Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube of images and lyrics from Steven Curtis Chapman singing … His Strength Is Perfect … poignantly singing of the reality of God’s grace and strength which covers our weakness in moments of trial/trouble in life.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Acts 2:21 [NLT] … 21 But everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
… Peter quotes the prophesy of Joel (from Joel 2:28-32), which closes with the great Gospel promise which was fulfilled by Christ’s death/resurrection.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Acts 2:14-21 [NLT]… USE THIS LINK …
… Peter preaches the hope and reality of the Gospel and those who believe are saved.
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Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. 6 Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.
… Trusting in God, we must wait on His grace to show us the way in life.
Reference Passage : … Romans 10:9-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Paul, gives the Gospel steps to salvation and closes by quoting Joel 2:32 (see above).
Reference Passage : … 2 Corinthians 12:9a [NLT] … 9 Each time He [Jesus] said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.”
… Paul learned and teaches us, from Jesus’ own lips, that God’s grace gives us the power to wait on God to save and sanctify us.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Marvin Williams, uses a social/historical reference to illustrate that many times we don’t have the resources or strength to deal with life and we are forced to wait on God’s grace to deliver us, if He so chooses. After five deaths and fifty-one injuries in elevator accidents in 2016, New York City launched an ad campaign to educate people on how to stay calm and be safe. The worst cases were people who tried to save themselves when something went wrong. [See photo]
The best plan of action, authorities say, is simply, “Ring, relax, and wait.” New York building authorities made a commitment to respond promptly to protect people from injury and extract them from their predicament.
It’s really tough in life, isn’t it, when we get in a dilemma or trial where we don’t have the strength or ability to deliver ourselves, … like the ODB scenario of getting caught in an elevator? But for the mature Christian, there is a way to deal with such situations; and and that is found in the truths provided above by God’s promises of His grace to cover our weakness.
And when distraught disciples of Christ, after the resurrection, had to wait on God, … those who knew and believed the prophesy of Joel (see Joel 2:32), as did Peter who preached the coming of God’s Spirit after Jesus had ascended And in that frightful time [found in Acts 2] Christ’s faithful disciples were rewarded by salvation, where God’s Spirit and power came down into their hearts with the grace of God to sanctify all who believed on Christ as Messiah, Lord, and Savior.
And I pray that all who read here know King Jesus as Lord and can wait on Him when trials come to show us that we must trust and rely on God’s strength, thru His grace, to cover our weakness. And so, … I pray that we can wait on God if we get caught in an elevator today.
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for Your grace which I can rely on ALWAYS.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, give me Your empowering grace to cover my weakness as is sung in the linked song. … Amen
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