … John 3:16-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Jesus declares that God gave His Son over to save the world from God’s eternal judgment.   

Reference Passage: … Revelation 20:11-15 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …

… At God’s final judgment, those who were not written into God’s book of life will be thrown into God’s lake of fire.        

        

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author , Kirsten Homberg -  AT THIS LINK -  tells of a man in the ODB author’s small group at church who was an olympic medalist, … yet never revealed that achievement to others in the small group, … wanting only to focus and share about what Jesus did to save him from his sinful nature.  

And that is the entire focus of today’s ODB entry and from the linked song as well as the Scriptures shared today (see God’s word above), asking if we know that we know that we KNOW that the names of all who read with me here are written in God’s book of life (see photo).    Because if, as I do, we know and believe in our hearts and openly declare that belief, your name, as well as mine, is already written in Heaven’s book of life.  How about it? Is your name in that book?              

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for writing my name into Your Book.    

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to praise God for His BOOK OF LIFE!     Amen  

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