Aug 25, 2024 … Working TOGETHER for Christ

Aug 25, 2024 … Working TOGETHER for Christ 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    to hear the group Casting Crowns with music and lyrics, singing If We Are The Body, asking why, if we are the body of Christ, aren’t we reaching out and working TOGETHER as Christ’s body to serve Him for His glory.    

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Highlight Passage: … 1Corinthians 3:8 [NLT] … 

8 The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work. 

…  Paul teaches on the virtues and values of teamwork in God’s kingdom.                                            

Highlight Passage (in context)  … 1Corinthians 3:3-9 NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle Paul teaches on the value of working TOGETHER in God’s kingdom.                   

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 133:1 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

… King David sings of how wonderful it is when God’s chosen come together and live and work in harmony with each other.      

Reference Passage: … Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

…Solomon’s wisdom on God’s people working TOGETHER. .                         

Reference Passage: … Romans 15:5-6  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

… Apostle Paul calls on fellow Christians to work TOGETHER for the glory of God.     

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 12:20-25 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … </b> 

… The Apostle Paul illustrates how God put all the parts of His body (i.e., The church) into a unity to come TOGETHER  to serve Him <b>(see photo)</b>.

Reference Passage: … Hebrews 10:24-25  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… God’s word, thru the Author of Hebrews, calls on Christians to come TOGETHER and encourage one another as we serve God TOGETHER. 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, Bill Crowder -  AT THIS LINK  -  used the sequence of events which pressured US Government and NASA, working TOGETHER as a team to put a man on the moon in 1969, … which could not have taken place without all these individuals worked in unity, which was the message of today’s ODB entry. 

And I hope (and pray) that all my readers see that I’ve referred multiple times, with CAPITAL LETTERS in the word “TOGETHER,”  calling on al of us to realize that God’s people, coming TOGETHER as His CHURCH (see attached photo), and working as a team to serve God can - AND WILL - do great things for God’s glory.  But, as Casting Crowns sings in the linked song, WHY AREN’T WE?             

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for  calling me - and all Christians - to come TOGETHER to serve You more effectively today.          

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying that those who read with me here will join me today, coming TOGETHER with other convicted Christians, to serve You more effectively with Your enabling grace today.  …  Amen

 

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