Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of song and lyrics from the a celebration choir singing the old hymn … Count Your Blessings … poignantly singing of how all of God’s children need to realize our many blessings as we share them with others
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Highlight Verse[s]: Proverbs 11:25 [NLT] … 25 The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.
… Ultimately, from God’s law of reciprocity (i.e., “we reap what we sow”), those who are generous, as is God, will prosper.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Proverbs 11:23-31 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Solomon, shares His principles of sharing the blessings He bestows on those who are unselfishly generous.
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Reference Passage : … Galatians 6:9-10[NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul shows Christians how God’s law of reciprocity works for those who unselfishly and joyfully share His blessings with others.
Reference Passage : … Philippians 2:3-4 [NLT] … 3 Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. 4 Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians (that’s us, too!) to avoid selfishness and help others!
Reference Passage : … 1 John 3:17 [NLT] … 17 If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God’s love be in that person?
… If we’ve been blessed by God, we should share to bless others with His live.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Kirsten Homberg, uses an uplifting story of how sharing our blessings spreads the love of God to others, perhaps to those more needy than we are. And the ODB author wrote: Steve, a sixty-two-year-old homeless military veteran, made his way to a warm climate where sleeping outdoors was tolerable year-round. One evening, as he displayed his hand-drawn art—his attempt to earn some money—a young woman approached and offered him several slices of pizza. [see photo]
Steve gratefully accepted. Moments later, Steve shared his bounty with another hungry, homeless person. Almost immediately, the same young woman resurfaced with another plate of food, acknowledging that he had been generous with what he’d been given.
That celebration choir, in the linked song, shares the truth that we do need to count the blessings God brings into our lives … EVERY DAY! … However, as today’s ODB entry points out, we should do all we can, as exhorted in the Scriptures above, to share our blessings with others, especially those more needy than we are.
Have all you reading here with me learned, as have I, that we can’t out give God?! … But it’s certainly a joyful task trying, isn’t it?
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for sharing with us so that we can share with others.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that all reading here can, and will, join me to do all we can to share Your blessings with others, … especially the joy of Your Gospel. … 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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