Sept 7, 2025 … As Children, We Come …

Sept 7, 2025  … As Children, We Come    …

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with a children’s chorus singing… Jesus Loves the Little Children,  … showing that Jesus loves ALL the children who come to Him as Lord and Father.   

• Coming to Him like little children ... 

Highlight Passage: …Mark 10:14 … [NLT] … 

14 When Jesus saw what was happening, he was angry with his disciples. He said to them, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of G od belongs to those who are like these children. 

… Jesus call for all who seek Him to come to Him with the heart of a little child..

Highlight Passage (in context):…  Mark 10:13-16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...  

… Jesus teaches that all who come to Him must do so like children who come to Him with open and receiving hearts.  

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

… Solomon teaches his son, and all believers, that they (we) must surrender ALL our heart in dependence on our Heavenly Father so that He can give us all we need… 

Reference Passage: … Matthew 18:1-4  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus used the faith of a little child to teach His disciples what it would take to enter God’s kingdom.

Reference Passage: … Luke 18:15-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

…  Luke also relates the story of Jesus teaching them (and us) that only those who come to Him with the dependence of a child will be received into God’s Kingdom.  

Reference Passage: … John 15:5  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches that apart from Him all believers must totally abide in Him to  be fruitful.

Reference Passage: …  1Corinthians 10:13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK  ...  

… Paul charges fellow Christians to deal with temptations (trials or troubles) by trusting in God COMPLETELY to show us the way - His way - out.

Reference Passage:… Colossians 1:18  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …</b> 

… Paul also teaches that our Lord is God over ALL as the Head of His church.   

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, James Banks  …  AT THIS LINK   … told of looking into the frowning face of his 10 week-old granddaughter and assuring her, with an assuring voice that she was loved by her parents, grandparents, and most of all by Jesus; and as the ODB author quietly lay in his arms, little Leilani (her name) smiled as if she sensed his assurance. 

And  if my readers have taken in the linked song and meditated on the Scriptures shared above, I think you might be uplifted and edified by God’s word, as I was realizing that when we come to the Lord with surrendered and open hearts, like a little child does with a reassuring parent or grandparent, we can - and will - have the humility and dependence on God to receive them (us) into His kingdom.  And I fell like one of those little children in Mark 10 and Luke 18 (see above) today.  How about you?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … Lord … for for receiving my neediness into Your presence and strength today.    

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I praise You, … Lord. …for receiving me as I jump into Your lap today, needing Your strength to cover my weakness.   … Amen

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