Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube of images and lyrics from Steven Curtis Chapman singing … Be Still and Know … poignantly singing of how God is God. He never changes and we must choose to acknowledge His presence and follow Him ALWAYS.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Hosea 6:3 [NLT] … 3 Oh, that we might know the Lord! Let us press on to know Him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.”
… Our God … always there for us; but do we know Him well enough to trust Him and always acknowledge Him?
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Highlight Passage [context]: Hosea 6:1-6 [NLT]… USE THIS LINK …
… Hosea calls God’s people (that’s you and me) to acknowledge Him … ALWAYS!!
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Reference Passage : … Joshua 24:15 [NLT] … 15 But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”
… Joshua acknowledges - by his choice - to serve God … ALWAYS!!!
Reference Passage : … Psalm 46:10 [NLT] … 10 “Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world.”
… We must know and acknowledge our God.
Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Do we really trust Him enough to KNOW that He is ALWAYS there and will lead us to Himself.
Reference Passage : … Hebrews 13:5, … 8 [NLT] … 1 For God has said, … “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.” [Deut. 31:6] … 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
… God’s promise in the Old and New Testaments … that He never changes and He will ALWAYS be there for us.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Lisa Samra, refers to a reminder to her that God is God and we must choose to acknowledge Him and always follow Him. The ODB author writes … A plaque in our home states “Bidden or not bidden, God is present.” A modern version might read, “Acknowledged or unacknowledged, God is here.”
Hosea, an Old Testament prophet who lived in the late eighth century bc (755–715), wrote similar words to the Hebrew nation. [See highlight passage]
How well do we really know God? … Because the truths from the Scriptures above cry out to declare that when we know the reality and sovereignty of God, we will acknowledge Him as our Lord and choose willingly to follow and serve Him … no matter what our circumstances.
As we take in Steven Curtis Chapman’s song, God’s word above, and the ODB truths today, do we know our God intimately enough to acknowledge Him as LORD in all we think, say, and do? Because if we cannot strongly say “YES” in answer to that question, don’t you think we need to get to know our God more intimately?
And that’s the primary reason you find me here EVERY day, getting to know my God more intimately thru His word. Because as I do, I join Joshua [see Joshua 24:15]… acknowledging and choosing to serve my Lord day-by-day … every day!
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for just being You!
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that all reading here know You, as Lord, well enough to acknowledge You in all we think, say, and do. … 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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