April 25, 2024 … Following THE Leader …

April 25, 2024 …  Following THE Leader …      

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Clay Crosse, Bob Carlisle, and Bebe Winans singing … I Will Follow Christ …  Powerfully singing of how we Christians must choose to follow our Lord in life. 

His way is really the only way to go ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Joshua 14:9 [NLT] … 

9 So that day Moses solemnly promised me, ‘The land of Canaan on which you were just walking will be your grant of land and that of your descendants forever, because You wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God.’         

… Joshua promises Caleb that God will lead his faithful follower to Caleb’s inheritance in the promised land.                                             

Highlight Passage (in context): … Joshua 14:6-12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Joshua remembers the trust and faithfulness of Caleb, even as Caleb humbly followed God in the wilderness for 45 years.                                                      

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Reference Passage: … Leviticus 26:1-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK  … 

… God’s blessing on those who obediently follow the ways of the Lord.   

Reference Passage: … Deuteronomy 28:9-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK  … 

… God repeats His promise to God’s chosen - and faithful - followers to bless them in their willingness to follow The Lord.

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

… God, thru Solomon’s wisdom, imparts truth about those who trust in God to lead us to HIs glory.    

Reference Passage: … Luke 10:25-28 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches truth about following the Lord with ALL of their (our) hearts.  

Reference Passage: … John 14:15, 26 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK  … 

… Jesus promises to His disciples (and to us) that God will provide His Spirit to lead us as we choose to show our love for Him by obeying and following His ways rather then our own.                     

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Arthur Jackson -  AT THIS LINK  -  relates today’s ODB author and his  admiration for an 85 year old friend, Raleigh, who, as an octogenarian reported that he had just finished writing a book and was starting up a new ministry, … all the result of faithfully following God as Raleigh’s helper.   

Raleigh’s humble following of His Lord in life reminded the ODB author of Caleb (in the highlight Bible passage), who had faithfully followed Moses and Joshua as they followed God thru the wilderness for over 4 decades.  And taking in the linked song and the Scriptures above, I’m praying that all reading with me here are committed to trusting God to lead us to His eternal glory.  My friend, … it’s really the only way to go for those who have faith in God, … isn’t it?         

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, …for showing me the way to go as I follow You thru Your word every day..   

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me today, … to choose to follow Your way, … really way every day, … as my Lord.    … Amen

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