Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of song and lyrics from the group Hillsong singing a Dennis Jernigan classicYou Are My All In All ... poignantly singing of how we must in obedience to God’s word, make Him the center of our lives … everyday and in every way.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Psalm 118:23-24 [NKJV] ... 23 This was the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. 24 This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
… Everyday and in ever way, Jesus should be the center of our lives, realizing that He is the focus of everything … every day!!
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Highlight Passage [context]: Psalm 118:6-9, 21-25 [NKJV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… The Psalmist shows where our heart should lie … with our God at the center!!
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Reference Passage : … John 14:21-23 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… The only way to reflect God’s love in our lives is to be obedient to His word and make HIM the center of everything … EVERY DAY!
Reference Passage : … John 15:1-8 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… The only way we can be fruitful as disciples of Christ is to abide in Him … COMPLETELY!! (see especially v. 5)
Reference Passage : … Colossians 1:17 [NKJV] ... 17 And He [Jesus] is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
… God, thru Paul, shows us that we must place Jesus before self and all other things in our lives.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Winn Collier, uses a story of a young student who had too much focus on his own abilities and not enough reliance on Christ in his life, … a focus shared by far too many of us. … The ODB author wrote: I once heard about a student taking a class in preaching at a prominent seminary. The student, a young man who was a bit full of himself, delivered his sermon with eloquence and evident passion. He sat down self-satisfied, and the professor paused a moment before responding. “That was a powerful sermon,” he said. “It was well organized and moving. The only problem is that God was not the subject of a single one of your sentences.”
And this ODB story illustrates a very, VERY common, … but mistaken, … focus in the lives of many Christians. And it points to one resounding question: What or Whom is at the center of our lives?
And as I meditate on the ODB story and the scriptures above, I do so with conviction. Because all too often I’m trying to please others and make ME be the focus of attention. But especially reading Jesus’ charge to His followers (see John 15:1-8, esp. v. 5), … I realize that we will never be fruitful in our lives unless, as Paul reinforced to Christians [see Col. 1:17], … King Jesus is the abiding focus of our lives.
And I pray He is [see photo] … for yours truly and all reading here.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, ... for Your Spirit leading me back to YOU as the center of my life.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me, to bring King Jesus to the center of our lives as His disciples. … Amen
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