Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of images and lyrics from Brian Littrell singing a contemporary rendition of the old hymn … I Surrender All … poignantly singing of the dependence on our Savior we should all declare by living as our Lord demands.
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Highlight Verse[s]: John 5:23b [NKJV] … 23b He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
… The way we honor God, the Father, is by our surrender to God, the Son
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Highlight Passage [context]: John 5:16-23 [NKJV]… USE THIS LINK …
… Honoring Jesus as the Son of God honors God, the Father.
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Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NKJV]… USE THIS LINK …
… Total trust = total surrender!
Reference Passage : … John 14:21, 15:5 [NKJV]… USE THIS LINK …
… We must guard our hearts … for as we think, so we become!
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, James Banks, uses a personal remembrance to illustrate how we must declare our total surrender to our Lord. The ODB author wrote: Laura’s mom was battling cancer. One morning Laura prayed for her with a friend. Her friend, who had been disabled for years by cerebral palsy, prayed: “Lord, you do everything for me. Please do everything for Laura’s mother.”
Laura was deeply moved by her friend’s “declaration of dependence” on God. Reflecting on the moment, she said, “How often do I acknowledge my need for God in everything? It’s something I should do every day!”
Tough question for us all, wouldn’t you say? And can we declare what Brian Littrell sings in the linked song … that … we surrender our all? And as we answer that question today, we need to recognize that the ONLY way we honor our God with the way we live our lives is to declare and live out our love for our God by being in TOTAL surrender to God’s Son as our LORD.
Well isn’t He?!! … Because John 15:5, is truth!
My friends, … we must abide in Christ because without Him we can do NOTHING! So, I for one am stopping here this morning and making sure that my declaration of dependence to my Lord is signed [see photo] and sealed with my love and the way I live for Him today [see John 14:21].
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, Jesus, thank You giving me Your empowering grace when I surrender to You.
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My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … I surrender all !!! … 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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