Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in images, song and lyrics from Matthew West singing … Do Something … powerfully singing of how we as Christians need to be the feet, hands, and mouths of Jesus and DO SOMETHING in His Name and for His glory in this dark and needy world.
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Highlight Verse[s]: 1Timothy 6:18 [NLT] ... 18 Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and generous to those in need, always being ready to share with others.
… God teaches us, thru Paul, that we need to use what He has given us to help others.
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Highlight Passage [context]: 1 Timothy 6:17-19 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul helping Timothy teach that sharing with others is Christ’s way of using us to help others.
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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!
… God’s promise, thru Solomon, that the Lord will repay those who help others.
Reference Passage : … Matthew 5:42 [NLT] ... 42 Give to those who ask, and don’t turn away from those who want to borrow.
… Jesus clearly teaches that it is His way to reach out and help others in need.
Reference Passage : … John 15:12 [NLT] ... 12 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.
… Jesus commands His disciples to show love to others the way He has shown His love for us.
Reference Passage : … Galatians 6:9-10 [NLT] ... 9 So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. 10 Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone — especially to those in the family of faith.
… God, thru Paul, exhorts Christians to help others, especially fellow Christians.
Reference Passage : … Hebrews 10:15-16 [NLT] … 15 Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to His name. 16 And don’t forget to do good and to share with those in need. These are the sacrifices that please God.
… God shows Christians how to show our allegiance to Christ by reaching out to do good for others.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Kirsten Holmberg, illustrates Christians helping others by a man giving up his plane seat to help a mother have a more comfortable seat to help her child. … The ODB author wrote: Kelsey navigated the narrow airplane aisle with her eleven-month-old daughter, Lucy, and Lucy’s oxygen machine. They were traveling to seek treatment for her baby’s chronic lung disease. Shortly after settling into their shared seat, a flight attendant approached Kelsey, saying a passenger in first class wanted to switch seats with her. With tears of gratitude streaming down her face, Kelsey made her way back up the aisle to the more spacious seat, [see photo] while the benevolent stranger made his way toward hers.
Kelsey’s benefactor embodied the kind of generosity Paul encourages in his letter to Timothy. Paul told Timothy to instruct those in his care with the command to “do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share” (1 Timothy 6:18).
If we had the opportunity TODAY to give up our first class seat to help a mom with a needy baby on a plane, would we do it? That’s the challenge from today’s ODB entry above; … and really it’s God’s challenge for us Christians, isn’t it (see Scriptures above)? So, I pray that all reading here today will do what God has commanded all of us to do; … and that is to look for opportunities to show His love and grace by helping others, … just as He has shown His love for us.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for giving me the empowering grace to reach out and help others in Your Name.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me, … to take any/all opportunities to help others today. Amen
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