Aug 21 2026 … Serving Christ Faithfully

Aug 21 2026 … Serving Christ Faithfully

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …           and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from the Cece Winans singing … Worthy Of It All … calling on Christians to give all service to Christ Who is worthy of it all as our Lord and King.

Serving God with ALL our heart ... 

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Highlight Passage: … 2Timothy 4:5 [NLT]

…  5 But you should keep a clear mind in every situation. Don’t be afraid of suffering for the Lord. Work at telling others the Good News, and fully carry out the ministry God has given you. 

… The Apostle Paul calls on Timothy to serve Christ faithfully in ALL that God calls him to do.      

Reference Passage: …  2Timothy 4:1-8  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Paul calls on Timothy (and all Christians) to serve God faithfully in all they (we) are called to do for His glory.

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Reference Passage: Deuteronomy 10:12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …    

…  God, thru Moses, calls ALL of God’s chosen people to work faithfully and live lives of service to The Lord.   

Reference Passage: …  Matthew 25:21-23  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches, in a parable of three servants to a Master, that some of the servants were faithful to what The Master (i.e., God) had given them to do.  

Reference Passage: … Mark 12:28-30 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus, when challenged as to what was God’s greatest command, replied that His faithful followers were called to serve The Lord with ALL their heart, soul, and strength. 

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

… Paul teaches truth about born-again Christians being willing to become living sacrifices of service to The Lord. 

Reference Passage: …  Colossians 3:23-24 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also teaches that God will reward those who’re willing to work faithfully in service to the Lord. 

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

…  The Apostle Peter teaches that Christians have each been given gifts to serve the Lord faithfully in their (our) live.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Mike Wittmer …  USE THIS LINK    told of a Minister, who was well known to have preached in stadiums to thousands, but just as enthusiastically preaching at this small funeral service in a church fellowship hall with just a few steel chairs on a stained caprpet.   And the ODB entry today illustrates that ALL Christians are called to give our ALL … ALWAYS … in serving our Lord faithfully.        

And why do we do that?  Well, as Cece Winans sings in the linked song, we serve God faithfully because He is worthy of it ALL!   We serve the Lord faithfully in ALL we do, because, as the scriptures above attest, that is what HE calls us to do.   And today, … again today …, and prayerfully tomorrow, I will do just that, praying that one day, in heaven, my Lord will declare to me, “Well done, my faithful servant.”   How about you; … is that your wish as well? 

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for calling “little old” me to serve You.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for calling us to be Your faithful servants. … 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.