May 5 2026 … What Is Our Legacy …

May 5 2026 … What Is Our Legacy … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Nichole Nordeman singing Legacy … showing that we Christians must live and choose to leave a legacy of Christlikeness as we ALL prepare to die.

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Highlight Passage: … Ecclesiastes 7:2 … [NLT]

…  2 Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties. After all, everyone dies — so the living should take this to heart. 

… God reveals to John of Christ’s return for His faithful chosen ones.

Highlight Passage in Context:  Ecclesiastes 7:1-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s revelation to and thru the Apostle John about Jesus’ return for all true born-again Christians.

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

… Solomon, who also authored Ecclesiastes, shows that our way in life would be guided by trusting and following God’s way, not by following our own way.  

Reference Passage: … John 10:27 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…Jesus clearly claims to be the Son of God and calls on all to follow Him as the sheep knows the voice of the shepherd and follows him wherever he leads them. 

Reference Passage: … Romans 10:9-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians, showing them (us) that ALL who surrender their (our) lives to faith in Christ will be saved.  

Reference Passage: … Romans 12:1-2  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul goes on to call ALL Christians to become living sacrifices, living their (our) lives to honor/glorify God rather than living for self and the world.

Reference Passage: … Galatians 2:20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also testifies that when he died to self, he was transformed to forever live for Christ. 

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:13  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Finally, Paul declares that he is surrendered to do all things in this life because of God’s strength working thru him.  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Anne Cetas …  USE THIS LINK     …wrote about how U.S. presidents, shortly after becoming president, are asked to plan and write about how they want to be remembered at their funerals.   President G.W. Bush said it was “kinda weird” planning to die; but it’s really a good practice for us all, … isn't it?  

How do we want to be remembered (our legacy?) when we die; because we all will die, won’t we?   That’s really what the so-called “Teacher,” who was Solomon, wrote about with the help of God’s Spirit in the book of Ecclesiastes (see the Highlight passage).  But taking in the linked song and the Scriptures shared above, I’m convicted to look back over my life as a Christian and speculate on how others will look on my life when I’m gone from this earth to be with my Lord … forever.  What will be my legacy; … what will be yours?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for giving me the opportunity to live … and die … for You.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, for the promise of a legacy of Christlikeness. which You have given to all who believe in Your finished work on the cross.  … Amen

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