Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube of song and lyrics from Scott Parker singing his song … Heart Headed Home … poignantly singing how need to have the hope which comes from looking forward to our home in heaven.
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Highlight Verse[s]: John 14:2 [NLT] … 1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 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.
… Jesus tries to belay the fears of His disciples by telling them of a glorious home He will have prepared for them when they find their way to their eternal home.
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Highlight Passage [context]: John 14:1-14 [NLT]… USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus, in the Upper Room, tells His Disciples that He is going ahead to prepare an eternal home for them.
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Reference Passage : … Isaiah 41:10 [NLT]… 10 Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
… During our trek thru this life, we need not fear what comes into our lives [see also Rom. 8:28]
Reference Passage : … 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Truth [!!] … and from it we have the hope of a new home - with Christ - forever!!
Reference Passage : … Hebrews 13:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… During our sojourn on earth we need never fear because our God will never forsake us.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Keila Ochoa, a common word picture of a family move to illustrate our heading every homeward in our sojourn in this life. The ODB author wrote: “Why do we have to leave our home and move?” my son asked. [see photo] It’s difficult to explain what a home is, especially to a five-year-old. We were leaving a house, but not our home, in the sense that home is where our loved ones are. It’s the place where we long to return after a long trip or after a full day’s work.
Yes, it may be difficult for a 5 year old to understand the concept of “home,” especially when circumstances in life are confusing or in upheaval. But how often do we older folks, those of us who’ve given our lives to Jesus, get uptight or stressed out when we have to move to a new place and start a new chapter in our life. Just imagine how difficult it was for Jesus, the night before He died, to explain and belay the fears of His Disciples when they learned that He was “going away” from them, especially learning that one of them would betray Him that night.
But Jesus told them, as captured in the highlight passage [see John 14], that He would return to them and have a home waiting for them. But they didn’t get it, just as we so-called people of “faith” forget that our trek on this earth is just a temporary sojourn thru time and that our hope is in the home waiting for us in glory.
Stop, then, as you read this, listen to the linked song, and meditate on the truths above; … and then breath a sigh of relief, knowing that Jesus has a glorious home waiting for us when He comes again to claim His Bride.
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, Jesus, thank You for having my eternal home waiting for me to be with You forever.
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My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … Waiting, Lord, … to be with You in 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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