April 27, 2024 … Pulling the Worry Weeds …

April 27, 2024 …  Pulling the Worry Weeds  …     

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Roland Zimmerman singing … Weeds … Singing of calling Christians to rid His garden of the weeds of worry to allow the fruit in His garden to grow and flourish. 

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Highlight Passage: … Matthew 13:22 [NLT] … 

22  22 The seed that fell among the thorns represents those who hear God’s word, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life and the lure of wealth, so no fruit is produced.        

…  Jesus explains His parable of the fruit of HIs Spirits being choked by the weeds of worry in the life of His chosen people.                                                

Highlight Passage (in context): … Matthew 13:3-8, 18-23 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus’ parable of casting out weeds in his garden of life.                                                         

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 55:22  [NLT] … 

22 Give your burdens to the Lord, and He will take care of you.  He will not permit the Godly to slip and fall.  

… God’s promise, thru King David, of God protecting those who bring their (our) burdens to the Lord.   

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6, 12:25 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK  …  

… Solomon also teaches that believers trusts in God and not let personal worries weigh them (us) down.  

Reference Passage: … Galatians 5:22-23 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle Paul teaches of the fruit in the lives of Christians who don’t allow the worries of this life to choke out these fruit (see also Jesus’s words in Matt 13:22)

Reference Passage:  … Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to take our worries to God in thankful prayer to receive His enabling grace and peace..    

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 5:7 [NLT] …  

7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you.  

…Peter, to fellow oppressed Christians, exhorting them (us) to take ALL their (our) cares and worries to their (our) caring God.                    

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Katara Patton -  AT THIS LINK  -    relates how the author planted seeds in a planter in the backyard but had to pull the weeds that grew up first to allow the seeds to grow and flourish and become fruitful.    

And the question for all of us taking in today’s ODB entry is whether we Christians are doing all we can to pull the weeds of worry from the garden God has called us to tend.  I’m praying today that we pull all those weeds and to let God’s Spiritual garden grow and become become fruitful for His glory.                                                          

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, …for Your empowering grace to clear the weeds of worry from Your garden today, Lord.     

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me today, … to do all we can to clear the worry weeds from Your garden, Lord.    … Amen

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