Aug 23, 2024 … Calling For Repentance

Aug 23, 2024 … Calling For Repentance 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   to hear the group New Wine Worship, with music and lyrics, singing Song Of Repentance, sings of how, as Christians, we must surrender our hearts to God and rid our lives of idols. 

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Highlight Passage: … Jeremiah 4:1 [NLT] … 

1 “O Israel,” says the Lord,  “if you wanted to return to me, you could.You could throw away your detestable idols and stray away no more.  

…  God’s call for His people to return their (our) hearts to worship on Him.                                          

Highlight Passage (in context)  … Jeremiah 4:1-4 NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Jeremiah, calls on His people to rid themselves of idols and return their (our) hearts to worship only The Lord.                                                                                                                 

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

…The wisdom of Solomon on trusting that following God’s way with ALL our hearts as the only way to go in life.    

Reference Passage: … Joel 2:12-13  [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

…God’s call, thru the Prophet Joel, to return their (our) hearts to worship The Lord.  

Reference Passage: … Matthew 12:34-15 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches truth that a repentant heart produces good fruit.                         

Reference Passage: … Mark 1:14-15  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Jesus shares the Good News of God’s Kingdom coming to those who faithfully repent and turn from the idols in our lives to worship The Lord.   

Reference Passage: … 1John 5:5-10  [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle John teaches fellow Christians that only those who surrender their (our) hearts and live to repent and worship The Lord faithfully with their (our) hearts will be cleansed and saved..  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread   Author, Matt Lucas -  AT THIS LINK  -   tells of a friend who had violated the vows he made to his wire and was seeking counsel as to what to do to reconcile with his wife.  The ODB author told his friend to be proactive and show his wife that he was removing any sin patterns from his life.  It’s how we all need to live our lives, as repentant Christians, who worship God with the way we live to serve the Lord.  

And if my readers have taken in the linked song and meditated on the Scriptures shared above, all of us are called by God, and His word, to rid our lives of any idol worship and return to God with repentant hearts of worship.  That’s why you find me here - cay-by-day - beginning each day with a quiet time of prayer and saturating my heart with God’s truth (i.e., God’s word), committing my life, with a heart of repentance, to follow my Lord.   Are you with me today?  And then on to tomorrow!!              

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for  calling me to live with a repentant heart, committed to follow You, my Lord.          

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying that those who read with me here will join me today to live for You, Lord, with a repentant heart in faithful service for You. …  Amen

 

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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.