April 4 2026 … Serving Him Today …

Apr 4 2026 …  Serving Him Today … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...     and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Zach Williams singing Less Like Me … calling all Christians to be more like Jesus and less like our selfish selves.

Serving like Jesus ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Matthew 6:20 … [NLT]  … 

... 20 Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. 

… Jesus teaches, in the Sermon on the Mount, for His followers to store up treasures in Heaven by the way we serve others here on earth.   

Highlight Passage in Context:  Matthew 6:1-4, 19-21 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches His followers that follow Him, as Lord, requires their (our) serving others from His love for them (us). 

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 11:25 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon teaches that those who are generous in helping others will be blessed by God generously.

Reference Passage: … Matthew 20:28 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Again, Jesus teaches His followers, and Disciples that HE, the Son of Man, as their Lord, came to serve, not to be served. 

Reference Passage: … John 13:12-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…Jesus teaches His disciples how they (we) must serve others as He did by washing their feet <b>(see photo)</b>.  

Reference Passage: … Acts 20:35 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul teaches truth to fellow Christian leaders, using his service to others as an example of serving the Lord by serving others.

Reference Passage: … Galatians 5:13-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul also teaches fellow Christians how they (we) must serve the needs of others out of our love for Christ.

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 4:10-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Peter teaches about Christians using the gifts we’ve been given by God’s Spirit to serve the needs of others.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Anne Cetas …  USE THIS LINK        … related how her hard-working father would often receive help on the family farm from neighbors who would never allow her father to pay them; and her father saying, “until you’re better paid.”  The ODB author reports not understanding those words until later, as a Christian, reading God’s word in Scriptures like this shared above.

As Christians, from these words of truth, we who surrender our lives to follow the example of Christ (see attached photo) are called to serve others in need out of the love we have for Christ.  Yes, … that’s why I do all I can to use the gifts God has given me, as a Christian, to serve HIM by teaching and encouraging others.   What’s your gift; and how are you serving our Lord by helping others?  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for giving me gifts of teaching and encouragement to serve You by serving others.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, for what You have given us in order to serve You by serving others.     … 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.