Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of images and lyrics from Michael W Smith singing Open the Eyes of My Heart ... poignantly singing of how we need to pray that God opens the eyes of our hearts so that we can Him more clearly than every before. … And the ON TO THIS LINK … to hear and see the lyrics from the blind Christian singer/songwriter, Gordon Mote, singing Don’t Let Me Miss the Glory … my prayer for us today.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Ephesians 1:18 [NKJV] ... 18 … the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, …
... Prayerfully we can see, thru eyes of understanding, just how wonderful is our Savior.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Ephesians 1: 15-23 [NKJV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… Paul declares how we need to do all we can to see our Lord more clearly to love Him more dearly by seeing Him in creation.
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Reference Passage : ... Psalm 19:1 [NKJV] ... 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.
... David sings of seeing God’s glory in creation.
Reference Passage : ... Colossians 1:15-16 [NKJV] ... 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
... When we look around us, we see the God who made all things.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Amy Boucher Pye, uses one’s perception of God’s glory around us to illustrate how we can become desensitized to our God all around us, seeing Him everywhere/everyplace. … The ODB author wrote: I gazed out at the rolling, green hills in Lancashire in northern England, noticing the stone fences enclosing some sheep dotted around the hills. [see photo] Puffy clouds moved across the bright sky, and I inhaled deeply, drinking in the sight. When I remarked about the beautiful scene to the woman working at the retreat center I was visiting, she said, “You know, I never used to notice it before our guests would point it out. We’ve lived here for years; and when we were farmers, this was just the office!”
Today, not a lot of writing from me. I just want all reading here to take the time to use the links above and see/hear the two linked songs and to take in the beauty of the attached photo. Because the ODB entry for the day points out that we can actually become blinded to the glory of God all around us in creation because it’s there all the time for us to see.
Yes, we need to not only stop and see and smell the roses; but we need to take in the beauty of creation all around us as a way to see our God more clearly and to experience His love and grace thru His creation.
So, I pray we all see Him today in what is around us; and then to be thankful for the reality that He not only created it all for Himself (see Col. 1:15-16); but He created it all for you and me as well.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, ... for showing us Your glory in creation.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here join me today to see our Lord more clearly in the creation that He has crafted for us and for His glory. … 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.</ span>
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