Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube of images and lyrics from Crowder and Tauren Wells singing in duo … All My Hope … poignantly singing of how, in this cruel world, we must put ALL OUR HOPE in Jesus, … Who is, and will always be KING JESUS!!
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Highlight Verse[s]: Psalm 74:22 [NKJV] … 22 Arise, O God, plead Your own cause; … remember how the foolish man reproaches You daily.
… The Psalmist calls on God to arise and take charge of the desperate times of the day.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Psalm 74:4-8, 12-23 [NKJV]… USE THIS LINK …
… The Psalmist, Asaph, mourns the destruction of God’s temple by the enemies of God in 586 BC; but his mourning includes a tribute to the greatness of his God and how He is always in control - no matter what!!
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Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NKJV] … 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
… So often we must bypass our perceptions and understanding and simply trust in God’s sovereign plan and His Kingship.
Reference Passage : … John 2:18-21 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… After Jesus had cleansed the Temple of the money-changers, the Jews demanded a sign of His sovereignty; and He pointed them to His own death on the cross, which the Disciples later remembered after He had been risen from the dead.
Reference Passage : … Romans 8:37-39 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Nothing … NOTHING!!! … will ever be able to separate those who are surrendered to King Jesus from His love, mercy, and grace!!
Reference Passage : … Hebrews 13:8 [NKJV] … 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
… King Jesus is KING JESUS … ALWAYS!!!
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Tim Gustafson, uses an incident of a church shooting, one of several in recent times, to illustrate how our God’s sovereignty seems to be under attack. The ODB author writes … One news report called it “the single deadliest day for Christians in decades.” The pair of attacks on Sunday worshipers in April 2017 defies our understanding. We simply don’t have a category to describe bloodshed in a house of worship. But we can find some help from others who know this kind of pain well.
Wouldn’t you agree that the scene in the photo, to which the ODB author refers, has become a pattern, confirming that Satan and the world are into a full-out attack on the sovereignty of King Jesus? But this warfare has been going on for centuries, hasn’t it?
In the highlight Psalm, Asaph sings of the destruction of God’s Temple by God’s enemies in 586 BC; and the Psalmist’s faith in God’s control rings out in his song, just as our faith should sing forth as Crowder sings of our faith in King Jesus in the linked song.
And because our faith is in KING JESUS, Who is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow [see Heb 13:8]; and in all of God’s book, especially in The Revelation, we read … and know … of His victory over death and His enemies.
No matter what happens, then and now, my friend, King Jesus is KING JESUS; and He will be victorious!!
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for Your promise of victory over Your enemies.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that all of us, who are surrendered to You hold on to our faith in You today and tomorrow. … 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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