ov 26, 2024:…  Partnering With God   …      

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics with Chris Tomlin and Russell Dickerson singing … Together … calling on Christians to work together to serve the Lord. 

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Highlight Passage : …Mark 6:41 [NLT] … 

41 Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and blessed them. Then, breaking the loaves into pieces, he kept giving the bread to the disciples so they could distribute it to the people. He also divided the fish for everyone to share            

…  Mark shares the story of Jesus providing the food for thousands from 5 loaves and 2 fishes.                                                       

Highlight Passage (in context)  … Mark 5:35-44 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Mark shares a remarkable miracle where they were able to feed thousands thru God’s provision and their service.                                                                      

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 23 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… King David sings of his partnership with God as His Good Shepherd.  

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

… God, thru Solomon, calls on His faithful to trust God for Him to provide all we need. 

Reference Passage: … Matthew 6:33 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...  

… Jesus charges His faithful followers to serve His kingdom above all else and He will provide ll they (we) need.  

<b><u>Reference Passage:</u> …2Corinthians 6:1 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  </b> 

… Paul calls on Christians to partner with God for His provisions.  

<b><u>Reference Passage:</u> … Ephesians 3:20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  </b> 

… Paul also calls of fellow Christians to trust that God can/will provide all we need in this life. 

Reference Passage: … Philippians 1:5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...   

… The Apostle Paul  recognizes fellow Christians as partners with him and God in spreading the Gospel far and wide. 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author -  AT THIS LINK  -  tells of friends, a couple, trying to have a child, and being recommended to have a medical procedure which the doctors felt would increase their likelihood of having a child.  At first the coupl were reluctant, being Christians and not wanting to bypass God’s will in the process of seeking conception.  But they realized that even with the medical procedure, they would still be partnering with God to have the child God wanted for them.  

And that’s what the Disciples learned in the lessons God taught His disciples in the time God blessed a few fishes and loaves which ultimately fed thousands.  God did the multiplying as Jesus’ disciples shared the food in service to God’s provision.  God provides and we serve Him for His glory.   That’s the divine partnership of faith we have with our Lord. 

                                                                    

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, …for me being ready and available when You, call me to serve You, Lord..  .   

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me today, … to simply serve You, Lord, when you calls us to do so.     … Amen

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