May 12 2025 … Helping Others …

May 12 2025 … Helping Others   …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   

Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with Andrew Peterson singing … Be Kind To Yourself, God calling His children to be kind to themselves (ourselves), reaching out to help each other.

Building Bigger Barns ??? .... 

  

Highlight Passage: …  Luke 13:20 … [NLT] … 

20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’            

…  Jesus shows that it’s foolish to be storing up our grain today in bigger barns <b>(see photo)</b> if we’re going to die tonight..          

           

Highlight Passage (in context)  …Luke 12:13-21  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Jesus shares a parable showing that it’s fruitless to build new barns just to hold onto today’s harvest.                                                                             

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Highlight Passage (in context)  … Proverbs 21:13  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Godly wisdom on opening our eyes and ears to see/hear the needs of others.  

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

… Jesus relates that those who believe in Him when give to the least of God’s children.

Reference Passage: … John 13:34-35 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus commands His followers to show the world that they (we) follow Him by reaching out to help those in need.   

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 4:32  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus calls on Christians to be kind to one another.                       

Reference Passage: …  Philippians 2:3-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches fellow Christians to take on the attitude of Christ and look out of the needs of others before self.  

Reference Passage: …  1John 3:17-18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… John calls on fellow Christians to show God’s love to others by helping those in need.   

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author - John Blase … AT THIS LINK       … shared the reflections of a friend, named Bonnie Ware, who was a hospice-care nurse; and over the years who compiled a list of the top five regrets of the dying:  (1) I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself. (2) I wish I hadn’t worked so hard. (3) I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings. (4) I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. And (5) I wish I’d let myself be happier. 

And in that list, I think we all can see the desire to live for others before living or working for selfish gain.  Let’s all stop and consider where we are in life.  Are we trying to build bigger barns (see photo) or are we looking to be more like Christ and helping others when/if we can?  I’m stopping - right here - and praying that we’re all looking out to help others where and if we can.

         

My Thanksgiving:… Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for opportunities to share the love and grace of our Savior with others.

 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray, … again today, … that all of us reading here, whom You, Lord, give the opportunities to serve You, are reaching out to help others.  … AMEN

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