June 23, 2024 … Sharing God’s Goodness …

June 23, 2024 … Sharing God’s Goodness …       

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Cece Winans singing The Goodness of God … poignantly and powerfully singing of how we Christians must be thankful of and share the goodness of God with others.

==========

Highlight Passage: … 1Timothy 6:18  [NLT] … 

18 Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and generous to those in need, always being ready to share with others.          

…  God teaches Timothy (and us too) to share the richness of God’s goodness with others.                                                                                   

Highlight Passage (in context)  … 1Timothy 6:6-20, 19-20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle Paul warns Timothy to avoid living for selfish desires and charges him, and fellow Christians, to do good with what God provides.                                                                               

==========           

Reference Passage:… Psalms 23:6, 34:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…  King David testifies in song of the goodness of God. 

Reference Passage: … Nahum 1: 7  [NLT] … 

7 The Lord is good, a strong refuge when trouble comes. He is close to those who trust in him. 

… God, thru the Prophet Nahum, declares truth of the Lord’s goodness.   

Reference Passage: … Romans 12:21  [NLT] … 

21 Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good.   

… The Apostle Paul charges fellow Christians to overcome evil by doing good.  

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

22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, GOODNESS, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! 

… Paull also calls shows that God’s goodness in Christians includes ALL of the fruit of God’s Spirit, including God’s GOODNESS.        

Reference Passage: … Titus 2:14 [NLT] … 

14 He gave his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us His very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds..  

… Paul shows Titus (and all Christians) that Jesus gave His life for those of faith in Him that God’s goodness can - and will - be in His disciples to share with others.  

Reference Passage: … James 1:17 [NLT] …  

17 Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, Who created all the lights in the heavens.  He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.  

… James, the brother of Jesus, teaches truth about all the good we seen in the world comes from God.    

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Karen Pimpo -  AT THIS LINK  -  writes about a woman named  Oseola McCarty, who worked hard for over 70 years as a cleaning lady; … and having saved her earning in retirement, donated over $150,000 to establish a scholarship fund for needy students.  

And the ODB story today of this lovely cleaning lady sharing God’s goodness with others convicts me to do all I can today to go out  and share the goodness of God with others, … and especially the fruit of His Spirit (see Galatians 5:22-23).  Are you with me? 

         

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your GOODNESS, Lord, to share with others in my lie.      

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying today that those who read with me here will join me to go out and share Your goodness, Lord, with others.    … Amen

=============

Blogger Note]  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.