April 15, 2024 … Following Him Home …

April 15, 2024 …  Following Him Home  …       

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Chris Tomlin singing … Home …  Poignantly singing of how We born-again Christians are being led to Heaven by our Lord. 

"Lead me, Home, Lord!" ... 

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Highlight Passage: … John 14:3  [NLT] …  

3 When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.             

… Jesus’ promise to His disciples (and all believers) that He would come and lead them (us) to His home in heaven.                                          

Highlight Passage (in context): … John 14:1-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Jesus assures His disciples that He will come back to them and lead them to a home in heaven.                                      

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Reference Passage: …  Psalms 91:1-2 [NLT] …   USE THIS LINK … 

… Moses, as God’s people wandered in the wilderness, … but knowing and believing God’s promise to lead His faithful remnant to their home in His Promised Land.  

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

… God, through Solomon, shows that God will show the way home for those who trust Him with all their (our) heart. 

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 32:18 [NLT]  … 

18  My people will live in safety, quietly at home.  They will be at rest.  

… God promises, thru the Prophet Isaiah, that The Lord will lead His faithful family to a place of rest and safety.   

Reference Passage: …Jeremiah 29:11 [NLT]  …  

11  For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope..  

… God promise, thru the Prophet Jeremiah, that He will lead His faithful followers to a place of hope.    

Reference Passage:  … Revelation 22:20  [NLT]  … 

20  He Who is the faithful witness to all these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon!”

Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!… 

… The Apostle John, having seen our Heavenly home, calls for Christ to come soon and take him (and us) home.    

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Bill Crowder -  AT THIS LINK -  Writes about the character of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, who clicked the heels of her ruby slippers to transmit her and Toto,  her little dog, back to the safety of her Kansas home from the threatening world of Oz.  And isn’t that the desire of all mankind, to be transported to the safety of God’s promised home in heaven and away from this very threatening world in which we live now.     

Personally, … hearing and believing the promises from God’s word (see Scriptures above) and in the linked song, …  I’m praying, as I do often, led by God’s word in Revelation 22:20, where the Apostle John calls for God to come soon and take us home.   Anybody want to join me in that Ruby slipper’s prayer?                                        

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for leading he homeward again today.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me today, … to trust that You’re leading us homeward to be with You, Lord, forever.     … Amen

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