Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of images and lyrics from Jason Gray singing his song Glow In the Dark ... poignantly singing of how we Christians need to come out of the darkness in these dangerous days and glow with Christ’s light of truth.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Proverbs 26:4 [NKJV] ... 44 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
... In our bond of unity in Christ we are called to come TOGETHER in unity - the Body of Christ.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Proverbs 26:4-12 [NKJV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
... God, thru Solomon, gives us solid advice on how to avoid those fools who would try to derail our lives with their lies and selfish ploys.
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Reference Passage : ... Psalm 119:105 [NKJV] … 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
... We walk in God’s wisdom when we use the light we get from His word.
Reference Passage : ... John 17:23 [NKJV] ... 12 Then Jesus spoke to them [i.e., those following Jesus] again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
... When we follow the will and ways of our Lord, we will walk in His light.
Reference Passage : ... Ephesians 5:8-13 [NKJV] ... USE THIS LINK …
... God, thru Paul, exhorting fellow Christians (like us) to walk in the light provided by following Christ and avoiding the pitfalls and darkness of this world.
Reference Passage : ... Colossians 4:5-6 [NKJV] ... USE THIS LINK …
... God, thru Paul, calling the body of Christ to walk in the wisdom found from God’s truth.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Monica Brands, uses an old saying to warn us in today’s dangerous digital age to beware of “trolls” which desire to derail our lives on the internet. … The ODB author wrote: Ever heard the expression, “Don’t feed the trolls”? “Trolls” refers to a new problem in today’s digital world - [see photo] - online users who repeatedly post intentionally inflammatory and hurtful comments on news or social media discussion boards. But ignoring such comments—not “feeding” the trolls—makes it harder for them to derail a conversation.
Of course, it’s nothing new to encounter people who aren’t genuinely interested in productive conversation. “Don’t feed the trolls” could almost be a modern equivalent of Proverbs 26:4.
Good advice - yes, for sure, Godly advice! - for those, especially today’s youth - who become prey for dangerous internet “trolls,” who seek to devour those who are emotionally vulnerable. And thru Jesus himself [see John 17:23] and the biblically wise, like the Psalmist, Solomon, or the Apostle Paul, in the scriptures above, who, inspired by God’s Spirit, have given us God’s own truth to warn us to seek the wisdom and light which comes from God’s word. In that way we will not be “feeding the trolls’ of evil on the internet [again, see photo] in this digitalized, “pornified,” world.
And as Jason Gray sings in the linked song, we are to become God’s light of truth to shine brightly in this ever-darkening world. So, dear ones, let’s go out and shine His light today as we follow His light of truth into this world.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, ... for giving us the light of Your truth to follow in the darkness of this world.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will seek to use the light of God’s word today to lead us out of the darkness of this digital world into Your light of wisdom and truth. … Amen
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