January 23, 2024 … God’s Restoring Grace

January 23, 2024 … God’s Restoring Grace  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Matthew West singing … Restored…  truthfully singing of God’s work and His restoring grace in Christians to restore believers from brokenness to Christlike beauty.  

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Highlight Passage: … Micah 4:3 [NLT] … 

3   The Lord will mediate between peoples and will settle disputes between strong nations far away.  They will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer fight against nation, nor train for war anymore.

… Micah share promises from God to remake God’s people from the brokenness of war to peaceful beauty.               

Highlight Passage (in context): …Micah 4:1-5 … USE THIS LINK …

…God’s covenant promise, thru Micah, to restore His faithful and chosen people to peace from their (our) past warring and sinfulness.                                                         

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Reference Passage: …Isaiah 61:7 [NLT] …   

7 “Instead of shame and dishonor, you will enjoy a double share of honor.  Your will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.  

… God, thru Isaiah, prophesies the restoring/remaking power of God’s grace, coming thru the Messiah.

Reference Passage: … Jeremiah 30:17  [NLT] …   

17 I will give you back your health and heal your wounds,”  says the LORD.  …   

… God, thru Jeremiah. promises to remake and restore His chosen people.  

Reference Passage: … Lamentations 3:22-23 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jeremiah also promises His faithful and restoring mercies to bring God’s love to HIs people.

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..  …  

… God, thru the Apostle Paul, assures Christians of God’s restoring grace, working in them (us) to remake them (us) into His image for His glory.   

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 5:10  [NLT] …   

10 In His kindness God called you to share in His eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, He will restore, support, and strengthen you, and He will place you on a firm foundation.  …  

… Peter assures oppressed and suffering Christians of God’s restoring love and grace.    

        

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author , Winn Collier -  AT THIS LINK - https://odb.org/2024/01/23/scraps-to-beauty - tells of his wife’s favorite piece of jewelry, a necklace made by Ethiopian artisans from scraps of bullets and war materials; and it reminds the ODB author’s wife of God’s willingness and ability to remake His loved ones from the brokenness of our sin into the beauty of Christlikeness.   

Do any of my readers here today desire to wear the beauty of Christ’s robes of riotousness to cover our rags of sin?   I for one relish the opportunity to wear, … and even show off, … His robes, which are remaking me into the beautiful image of my Savior.   How about you?              

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your robes, Lord, to cover my rags.     

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to joyfully wear Your robes, Lord, and to wear them for Your glory.      Amen  

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