February 24, 2024 … We’re Better Together

February 24, 2024 … We’re Better Together 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Chris Tomlin and featuring Russell Dickerson singing … Together …  Poignantly and yet powerfully singing of how Christians must come TOGETHER, with the undergirding of God’s Spirit to serve the Lord.

Murmurations of Starlings flying TOGETHER ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Ecclesiastes 4:12 [NLT] … 

12 A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.           

… Solomon’s call for believers to come TOGETHER to help each other deal with the challenges of life. 

Highlight Passage (in context)  …Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 … USE THIS LINK … 

Solomon’s teaching of God’s call for believers to help one another to stand strong TOGETHER.  

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

… Solomon calls on believers to come together, trusting in God to lead us thru life.     

Reference Passage: … Matthew 28:19-20  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Jesus calls born-again believers to come TOGETHER, along with His Spirit, to reach out and bring God’s saving and sanctifying grace to others.      

Reference Passage: … Luke 3:11 [NLT] …  

11 John replied, “If you have two shirts, give one to the poor. If you have food, share it with those who are hungry.”    

… The Apostle John teaches to come together and give to those in need.   

Reference Passage: … Acts 20:35 [NLT] …  

35 And I have been a constant example of how you can help those in need by working hard. You should remember the words of the Lord Jesus: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”  

… The Apostle Paul to the church elders in Ephesus (and to all Christians), showing that his life and work was an example, as with the life of Jesus, Who taught that it was more blessed to work and to help others than to receive help from others.  

Reference Passage: … Galatians 6:2 [NLT] …  

2 Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. 

… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to share each others burdens which fulfills God’s law of love.

Reference Passage: … Philippians 2:3-5  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Paul also calls on fellow Christians to take on the attitude of Christ and be willing to come together to help each other.                          

My Devotional Journal: Today’s  Our Daily Bread  Author, Winn Collier -  AT THIS LINK -   tells of Danish photographer and ornithologist, Søren Solkær, who spent years photographing the murmurations of starlings flying together in the hundreds of thousands <b>(see photo)</b> to protect each other with their flying together.     

It’s another example from God’s creation of what God calls of His people in the linked song and the Scriptures above, … where those in Christ as called to “fly TOGETHER” to provide God’s protection for ALL of His chosen people.  The question from today’s ODB entry for all Christians is:  Are we flying TOGETHER today?     

My THANKFULNES: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for calling me to join other Christians to come TOGETHER and follow You to glory.   

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to follow You, Lord, in murmurations of flight, following You and helping fellow Christians see Your way to glory.     Amen  

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