Berry Patch Devotions in 2020</u> - Day 265
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... </b> … Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Kari Jobe singing … I Am Not Alone … poignantly singing of how we, as Christians, will face trials and troubles; but we will never be alone.
Mounting Frustration ...
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Highlight Passage: John 16:33 [ESV] ...
33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
… Jesus tries to belay the fears of His disciples … that He has - and will always - be there to be their (our) overcomer in times of trouble.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … John 16:25-33 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus speaks plainly to His Disciples of the troubles they will face; but with the promise that He will be their overcomer.
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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [ESV] …
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.
… We must trust in being able to lean on God in times of troubles.
Reference Passage: … Acts 28:20 [ESV] …
20 … And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
… Jesus promise for any/all Christians to be with us ALWAYS.
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.
… For Christians, we must believe that ALL THINGS, … yes, even the troubles are for our good.
Reference Passage: … James 1:2-3 [ESV] …
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
… Jesus’ brother encourages fellow Christians under oppression and persecution to count the trials as joyful in what they will produce in the trusting believer.
Reference Passage: … 1Peter 5:5-6-7 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Peter exhorts Christians going thru oppression and trials to humbly take their [our] troubles to a caring and capable God.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Adam R Holz, AT THIS LINK relates a story about someone dealing with multiple trials, topped off with a car which overheated (see photo), … a scenario, or something similar, which many of us have faced with great frustration.
We’ve all been in a place like that, haven’t we? We’re having “one of those days” where the troubles have piled up - almost to the breaking point; and we’re likely praying something like, … “Aw common, God, … give me a break!”
And in moments like those, I’ve learned to have several truths and promises from God’s word stored in my heart/mind that I believe and can lean on, … trusting that God is ALWAYS there for me (Matt 28:20) … and He ALWAYS cares (1Peter 5:6-7)… and that ALL THINGS in my life are for my good (Romans 8:28).
But do we really believe these truths? … And are we living them out in the midst of these trying times?
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for lifting me up these days as the troubles mount up.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me today, to trust that our God is always there for us as we encounter so many obstacles in these trying times. .… Amen
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