Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of images and lyrics from the group Third Day singing a contemporary version of the old hymn … Blessed Assurance … poignantly singing of how we live under God’s perfect watch care no matter what we face in life. … And ON TO THIS LINK to hear Matt Maher sing, Because He Lives, declaring that we live forever because He lived and died for us.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Psalm 102:28 [ESV] ... 28 The children of your servants shall dwell secure; their offspring shall be established before You.
… We, the children of God, will dwell with Him forever.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Psalm 102:11-13, 18-28 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… God never changes and will always be there for His chosen ones.
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Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… We must trust God - ALWAYS - even when we can’t see where He’s leading us.
Reference Passage : … Malachi 3:6 [ESV] … 6 “For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.
… God promises, thru Malachi, that we can always deal with the present because God’s promises of His watch care are FOREVER.
Reference Passage : … Romans 8:28 [ESV] … 28 And we KNOW that for those who love God all things work together for good, … for those who are called according to His purpose.
… We can deal with ALL circumstances because we know, reborn in Christ, that they are for our good.
Reference Passage : … Hebrews 13:8 [ESV] … 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
… No matter what the present circumstances, we can always trust in Christ because He never changes.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Xochitl Dixon, makes reference to a quote from C.S. Lewis to show how we can always trust God thru tough circumstances because God always remains the same in time. … The ODB author wrote: In Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis wrote: “Almost certainly God is not in time. His life does not consist of moments one following another . . . . Ten-thirty—and every other moment from the beginning of the world—is always present for Him.” Still, waiting seasons often feel endless. But as we learn to trust God, the eternal Maker of time, we can accept the reality that our fragile existence is secure in His hands.
As in the photo information, life changes, never the same from moment-to-moment. However, as we read - and prayerfully believe - in meditating on God’s unchanging, ever reliable, word (see scriptures above and 1Peter 1:25 on your own), we Christians follow a Lord Who never changes. Therefore, as the group Third Day sings in the linked song, we have God’s “Blessed Assurance” that we can trust in Him … ALWAYS … no matter what we encounter in this life.
And I’m praying today that we know - beyond doubt - that even the tough stuff in life is for our good … and God’s glory. And, … as the songs declare … we can KNOW that we live forever because God chose to live and die with and for us … to give us eternal life with Him.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, ... for the reality that You never change and our time now is lived out for Your glory and our eternal future with You.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me today, to rest in the reality that our tough times now are lived out for our eternal and glorious future with the Lord. … Amen
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