Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of images from Gordon Mote singing his song … Don’t Let Me Miss the Glory … Poignantly singing of how we, as Christians, need to be aware of God’s glory every moment of every day.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Judges 6:14-16 [NLT] … 2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. 3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.
… Christ admonished His church to wake up from a deathly sleep and pay attention to His calling for them.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Revelation 3:1-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Christ’s call for His Church to wake up, come alive, and live in His Name and for His glory.
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Reference Passage [NLT] : … Psalm 37:31 [NLT] … 31 The law of their God (i.e., God’s word) is in their hearts; … their feet do not slip.
… Those who have God’s word deeply implanted in their hearts will stay steadfast to His truth.
Reference Passage [NLT] : … Psalm 119:9-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
... Again, any who have God’s word in their hearts will remain vigilant against sin.
Reference Passage [NLT] : … Matthew 26:41 [NLT] … 41 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
… Jesus admonishing His Disciples to remain alert and watchful because our flesh is weak and vulnerable against our spiritual enemies.
Reference Passage [NLT] : … Ephesians 6:10-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … God’s word [i.e., His full armor] helps all Christians to be alert and stand strong against our spiritual enemies.
Reference Passage [NLT] : … 1st Peter 5:8 [NLT] … 8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
… Peter’s warning for Christians to remain alert because of a powerful/prowling enemy.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, David C McCasland, used a personal illustration to teach on our need, as Christians, to remain alert in the spiritual battles we will face daily. The ODB author wrote: During the years when I traveled frequently and stayed in a different city every night, I always scheduled a wake-up call when I checked into a hotel. Along with a personal alarm, I needed a jangling telephone to help get me out of bed and moving in the morning.
The ODB illustration and the Scriptures provided today should wake us up to the reality that we need to remain alert - EVERY DAY - to face our spiritual enemies which are powerful and prowling around to take us down. And without the “wake up call” of God’s word every day, even every moment, we can become complacent and fall prey to the devices of Satan.
Jesus warned His Disciples (see Matt. 26:41), when they had fallen asleep in the Garden of Gethsemane, to wake up and remain vigilant because of their weakened flesh. And He warned His Bride, the Church (in today’s highlight passage), to WAKE UP from their (our) deadly complacency … to be able, as Gordon Mote sings, to behold His glory.
My friends, that’s why you find me here - EVERY MORNING - responding to God’s wake up call, by getting into His word and getting His word deeply in my heart, so that I will be alert for my day (each day) where I will go to battle against Satan and his world.
Fellow warrior, have you placed your wake up call today to be alert for today’s battles?
My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … Being with You, in Your word, this morning, Lord, has me awake and alert so as not to miss Your glory. … Amen
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