May 6 2025… Last To First …
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with Tim McGraw singing … Humble and Kind , showing how God prefers His chosen ones to ALWAYS be humble and kind.
Highlight Passage: … Luke 14:11… [NLT] …
11 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
… Jesus, teaching His followers about God’s principle of honoring those who humble themselves.
Highlight Passage (in context): … Luke 14:7-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus teaches His followers about humility.
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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 22:4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Solomon, declares that He honors those who are humble and fear the Lord..
Reference Passage: … Micah 6:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s Prophet, Micah, teaches that The Lord honors those love mercy and walk humbly with God. .
Reference Passage: … Ephesians 4:2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle Paul teaches fellow Christians to always be humble and gentle in dealing with others.
Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul instructs fellow Christians to be models of Christlikeness, showing His mercy and humility, kindness, and love for others.
Reference Passage: … Philippians 2:3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul also exhorts fellow Christians to avoid trying to impress others, … rather to be humble, thinking first of the needs of others.
Reference Passage: … James 4:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… James, Jesus’ brother and leader of the Church in Jerusalem, charges fellow Christians to humble themselves before the Lord.
My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author - Kirsten Holmberg … AT THIS LINK … tells of a friend, who taught a class of elementary students who were asked to line up to walk to another class. When the teacher noted the students where jostling to be first in line (see photo), she ordered them to reverse order to the last in line leading the class, … to which many exclaimed “WHAAATT!”
In our humanity, most of us desire to take the place of honor, … to be first, … to be seen as “The best,;” … don’t we? But Jesus, and God’s word (see Scriptures above), often taught that we, who follow Jesus as Lord, should live to be like Him, being gentle and loving to others. And I must admit that I’ve got a long was to go to live up to the linked song, where Tim McGraw sings that we should always be humble and kind. How about you, my friend? Would you join me today to do all we can to humble ourselves and be more like Jesus in dealing with others?
My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for calling me to be like You, Lord, as I reach out to help others today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray, … again today, … that all of us reading here, will humbly follow You, Lord, today … and reach out to be kind to others. … AMEN
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