Friday, September 25, 2020

Sept 25, 2020 … Locked-in Love

Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 269 


Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...     Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Hillsong singing … In Your Hands … poignantly singing of God’s forever and unending love which holds us in His hands … FOREVER. 


"Love Locks" on the Pont des Arts bridge in Paris

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Highlight Passage:  Song of Solomon 8:6a [ESV] ... 

  Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death,  … 

    God’s promise to His beloved of His secure love … FOREVER!! 

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Highlight Passage [Context]: …   Song of Solomon 8:5-7 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK … 

  God’s song about His steadfast love for His Bride … a sealed/forever love. 

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Reference Passage: …  Psalm 86:15  [ESV] …   

15  But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

… God, thru David's song, reminds God’s people of the unending love and forgiving grace of our merciful God. 


Reference Passage: …  Jeremiah 31:2-3  [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s promise - thru Jeremiah - to His beloved Israel [and to us in Christ] of His covenant love … FOREVER.  


Reference Passage: …  Romans 5:7-8 [ESV] …   USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul shows fellow Christians the extent of God’s love … in that He would die for even sinners. 


Reference Passage: …  1John 3:1  [ESV] …  

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

… The love God has lavished on us is His FOREVER love. 


My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Lisa M Samra, AT THIS LINK  shows the “love-locks” on the Pont des Arts bridge in Paris [see photo] where couples would place padlocks on the bridge to show their “undying” love for one another.  


And we have that kind of promise in God’s word, … in His covenant love letter … to His beloved, [see Scriptures above] pledging His sealed/forever love for anyone who knows Him as Lord and Savior.  And in the midst of this pandemic of sickness and the hatred/division we see in this world, that promise of His undying love is <u>so-so-so</u> reassuring.  

Can I get a witness of praise for our Lord’s love today … maybe even join me with a resounding ”HALLELUJAH!!!” of thanks.     

My THANKFULNESS</u>:</b> ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for the promise and reality of Your never-ending love. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me today, to give our Lord praise for the ultimate witness of His love for us by dying that we might live with Him forever.    .… Amen


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