April 26, 2024 … Together For God’s Glory …

April 26, 2024 …  Together For God’s Glory …      

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Matthew West singing … Strong Enough …  Powerfully singing of how we Christians must surrender our will to let God’s strength to work thru His Church for His glory.

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Highlight Passage: … Philippians 4:16 [NLT] … 

16 Even when I was in Thessalonica you sent help more than once.           

… Paul thanks fellow Christians for helping him spread the Gospel in desperate times.                                               

Highlight Passage (in context): … Philippians 4:14-20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle Paul lauds and thanks the Church in Philippi for their sacrificial giving when Paul was imprisoned in Rome allowing Paul to continue to share the Gospel with those who need to find Christ.                                                       

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 27:17 [NLT] …  

17 As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.  

… God, thru Solomon’s teaching, shows that we work stronger for the LORD when we work TOGETHER.   

Reference Passage: … Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK  … 

… Solomon also teaches that two, working together, are always stronger than just one; and three are even stronger.  

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 1:10 [NLT] … 

10 I appeal to you, dear brothers and sisters, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, to live in harmony with each other. Let there be no divisions in the church. Rather, be of one mind, united in thought and purpose.  

… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians (and us) to come TOGETHER in unity and work  TOGETHER for God’s kingdom.  

Reference Passage:  … 1Thessalonians 5:14-21 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Paul again teaches fellow Christians how they (we) must come TOGETHER and work TOGETHER for God’s glory.    

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

… God, thru the Author of Hebrews, calls on Christians to encourage and help one another as they (we) come TOGETHER for God’s glory.                      

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Jennifer Benson Schuldt -  AT THIS LINK  -   relates the true story of several rescue teams from the USA and Australia, during the COVID pandemic which came together to rescue a floundering vessel, … illustrating what God’s word (in the Scriptures above) teaches about working TOGETHER to more effectively do what God calls us to do.    

I think most, if not all, of those reading what I’m writing here would agree that we Christians can do so … SO … much more when we work TOGETHER. than when we try to go it alone.  And so, I, for one, am constantly looking for support and prayer for what God has called me to do in His kingdom.  Even as I write this, I’m praying for that kind of unity and support. … How about you?  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, …for being my provider in troubled times.    

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me today, … to work with my brothers and sisters, IN CHRIST,  to be Your three-braided cord, in working TOGETHER for Your glory, Lord.    … Amen

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