Friday, May 31, 2024

May 31, 2024 … No Doubt! …

May 31, 2024 …  No Doubt!         


Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    

  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from the group, We The Kingdom singing NO Doubt About It … Poignantly, yet powerfully singing of how we Christians are finding our way home to glory with our faith in Christ leading us homeward.  



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Highlight Passage: … Jude 1:22-23  [NLT] … 

22 And you must show mercy to those whose faith is wavering. 23 Rescue others by snatching them from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to still others, but do so with great caution, hating the sins that contaminate their lives.           

  Jude exhorts fellow Christians to show mercy but share truth with those who doubt Christ as Messiah and Lord.                                                                        


Highlight Passage (in context): … Jude 1:17-23 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK  

… Jude, one of Jesus’ half-brothers, exhorts fellow Christians to show mercy and love to those who scoff and doubt Jesus’ message to sinners.                                                                            

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

  Solomon advances truth that we must trust in God <b>with ALL our heart</b> to be able to follow His way in life.


Reference Passage: … Mark 11:23 [NLT] … 

23 I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart. 

… Jesus teaches of the power of having faith and dispelling doubts in His saving grace.  


Reference Passage: … Luke 24:38 [NLT] …  

38 “Why are you frightened?” He asked. “Why are your hearts filled with doubt?  

… Jesus appears - post resurrection - to His disciples and lovingly confronts their doubts.       


Reference Passage: … 1Timothy 2:1-4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK 

… The Apostle Paul mentors and teaches Timothy to pray for and witness to any/all who need the truth of Christ to dispel their doubts with our faith in the truth of God’s saving grace.        


Reference Passage: … Hebrews 11:1, 6  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK 

… God’s word, thru the Author of Hebrews, shows that one must have genuine faith, dispelling all doubt, to receive and have a relationship with The Lord. 


Reference Passage: … James 1:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK

… Jesus’ brother James teaches truth that we can pray to God for His wisdom … BUT we must do so with undivided faith in God’s ability to give us His mind and heart.  


My Devotional JournalToday’s Our Daily Bread Author, Karen Huang -  AT THIS LINK  - tells of an incident when she was in school … when a well-respected couple in her church invited her to come for pizza, but, the ODB author thought the couple may rebuke her for being in a so-called “bible study” where the group leaders were doubters and known scoffers of Jesus as Christ.  However, the couple lovingly showed the ODB author of our need to come to our faith with undivided faith and to beware of scoffers who would try to tear away from our faith with their doubts.   


And I’m praying today that all my readers take in the linked song and the Scriptures shared above, bolstered in faith by God’s truth that we can only find God’s will and His way in life when - AND IF - we trust the Lord thru His word and follow His truth with an undivided and faith-filled heart.  Is that our mindset today?                                                                           

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for leading me to Your glory thru the truth of Your word.    

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me today, …to believe in and follow Your truth, Lord, all the way to Your glory.       … Amen


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