February 23, 2024 … All Are Welcome In Christ

February 23, 2024 … All Are Welcome In Christ  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Danny Hokey singing … All Are Welcome …  Poignantly and yet powerfully singing of how all are welcome at Christ’s table … 

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Highlight Passage: … Ephesians 2:19 [NLT] …

19 So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.            

… Paul shows Gentiles that their faith in Jesus as Lord makes them part of God’s family.           

Highlight Passage (in context) … Ephesians 2:11-22 … USE THIS LINK … 

The Apostle Paul addresses Gentile believers in Christ to show them (us) that they (we) are part of God’s family.  

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Reference Passage: … Leviticus 19:33-34  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… God’s word, thru Moses, to HIs people calls on believers in Messiah to treat strangers with love and respect as they would their own family.   

Reference Passage: … Romans 12:13 [NLT] …  

13 When God’s people are in need, be ready to help them. Always be eager to practice hospitality. 

… God, thru the Apostle Paul, calls on fellow Christians to ALWAYS show hospitality when they (we) come onto ANYONE in need.  

Reference Passage: … Titus 1:8 [NLT] …  

8 Rather, he must enjoy having guests in his home, and he must love what is good. He must live wisely and be just. He must live a devout and disciplined life.   

… Paul describes leaders in God’s church as being hospitable and loving what is good in God’s eyes.  

Reference Passage: … Hebrews 13:2 [NLT] …  

2 Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it!    

… The Author of Hebrews call on all fellow Christians to show hospitality to strangers as if they (we) were serving angels.                 

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 4:9 [NLT] …  

9 Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay.   

… Peter exhorts fellow Christians (us too!) to be willing to share their (our) homes with those in need.      

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread   Author, Mike Wittmer -  AT THIS LINK -  describes, in the book, Everything Sad Is Untrue. the author, Daniel Nayeri, wrote of being helped, as his family fled from a refugee camp, to find hospitality with complete strangers in The United States, … strangers who helped Nayeri and his family to find a home in the safety of their new country.   

And if my readers today have taken in Danny Gokey’s song and meditated on the scriptures above, I’m pray that we all have a heart to welcome those who need the love and hospitality offered by the Lord and His church … His family.  So what can we do today to welcome those in need to share with Christ’s invitation to His table of love and grace?      

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for welcoming me to Your table, Lord.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to share with any/all at Your family table, Lord.     Amen  

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