Nov 24, 2024… Molding Our Character …

Nov 24, 2024…  Molding Our Character   …      

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics with Zach Williams singing … Less Like Me … calling on Christians to do all we can to become more Jesus and less like ourselves. 

Becoming more like our Lord ... 

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Highlight Passage : …  2Peter 1:5 [NLT] … 

5 In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, …            

…  Peter calls on faithful Christians to do all they (we) can in life to built Christ’s character into our faith and character.   .                                                       

Highlight Passage (in context)  … 2Peter 1:3-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Peter, writing to persecuted and oppressed Christians, exhorts and encourages them (us) to build Christlikeness into their (our) character.                                                                       

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Reference Passage: … Romans 8:28-29 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul calls on fellow Christians to mold our choices into those which are like our Lord.      

Reference Passage:… Galatians 2:20 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK ... 

… Paul testifies that he has died to self and is coming alive to live for Christ. 

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 2:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

… Paul again calls on fellow Christians to grow in faith to become more like the character of Christ.                

Reference Passage: … Philippians 1:6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

… Paul declares his confidence that he, and all Christians, are being made-over into the image of our Lord by God’s Spirit.     

Reference Passage: … 1John 2:6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...  

… The Apostle John teaches truth that Christians should live their (our) lives as Jesus did.      

<b><u>My Devotional Journal</u>:</b> Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author , Mike Wittmer -  AT THIS LINK  -  tells of the death-bed gathering of the family of a 17th century grammarian, Dominique Bourhours, who in his last breaths said, “I am about to—or I am going to—die; either expression is correct.”  … And these were the last words of a men who had become totally committed to the grammar of what we say in life.  How dedicated is the character of whom we’ve become in life and does that character honor God with a life lived to become more like our Lord? 

Personally, … I’ve got a long way to go in my faith and growth of character to completely surrender to and become more like the character of my Lord.  How about you?    

                                                                    

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, …for calling me to become more like You and walk more closely with You today … and even more tomorrow?    

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me today, … to surrender and walk more closely in our faith to become more like You, Lord.   … Amen

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