June 29, 2024 … Blessed and Beloved …

June 29, 2024 … Blessed and Beloved   …      

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Laura Story singing Blessings … poignantly singing of how our God shares His blessings with those who love the Lord; …  but often the blessings are in disguise.  

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Highlight Passage: … Deuteronomy 33:3  [NLT] … 

3 Indeed, he loves His people; all His holy ones are in His hands. They follow in His steps and accept His teaching.             

…  God’s blessing, from Moses to God’s people, is lavished on those who accept and follow God’s teaching.                                                                          

Highlight Passage (in context): …Deuteronomy 33:1-5  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… God’s love and blessing for His chosen people is expressed, thru Moses, to those who trust the Lord and follow His ways.                                                                                                 

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 1:1-3, 118:26 [NLT] … USE THIS  LINK … 

… King David sings of God blessing those who love and follow the LORD.  

Reference Passage: … Jeremiah 17:7  [NLT] … 

7 But blessed are those who trust in the LORD and have made the LORD their hope and confidence .  

… God, thru the Prophet Jeremiah, promises God’s blessing on those who trust and follow the LORD.  

Reference Passage: … Matthew 5:2-12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

… Jesus teaches His followers about God’s blessings, especially for those who trust and follow the Lord faithfully.       

Reference Passage: … Luke 11:28 [NLT] … </b> 

28 Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.”   

…  Jesus pronounces God’s blessings on any/all who hear (or read) God’s word and put it into practice in their (our) lives

Reference Passage: … James 1:12, 25  [NLT] … USE THIS  LINK …  

… James, Jesus’ brother, teaches fellow Christians that God blesses those who put God’s word into practice in their (our) lives.  

Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, Anne Cetas -  AT THIS LINK  -   wrote of a  depressed young girl who wrote on a piece of wood, leaving it stuck in the ground at a park, …    “To be honest, I’m sad. Nobody ever wants to hang out with me, and I have lost the only person that listens. I cry every day.”  The story went on to show that someone found the sad words and prompted friends to write responses, reading things like  “I love you, …God loves you, … You are beloved.” 

All of us can be where that girl was; but if we read what God’s word says about God’s love and blessings to those who love the Lord and are willing to follow His ways, perhaps we’ll realize that we truly are … HIS BELOVED.   All I’m asking from my readers today, some of you who may be feeling down and out, … is to hear Laura Story’s song (linked above) and to mediate sincerely on the Scriptures above; … and prayerfully you’ll come away, as I did as I’m writing this, … feeling blessed and beloved by God’s truth.      

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing me that I’m true blessed by You.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying today that those who read with me here will join me to receive Your blessing, Lord. …Amen

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