Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video with images and lyrics from Jeremy Camp singing … Here I Am To Worship … Powerfully singing of how we must come with our lives to worship King Jesus.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Matthew 2:2 [NLT] … 2 “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose, and we have come to worship him.”
… The mission of the Magi was to find the New King and worship Him.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Matthew 2:1-12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Magi traveled from the East to find The new King; and they brought precious gifts to WORSHIP Him.
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Reference Passage : … Psalm 63:1-4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… How much do we really desire to worship our King by searching for Him and bringing Him praises with the way we love Him and serve Him.
Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… We worship the king, trusting Him to lead us from darkness into the light, HIS LIGHT.
Reference Passage : … Luke 9:23 [NLT] … 23 Then He said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be My follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow Me. … “
… Following Jesus is a trek of worship.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Mart DeHaan, made reference to an old O. Henry short story to teach on how we should bring our gifts of worship to King Jesus every day. The ODB author wrote: A young married couple had more love than money. As Christmas neared, both struggled to find a gift that would show how much they cared for the other. Finally, on Christmas Eve, Della sold her long, knee-length hair to buy Jim a platinum chain for the watch he’d inherited from his father and grandfather. Jim, however, had just sold the watch to buy a set of expensive combs for Della’s hair.
Author O. Henry called the couple’s story The Gift of the Magi. His creation suggests that even though their gifts became useless and may have caused them to look foolish on Christmas morning, their love made them among the wisest of those who give gifts.
When the Magi came to bring their gifts to the New King of the Jews [see highlight passage], their best gift was their travel to search for King Jesus and their desire to worship Him. How arduous is our search to know King Jesus; and how much do we bring to Him to worship the King?
Really, worship is much more that coming to church on Sunday morning and praising him in song and fellowship, … tho that is important. No, … our worship is the way we live on Monday - Saturday as well; and our worship becomes our gift back to the King for the infinitely precious gift He has give to us by coming to us, living among us, and dying for our sins.
So, dear one, how hard will we search for our King today? And how precious will our gift of life and service be to our Savior.?
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, thank You for Your gift.
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My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … I come today, dear King, bearing my gifts of living for Your glory. … Amen
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.
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