Aug 13, 2025 … Recognizing The Lord …

Aug 13, 2025 … Recognizing The Lord …

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with The Maranatha Singers … Open The Eyes Of My Heart,  …singing of Christians who desire for God to open their (our) hearts to see the presence and power of God working in their (our) lives.

Two followers recognize Jesus as He breaks breadd with them ... 

Highlight Passage: … Luke 24:31 … [NLT] … 

31 Suddenly, their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him.  And at that moment He disappeared! …  

… Jesus reveals Himself to two of His followers and then disappears..    

           

Highlight Passage (in context): … Luke 24:13-16, 25-35 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Two of Jesus’ followers encounter Jesus after His resurrection as they walked on the road from Jerusalem to Emmaus.  And not until Jesus revealed Himself did they recognize who Jesus was.            

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Reference Passage: … Matthew 18:20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus promises that God will always be in the midst of any who gather in His Name to township the Lord or search for Him.  

Reference Passage: …  Luke 24:36-37 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… When Jesus appeared to His disciples after the resurrection, they thought Hs was a ghost.  

Reference Passage: … John 20:14-15 NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Mary Magdaline, who was at the tomb searching for Jesus’ body, didn’t recognize the risen Christ when He appeared to her at the tomb.   

Reference Passage: … John 21:12-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Even the third time Jesus appeared to His Disciples after the resurrection, they only recognize Him by His eating breakfast with them.      

Reference Passage: … 1John 2:3  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… We come to KNOW Jesus when - an if - we obey His commandments in His word.   

Reference Passage: … Revelation 3:20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus is continually knocking on the door to the hearts of all believers, inviting them (us) to open the door and let Him in to fellowship with born-again believers.   

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author,  Matt Lucas … AT THIS LINK           … tells of a young woman, named Carlotta, who had a mother who had a gift of being able to recognize others and remember their names.  But Carlotta herself suffered from an inherited condition called PROSOPSAGNOSIA, …not being able to see and recognize the faces of others.  One can only imaging how frustrating and embarrassing it would be to not be able to recognize the faces of even family members until Carlotta heard their voices or recognized something that person did.   

The story of Carlotta apparently reminded the ODB author of how, when Jesus appeared to His beloved followers, … and even His close Disciples, … they often couldn’t recognize Jesus until He did something only The Messiah could do. Personally, that is my challenge often, … being able to recognize it when My Lord presents Himself in some situation or circumstance to help me or to teach something to me.   How about you? … Do you have trouble seeing our Lord at times as we live out our lives?  Let’s pray that we see and hear our Lord more clearly today and  in all our tomorrows.      

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for being there for me so often when I need Your love and Your grace.

 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I praise You, … again Lord. … for being present and showing us of Your presence and power, O LORD!  .  … Amen

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