Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video with song and lyrics with Don Moen singing … Thank You Lord … poignantly singing of our thanks to our Lord for all He has blessed us with … including the love of others who have blessed our lives with His love.
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Highlight Verse[s]: John 14:2-3 [NKJV] … 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
… Jesus’ promise that He will go ahead an prepare a place in heaven for us to join Him there.
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Highlight Passage [context]: John 14:1-14 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus promises that He has gone ahead to prepare a place in heaven for ALL who believe in His Lordship.
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Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Our trust in our God to lead us in His path.
Reference Passage : … Isaiah 4:5-6 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus is our hiding place in the storms of life.
Reference Passage : … Matthew 28:20 [NKJV] … 20 … and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
… As we serve our Lord, no matter what we encounter, He is with us.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Kirsten Holmberg, used a personal story to illustrate how our trust should always be in Jesus who has gone ahead to prepare a place for us in glory. The ODB author wrote: A friend recently prepared to relocate to a city more than 1,000 miles from her current hometown. She and her husband divided the labor of moving to accommodate a short timeline. He secured new living arrangements, while she packed their belongings.
I was astounded by her ability to move without previewing the area or participating in the house hunt, and asked how she could do so. She acknowledged the challenge but said she knew she could trust her husband because of his attention to her preferences and needs over their years together.
That story shows a lot of love, trust, and faith in a spouse’s ability to go ahead and prepare a home for his family, doesn’t it? And isn’t that what Jesus was promising to His disciples in that upper room (see photo) the night before He went to the cross, telling them (and us) that He would prepare a place for them in glory? But when He went to the cross, did His men remember and trust in His promise? … No, … they bolted and ran in fear, did’t they?
So, our question looms heavily here today. Do we believe Jesus and His promises … to not only prepare a place in glory for us as His disciples; but to also be our “hiding place” in the storms of life here in our time on earth (hear the linked song)?
I pray we do.
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, Jesus, thank You for going ahead to prepare a home in glory so that those of us who believe in You can be with You forever.
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My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … You are my hiding place and my eternal hope. … 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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