Aug 3, 2024 … A Finisher For Christ …

Aug 3, 2024 … A Finisher For Christ …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  …   </b></i> … Please hear the group Selah, with music and lyrics, singing Press On, which calls on all Christians to press on to finish the race God has called us to finish.   

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Highlight Passage: … 1Kings 19:19 [NLT] … 

19 So Elijah went and found Elisha son of Shaphat plowing a field. There were twelve teams of oxen in the field, and Elisha was plowing with the twelfth team. Elijah went over to him and threw his cloak across his shoulders and then walked away.   

… God, thru Elijah, The Prophet calls Elisha to be his apprentice,                       

    

Highlight Passage (in context): … 1Kings 19:14-21  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Elijah calls Elisha to be God’s “finisher” as The Prophet’s assistant and apprentice.                  

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

… Solomon shows that trusting an following God’s will … will always lead us to follow God’s ways as He leads us to His glory.      

Reference Passage: … Ecclesiastes 7:8 [NLT] … 

 6   Finishing is better than starting.  Patience is better than pride..  

… God, thru His Prophet, calls on God’s people to patiently follow His ways and finish the Lord’s calling.                        

Reference Passage: … Acts 20:24  [NLT] …   

24 But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God..   

… The Apostle Paul testifies to fellow Christians that his life would be worthless if he didn’t follow what Jesus called hiii to do in this life. 

Reference Passage: … Galatians 6:9-10  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to follow the Lord’ call to do good for others.    

Reference Passage: … Philippians 3: 13-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Paul declares his desire to press on and finish what God had called him to do.  

Reference Passage: … 2Timothy 4:7-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul testifies to Timothy and to all Christians that he had faithfully finished the Lord’s race and looked forward to God’s heavenly rewards.  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Kirsten Holmberg -  AT THIS LINK  -  -  tells of a group of Christian women who formed a knitting circle who took on a sweater that one of their members was not able to finish because of the member’s untimely death.  And the group lovingly finished off the sweater and gave it to the one the deceased member had intended it for.          

Today’s ODB entry today, linked above, begs the question … “What has God called us to do that we need to set about finishing in our life? “  And to answer that question for any/all of us today, I exhort my readers to take in the linked song and meditate on the Scriptures above; and then, … let us press on and finish the race set before us by our Lord.                       

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for calling me to finish the race course You have set before me, Lord.    

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying that those who read with me here will press on TOGETHER to finish Your race, Lord, … the one You have set before us.    … Amen

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