Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube images and lyrics from Clay Aiken singing … Mary Did You know … powerfully singing of the Mother of God, Mary, giving birth to and raising the God-Man, Jesus.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Luke 9:23 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...
… Even Jesus’ parents were fearful of what they saw in the Temple … but their boy calmed their fears with just a word from Him.
============== Highlight Passage [context]: Luke 2:42-52 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus’ parents frantic when He stayed behind in the Temple; and they learned of focus on doing His Father’s business.
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Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Our call to trust in God and follow His path … No need to be afraid.
Reference Passage : … Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… No need to fear. … No, we’re just to take our anxieties to God in thankful prayer and He will give us His peace.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Patricia Raybon, uses the word picture of jets flying in formation to illustrate how we must follow our Leader, Christ, wherever He would lead us. The ODB author writes … Nearly every time an angel appears in the Bible, the first words he says are “Don’t be afraid!” Little wonder. When the supernatural makes contact with planet Earth, it usually leaves the human observers flat on their faces in fear. But Luke tells of God making an appearance in a form that doesn’t frighten. In Jesus, born with the animals and laid in a feeding trough, God takes an approach that we need not fear. …
Jesus can talk to anyone—His parents, a rabbi, a poor widow—without first having to announce, “Don’t be afraid!” In Jesus, God draws near.
And that’s what the story [in the highlight passage and the photo] of Jesus being separated from His parents at 12 in the Temple tells us. But, even His mother, Mary, who is sung about in today’s linked song, could become confused as to what her Son was all about.
And so can we at times; but in reality we need to recognize what Mary ultimately came to accept and surrender without fear … that she had given birth to the Son of God, Who was on a trek to save mankind from our sins … including hers.
So, as we come to Him in this Advent season, let us take our anxieties or fears to Him in humble prayer and seek the peace which can only come from the King of kings and the Lord of Lords [see Phil. 4:6-7], trusting, as Mary came to learn, … that her boy was our Savior … the Great I AM!!
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for coming to us as the God-Man to save us from ourselves.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that all reading here can, and will, take our anxieties to You, seeking Your wondrous peace. … Amen
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