June 8, 2025 … God’s Language of Love …

June 8, 2025 … God’s Language of Love   …  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with Brandon Lake and Phil Wickham singing… Love Of God, celebrating God’s saving love and grace for all who receive it from God’s Spirit..

Highlight Passage: …Acts 2:4 … [NLT] … 

4 And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.            

…  The people of many languages, gathered in Jerusalem for the annual harvest festival, and they were amazed to hear the Good News (i.e., the Gospel) spoken in their own native language (see photo) by God’s Spirit.    And many believed what they heard and were saved.       

           

Highlight Passage (in context): … Acts 2:1-12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… On Pentecost, the harvest festival, 50 days after the resurrection, God’s Spirit allowed people to hear the Gospel message in their own native language and many heard God’s Good News of Love and grace and were saved.

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 86:15 (NLT) …  USE THIS LINK … 

… King David sings of God’s patient and unfailing love.

Reference Passage: … Zephaniah 3:17 (NLT) …  USE THIS LINK … 

…God, thru the Prophet Zephaniah, declares of God’s willingness to share His love and calm the fears of those who believe and follow Him as Lord.  

Reference Passage: … John 3:16 (NLT) …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus shares with Nicodemus, and all of us, of God’s love and saving grace which extends to any who believe in Jesus as Lord. 

Reference Passage: … Acts 1:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

…  calls on all who believe Him as Lord to be His witnesses, i.e, His ambassadors of love, to share His good news with the world.    

Reference Passage: … Romans 5:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul shows fellow Christians the extent of God’s love, … i.e., His being willing to die to save even sinners.

Reference Passage: …1John 4:16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle John shows fellow Christians that God lives in those who believe in Christ as Lord.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author -Lisa M Samra … AT THIS LINK    … relates how the Holy Spirit came to God’s faithful as they celebrated the Pentecost Festival, 50 days after Christ’s resurrection; and the people heard the message of God’s Good News, i.e.., The Gospel, … hearing the message spoken in their own native languages; and hearing it,  many believed the message and were saved.    

Have you heard God’s good news; and as I have, have you responded to The Gospel by surrendering to God’s love and His saving grace?  You know, God’s love and His redeeming grace is there to save ANYONE who will come to receive God’s love thru the truth of The Gospel.    Oh, how I pray - right now, .. here, … that you have said “YES” to Jesus and His language of love.    

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for sharing Your love with me.  I hear it; and I am Yours forever.

My Prayer Toda: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I praise You, … again today, Lord. … that Your have offered Your language of love and grace to all of us who believe in You as our Lord.     … 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. 

June 7, 2025 … Come To The Table …

June 7, 2025 … Come To The Table   …  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with the group Sidewalk Prophets singing… Come To The Table,  remembering Jesus’ invitation for all of His disciples to come to His table to remember Him TOGETHER.

Jesus' Invitation to His Table ... 

Highlight Passage: …1Corinthians 11:26 … [NLT] … 

26 For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until He comes again.            

…  Paul reminds Christians of Jesus’ invitation to share His cup and His bread at His table forever.     

           

Highlight Passage (in context): … !Corinthians 11:23-26 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle Paul calls fellow Christians to remember Christ by coming to His table unified in one body.

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Reference Passage: … Matthew 26:26-28 (NLT) …  USE THIS LINK …

… Jesus invites His disciples to join Him at the table of unity, remembering His sacrifice and sharing in what it brings to our lives. 

Reference Passage: … Mark 14:22-25 (NLT) …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Marks description of Jesus’s Passover supper with His disciples.  

Reference Passage: …Luke 22:19-20 (NLT) …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Luke describes Jesus’ invitation to come to His table to dine together with Him FOREVER. 

Reference Passage: … Acts 2:42 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Luke shares of Jesus’ faithful followers gathering TOGETHER after the resurrection to share in Jesus’ invitation to dine together, … sharing also in the Lord’s Supper.      

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 4:1-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to remember and honor Christ by receiving His invitation to honor HIM by coming TOGETHER in unity as His slaves, believing Him as our King.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author -Lisa M Samra … AT THIS LINK      … relates of how a painting entitled “That The All May Be One,’  which currently hangs at Oxford University, reminds the ODB author of the famous DaVinci painting of the Last Supper <b>(see photo)</b>, which many of us have seen which depicts Jesus, inviting His disciples - and that incudes you and me, to come to His table, sharing of the bread and the cup for all eternity, … TOGETHER … in the unity of His church FOREVER.  

And we all need to remember that our Lord, … KING JESUS, … calls to us - His Church - to come to His table of grace (hear the linked song) to share in the bread of life and the cup of HIS blood, which was shed to save us and bring His church in unity to His table and to dine with Him forever.  Will you be at the Table?  I’lll see you there!  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for inviting me to Your table.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I praise You, … again today, Lord. … that You are calling Your church to dine with You at Your table of life.   … 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. 

June 6 2025 … He Knows Our Pain …

June 6 2025 … He Knows Our Pain   …  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with the group Vintage Worship  singing… God Will Make A Way,  encouraging Christians to see that God will show His way in life to those who trust and follow Him.

God will show us the way - thru His word ... 

Highlight Passage: … Exodus 3:7  … [NLT] … 

7 Then the Lord told him, “I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering.            

…  God shows Moses that He, The Lord, had seen and was aware of the pain of His children imprisoned in Egypt.       

           

Highlight Passage (in context): … Exodus 3:1-4, 7-10  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… God, shows Moses, at the burning bush, that He seeks and knows the pain for His Children in Egypt and that He had a plan for their redemption..                                                                         

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 55:22 (NLT) …  USE THIS LINK … 

… King David sings of taking His pain to the Lord Who takes care of His beloved children.  

Reference Passage: … Psalms 147:3 (NLT) …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s psalmist sings of the Lord healing the hearts of the brokenhearted. 

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 41-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...  

… God thru Isaiah promises to give us His strength when His children are weakened or in pain.  

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

… The Apostle Paul assures fellow Christians that he will always provide a way for His own to deal with temptations and pain from ALL the circumstances of life..

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

… Paul also builds up fellow Christians with the promise of their (our) being able to deal with pain and suffering in that our Lord will provide His strength to lift us up.   

Reference Passage:…  1Peter 5:7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s promise,, thru Peter - to oppressed Christians, that God always cares for those who suffer for His Name and His glory.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author -Tom Felton … AT THIS LINK     … told of a caring friend who was able to speak love and grace into the heart of the author of today’s ODB entry, who was, at that time, dealing the a diagnosis of cancer.  Sometimes only someone who has experienced personal suffering and pain can truly  empathize and speak comfort into one who is dealing with pain and/or suffering in their (our) life.

Perhaps someone reading my journal entry today is dealing with pain or suffering in your life.  And I pray that you will take in the linked song and the truth of God’s loving and supportive words in the Scriptures I’m sharing here today.  Because if you believe God’s truth, as I do, you will be uplifted and comforted by the reality that God sees your pain and really cares for you and desires to give you His peace and His loving strength to deal with Your pain.  

My Thanksgiving:… Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for giving us Your promise that you see and care for our pain today.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I praise You, … again today, Lord. … that You WILL make a way where there seems to be no way.   … 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. 

June 5 2025 … Gifted To Give   …  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with the group Vintage Worship  singing… Generous Giver,  showing that we Christians see our need to help others in the generosity of God’s giving to us.

Highlight Passage: … 2Corinthians 8:7  … [NLT] … 

7 Since you excel in so many ways — in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love from us — I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.         

…  Paul urges fellow Christians to excel in the ministry of giving to help others.       

           

Highlight Passage (in context): … 2Corinthians 8:1-7  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle Paul urges fellow Christians to be like the believers  in Macedonia who gave generously and sacrificially to help the poor.                                                                                

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Reference Passage: … Deuteronomy 15:11 (NLT) …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Moses instructs God’s people to be willing to share freely to help the poor and needy in their (our) land.

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 19:17, 22:9 (NLT) …  USE THIS LINK …

… Solomon shares Godly wisdom about giving freely to help the poor. 

Reference Passage: … Matthew 5:42 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus, in his Sermon on the Mount, teaches that His followers were (are) to reach out and help those in need.  

Reference Passage: … Luke 6:38 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Jesus instructs His followers that our willingness to give generously will be reciprocated by God’s generosity to the giver.

Reference Passage: …  2Corinthians 9:7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also shares how God loves a cheerful giver, i.e., one who gives generously and  sacrificially to help others.  

Reference Passage: …  Hebrews 13:16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Author of Hebrews charges all Christians to do good and share with those in need, … which is giving that pleases God.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author - Arthur Jackson … AT THIS LINK    … used a true story about a wealthy businessman, Robert Hale, Jr., who gave each of the 1200 graduates of a college $1000, five-hundred for each of them personally and $500 was to be given by each graduate to some self-chosen needy person who would be blessed and helped by the sacrificial gift.  It was a life illustration of what Hale had experienced in his own life and wanted the graduates to experience. 

Really the story of Hale’s giving also illustrates what God’s word says repeatedly (see those Scriptures shared above) about giving to help those who are needy in our lives. I think we’ve all heard the adage, “It’s better to give than to receive.”  Well, that’s certainly supported by  what Jesus commanded and God’s word shared above.  So, … why don’t we all give more to help others as we’re given opportunity?  Well, I’m convicted; … how about you?  .  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for providing much for us to give to others; if we’re willing to do so.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I praise You, … again today, Lord. … for giving that we can gift others who need our help. … 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.