April 30 2026 … Following God’s Way’s …

Apr 30 2026 … Following God’s Way’s  … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...        and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Clay Crosse, Bob Carlisle, and Bebe Winans singing I Will Follow Christ … calling on Christians to ALWAYS pursue and follow where Christ leads us.

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Highlight Passage: … Haggai 1:5 … [NLT] 

…  5 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you!  

… God’s “wake up” call to His people thru the Prophet Haggai. 

Highlight Passage in Context:</u>  Haggai 1:1, 5-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …         

… God, thru the Prophet Haggai, calls on God’s people to return and follow God’s commands and His ways.

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Reference Passage: … Deuteronomy 28:1 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s promise, thru Moses, for God’s blessings when His people obey and follow His ways. 

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

… Solomon professes God’s wisdom to trust and follow the Lord’s ways … ALWAYS. 

Reference Passage: … Jeremiah 29:11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Jeremiah, promises His people His plans for their (our) future. … giving them hope and direction.

Reference Passage: … Luke 6:46 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches His disciples that if they call Him, “LORD,” they (we) must follow Him.

Reference Passage: … John 14:15, 21 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus calls on His disciples to faithfully follow His ways and His commands in order to be blessed by God.  

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 11:1  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul confidently calls others to follow his ways because Paul knew he was following Christ.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Karen Huang …  USE THIS LINK      … writes about a man, named Ken, who avoided the migrant workers where he lived because their habits annoyed him.  But being a Christian, one day, while praying,  Ken was stopped by a realization that he had never shared his faith in Christ with his neighbors … as God’s word was calling Ken from Christ’s “great commission” (go check out Matthew 28:19-20).   

And this ODB story likely calls many of us to ask if we’re really following God’s call and direction in our lives.  And so, if you take in the linked song and meditate on the Scriptures shared above, are my readers as convicted, as much as I am, to do more to follow Christ more faithfully?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for giving me the the privilege, Lord, to follow You all the way to glory.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, for loving us, and calling us, …  and leading us … in spite of our sinfulness.  … Amen

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.