Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of song and lyrics from Alan Jackson singing the old hymn … Standing on the Promises … poignantly singing of the reality of how we can rely on and trust in the promises of God
=============
Highlight Verse[s]: John 15:7 [NLT] … 7 But if you remain in Me and My words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!
… We can ask anything within His will and it will be done for us. Now that’s a promise worth pursuing!!
==============
Highlight Passage [context]: John 15:5-8 [NLT] …USE THIS LINK …
… We will be fruitful in life only if/when we rely on His word to guide us with His prophesies and promises.
=============
Reference Passage : … Psalm 119:105 [NLT] … 105 Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.
… God’s word and His promises provide us with a light to guide our paths thru life.
Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Trusting in God and His promises is the only way that God’s word shows itself to be truth … ALWAYS!!
Reference Passage : … Isaiah 55:11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God gives us His word so that we can follow His purposes and promises (i.e., His will) for our lives.
Reference Passage : … 2 Timothy 3:16-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s word (i.e, ALL SCRIPTURE) gives us God’s GPS to follow Him; but if we don’t know or use the GPS, we’ll easily get lost in life.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, David H Roper, used a personal story to illustrate our faith must be grounded in God’s promises and His word, which is always reliable. … The ODB author wrote: My friend’s brother (when they were both children) assured his sister an umbrella had enough lift to hold her up if she would only “believe.” So “by faith” she jumped off a barn roof and knocked herself out, suffering a minor concussion.
What God has promised, He will do. But we must be sure we stand on God’s actual word when we claim a promise, for only then do we have the assurance that God will do or give what He’s promised. Faith has no power in itself. It only counts when it’s based on a clear and unambiguous promise from God. Anything else is just wishful thinking.
Our faith in Christ is grounded in something far more reliable than our own intellect and our observations. We can rely on God’s truth (i.e., His word); … because His promises have always been and will always be TRUE and TRUSTWORTHY.
If God’s word cannot be relied upon - ABSOLUTELY - then my faith is groundless and meaningless. But I have no trouble trusting in God’s word and His promises and as Alan Jackson sings, … “standing on the promises of God,” because His word is God breathed and 100% reliable [see reference passages above].
So, today … are you readers with me, … standing with me, … on the promises of God?
=============
My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, Jesus, thank You for Your promises and your prophesies, upon which I stand today.
=============
My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … keep lighting my path with Your promises and Your living word. … 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.
No comments:
Post a Comment