Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube of images and lyrics from Matt Maher singing … What A Friend … powerfully singing of how we, as surrendered Christians, have an eternal Friend in our relationship with Jesus.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Psalm 100:4 [NLT] … 4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving; go into His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise His name.
… Our heart of thanksgiving every day … every moment.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Psalm 100 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Psalmist expresses what should be our heart for God 24/7.
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Reference Passage : … Psalm 95:2-3 [NLT] … 2 Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him. 3 For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods.
… How can we not just give thanks for Whom He is?!
Reference Passage : … John 14:21 [NLT] … 21 Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love Me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal Myself to each of them.”
… We show our thanks to our Lord as our Friend by being obedient to His word.
Reference Passage : … John 15:14-15 [NLT] … 14 You are My friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.
… Jesus is my FRIEND!!
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Xochitl Dixon, relates a personal story about someone who became a beloved friend because of how she daringly served the author. The ODB author writes … When I served as my mom’s live-in caregiver at a cancer center, I got to know Lori, another caregiver who lived down the hallway from us with her husband, Frank. I would chat, laugh, vent, cry, and pray with Lori in the shared living areas. We enjoyed supporting each other as we cared for our loved ones.
One day, I missed the free shuttle that took residents to buy groceries. Lori offered to drive me to the store later that evening. With grateful tears, I accepted her offer. “Thanks for being you,” I said. I truly appreciated her for who she was as a person, not just for what she did for me as a friend.
I pray that all reading here have someone, like a “Lori” in your life who is a real friend, … someone that would do anything they could to be there for you in times of trial.
Well, as Christians, … i.e., true disciples of Christ, … we have such a friend, don’t we? Yes, and as Matt Maher sings, our Friend is Jesus; and as the Psalmists sing in Psalms 95 and 100 above, we should be showing our thanks to our Friend, Jesus, by, as He commanded (see John 14 and 15 passages above), being obedient to His word … today and all days.
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for becoming and being my Friend … FOREVER!
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that all reading here reach out to be a friend to others as You, Jesus, are our Friend today and all days. … 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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