Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of song and images from Joy Williams singing … Do They See Jesus In Me … poignantly singing of what should be the goal of all Christians … for others to see Jesus in the way we live our lives.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Matthew 25:40 [NLT] … 40 “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these My brothers and sisters, you were doing it to Me!’
… Jesus’ showing that we must treat others the way He, as King Jesus, would treat us. ==============
Highlight Passage [context]: Matthew 25:31-40 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus preaches on what it will be like when He, as King Jesus, comes to judge the world when He comes again.
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Reference Passage : … Proverbs 19:17 [NLT] … 17 If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord — and He will repay you!
… Doing for others is doing for the Lord.
Reference Passage : … 1 Corinthians 11:1 [NLT] … 1 And you should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.
… Paul had learned - and exhibited - a Christlike way of living; and so, he knew that others could imitate him because his life pattern was to imitate Christ.
Reference Passage : … Philippians 2:3-4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God wants us to treat others as He would treat us.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, James Banks, used a personal story about his son posing as a homeless person to gain perspective on their plight. … The ODB author wrote: My son Geoff recently participated in a “homeless simulation.” He spent three days and two nights living on the streets of his city, sleeping outside in below freezing temperatures. [see photo] …
Geoff told me later it was one of the hardest things he’d ever done, yet it profoundly impacted his outlook on others. He spent the day after his “simulation” seeking out homeless people who had been kind to him during his time on the street, doing what he could to assist them in simple ways. They were surprised to discover he wasn’t actually homeless and were grateful he cared enough to try to see life through their eyes.
I know I often use Joy Williams’ poignant song (see link above) to illustrate what Jesus taught in His teaching in the highlight passage (see Matt 25:31-40) … as we live our lives trying to show to others the love/grace which our Lord has shown to us.
The Apostle Paul learned this lesson and did all he could in his life to follow King Jesus and to lead others to do the same (see 1Cor. 11:1 and Phil. 2:3-4). And we may not go as far as did the young man in the ODB story (above); … but at least we can do all we can to treat others the way Jesus would treat us … with love … and mercy … and grace.
I pray we do that today!!
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for showing us how to treat others … the way You have treated us.
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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 exhibit Christlikeness in the way we live today. … Amen
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