Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube of images and lyrics from Mercy Me’s lead singing their song … Even If … poignantly singing of the trust we must hold in our Lord … EVEN IF … things seem hopeless.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Psalm 91:15 [NLT] … 15 When they call on Me, I will answer. I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them.
… God’s promise, thru the psalmist, of God’s protection for those who believe and trust in Him.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Psalm 91 [NLT]… USE THIS LINK …
… A song proclaiming God’s presence (ALWAYS) and His eternal protection.
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Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God will lead us and guide us … IF … we trust in Him.
Reference Passage : … John 15:1-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus on just how much He desires His beloved to abide in Him so that we can live fruitful lives.
Reference Passage : … Romans 8:28 [NLT] … 28 And we know that God causes EVERYTHING to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them.
… This truth can be one of the hardest to believe when we’re in the mist of devastating trials.
Reference Passage : … Hebrews 13:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s promise … FOR THE ABIDING BELIEVER … is to never leave us or forsake us.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Leslie Koh, used a personal story about a friend to illustrate God’s loving willingness to be there for the believer who trusts and abides in Him. The ODB author writes … When Sue’s parents divorced when she was young, the legal tussle over her custody and other matters resulted in her being sent to a children’s home for a while. Bullied by bigger kids, she felt lonely and abandoned. Her mother visited only once a month, and she hardly saw her father. It was only years later, however, that her mother told her that while the home’s rules prevented her from visiting more often, she had stood at the fence every single day, hoping to catch a glimpse of her daughter. “Sometimes,” she said, “I would just watch you playing in the garden [see photo], just to check if you were okay.”
Oh how it can seem that God has abandoned us when we’re out there on our own sometimes, can’t it? And unfortunately this is all too often the case when we imagine that God can’t - or won’t - be there for us when we’re in times of trial or anguish. That’s what the group Mercy Me sings about in the linked song.
And when we’re in those down-and-out places, that’s when it’s the most difficult to believe in the truths espoused in the Scriptures above, doesn’t it. But it’s those times (the Romans 8:28 times), when we’re called upon to have a Prov. 3:5-6 faith, knowing that our God will never leave us or forsakes us (see Heb. 13:5-6).
If you’re reading here, maybe you’re in one of those dark places right now; and if so, now is the time to call out to God as Mercy Me sings in their song.
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for ALWAYS being there for me (us) … no matter what!!
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that all reading here know that whatever we’re going thru is for our good and Your glory. … Amen
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