July 4, 2024 … Calling Home …

July 4, 2024 … Calling Home   …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from  the group Avalon singing Orphans of God … poignantly singing of how we Christians have been adopted into the Family of God.  

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Highlight Passage: … Romans 8:15  [NLT] … 

15 So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when He adopted you as His own children. Now we call Him, “Abba, Father.”           

…  Paul assures fellow Christians that they (we) have been adopted into the family of God by our “Abba Father.”                                                                              

Highlight Passage (in context): … Romans 8:12-21  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul writes of our faith in The Lord calling us homeward to receive life and  freedom from our “Abba Father.”                                                                                                      

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 37:1-4  [NLT]  … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David sings of being brought safely into God’s presence by his (and our) trust in God. .     

Reference Passage: … Matthew 7:7  [NLT] … 

7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.  

… Jesus teaches that His followers (i.e., disciples) must <b>”keep on keeping on”</b> in their faith and pursuit of God’s way to glory.

Reference Passage: … John 14:12-14  [NLT]  … USE THIS LINK …  

… Jesus teaches truth to His Disciples in the upper room that anyone in God’s family can call on God, our Father, and receive His enabling grace.     

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 1:5  [NLT] … 

5 God decided in advance to adopt us into His own family by bringing us to Himself through Jesus Christ. This is what He wanted to do, and it gave Him great pleasure.  

… Paul also assures fellow Christians that our Father God has adopted ALL those who have faith in Jesus’ finished work on the cross to be part of the family of God.   

Reference Passage: … James 5:15-16  [NLT]  … USE THIS LINK …  

… James, the half-brother of Jesus, shows fellow Christians that they (we) can bring our prayers of confession … any time - anywhere - to our brothers and sisters in the family of God and be forgiven by God, our Father.    

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Mike Wittmer -  AT THIS LINK  - told of President Harry Truman, after receiving word of the end of WW2, thought first to call his 92 year old mother, to report the good news and to receive his mom’s well wishes.              

With the story showing that we, who are adopted into family of God, thru the finished work of Christ on the cross, should realize that God, our Father, wants to hear from us when any change or circumstances occur in our lives.  What do we, today on this day of freedom (i.e., July 4th) have to bring to our Abba Father today?  Personally, all I can think of is a resounding and thankful “Hallelujah!”  How about you?              

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your freedom thru my faith in You, Lord.        

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying today that those who read with me here will join me to thank You,  Abba Father, for allowing us to be adopted into Your family through our faith in Your Son, our Lord,  Jesus.  …   Amen

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