Apr 18, 2025 … Never Forgotten …

Apr 18, 2025 …  Never Forgotten …  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in this song with music and lyrics with Matthew West singing  … Chosen,  showing that born-again Christians are NEVER forgotten or abandoned by God. 

Forget-me-nots ... 

 

Highlight Passage: … Luke 23:42 … [NLT] … 

43 And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”           

…  Jesus declares that He would remember the faith of a thief next to him who recognized that The Messiah did not deserve being on the cross.      

           

Highlight Passage (in context): … Luke 23:32-34, 39-43 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…  Jesus tells the faithful thief on the cross next to the Lord that He would remember the thief’s faith and take the thief to be with The Lord in “paradise.”                                                                

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Reference Passage: … Leviticus 26:43-44  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… In spite of the sins of God’s people, the Lord promises not to forget His covenant promises with His chosen people.    

Reference Passage: … Deuteronomy 31:8  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Moses reminds Joshua and God’s people that God will ALWAYS go ahead and protect His promised people 

Reference Passage: … Psalms 139:16-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David sings of God watching over EVERYTHING in David’s life, just as He does for all of God’s children.    

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 49:14-15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Even though God’s people felt abandoned, … God promises NEVER to forget them.

Reference Passage: … Matthew 25:35-40  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus expresses His remembrance for ANYTHING done for Him and in His name. 

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

… At the end of his life, the Apostle Paul expresses faith that God has watched over all he had done and will reward all that he has done for God’s glory.  

                        

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author - Bill Crowder … AT THIS LINK  …  tells that there are several legends which are associated with the lovely, five-petaled flower, the “forget-me-not” (see photo).   One such legend that  had the flower being worried it would be overlooked by God when He was naming all the plants He had created; … and the flower cried out, “Forget-me-not,” … and God took that as the name for this little flower.

Perhaps this is silly little legend; but it does illustrate a very present human desire; and that is not to be overlooked or forgotten by God, … especially when any of us feel abandoned or challenged in our lives.  And even, …  not being a gambler, … I would bet that some reading here with me today may be like that little flower, crying out to God to not forget us.   And all of the elements of my devotional blog today, … the linked song, the Scriptures shared above, and the photo of the “forget-me-not” flowers, reassure God’s chosen - i.e., HIs born-again Christians, that He, … God …, will never forget, and ALWAYS protect, His chosen people.  I’m all in for that promise; … how about you?  

         

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for ALWAYS watching over me. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray, … again today, … that all reading here will join me, …  to thank You, Lord, for ALWAYS being there to watch over Your chosen people.     … AMEN

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