April 1, 2024 … Come TOGETHER In Christ …

April 1, 2024 …  Come TOGETHER In Christ …     

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from a group of children singing … Encourage One Another …  Poignantly singing of how we Christians must be the encouragement of others to lift each other up in times of trouble.   

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Highlight Passage: … Hebrews 10:24-25 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …         

… God’s people are exhorted and encouraged to come together and encourage one another in times of trial.                                 

Highlight Passage (in context): … Hebrews 10:19-25 … USE THIS LINK …  

… God’s Spirit, thru the Author of Hebrews, calls on fellow Christians to come together to lift each other up in times of trial or persecution.                            

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Highlight Passage (in context): …  Proverbs 12:25, 27:17 …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s Spirit, thru Solomon, shows that fellow believers are stronger when they (we) work TOGETHER.  

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

… God’s Spirit, thru Solomon, encourages fellow believers to come TOGETHER  to lift each other up and be stronger in times of trial.

Highlight Passage (in context): …  Galatians 6:2 … 

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

… The Apostle Paull exhorts and encourages fellow Christians to share each others burdens and therefore help each other obey Christ’s law of love. 

Highlight Passage (in context): … Philippians 3:3-5 … USE THIS LINK …  

… Paul also charges fellow Christians to take on the attitude of Christ by being willing to think of others before our own desires.                                                                                                                                                                       

Highlight Passage (in context): …  1Thessalonians 5:11, 14 … USE THIS LINK …   

… Paul continues to call on fellow Christians to encourage and uplift one another, especially when they (we) are feeling weak.                    

 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Alyson Kieda -  AT THIS LINK -   wrote about how she went thru an extended time of spiritual struggle and pain and at times wondered why she continued going to and participating in her home church.  But she did; and later realized that choosing to be with her brothers and sisters in Christ helped to get her through that time of trial.  

Ever been there?!  … Well, because today’s ODB entry recognizes that we’re al going to go thru times of trouble and trial at times, God’s word from sources like Solomon and the Apostle Paul (see Scriptures above) point us Christians to the truth that going thru such troubled times TOGETHER lifts and carries us thru such times so much more easily than trying to go it alone.

So, … if any of us are forging thru troubled waters these days, be willing to seek out help and encouragement by staying the course of our storms with the help of our fellow Christians and being willing to go thru life TOGETHER in our home church.                           

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … once again, Lord, I’m uplifted by the truth and direction of Your word.          

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me today, … to be lifted up by the encouragement of Your truth, Lord.  … Amen

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