Sept 26, 2020 … Our Promise-Keeping God

Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 270 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...     Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Phillips, Craig and Dean singing … You Are God Alone … poignantly singing of how our God is our “promise keeping” God, … a God above EVERYTHING, … able to do ALL things.  

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Highlight Passage:  Hebrews 6:15 [ESV] ... 

15 And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise. 

…    God shows us that if He was able to keep His promises to Abraham, which He did, our Lord can keep His promises to us. 

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Highlight Passage [Context] : …   Hebrews 6:13-20 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK … 

…  God, thru the author of Hebrews, assures us as born-again believers that our God is THE Promise Keeping God.  

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Reference Passage: …  Numbers 23:19  [ESV] …   

19  God is not man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind.  Has He said, and will He not do it?  Or has He spoken, and will He not fulfill it? 

… God, thru Moses, shows God’s people that He, our Lord, will keep His promises.  

Reference Passage: …  Matthew 11:28-30  [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus promises to yoke Himself to us when we feel life’s burdens are too heavy. 

Reference Passage: …  1Corinthians 10:13 [ESV] …   USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul shows fellow Christians that our God is ALWAYS there to help us navigate the really tough circumstances of life. 

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Arthur Jackson, AT THIS LINK  tells of a young Christian groom who prayed, before his wedding, that he would be able to live up to and keep his wedding vows [see photo], knowing that he was too weak - on his own - to do it.  

And I think that anyone - especially one who’s been married 55 years as I have - can identify and empathize with fears like that of this young man.  We’re not strong enough on our own to meet many of the demands of life, are we, … especially like those in the traditional wedding vows?  

But fortunately, as born-again Christians, we’ve yoked ourselves (see Matt. 11:28-30) to our Savior, Who is a promise-keeping Lord.  And being the God Who kept His amazing promises to Abraham (see highlight passage and Numbers 23:19), we can rely on our Lord to give us His strength when we’re too weak to handle the temptations and trials of life (see 1Cor. 10:13 and 2Cor. 12:9).   

So, … as we launch into or continue on in another day, … let’s yoke ourselves to our Promise-Keeping God, and rely on His strength to be there to help us thru another day for His glory. 

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for being my promise-keeping God.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me today, to rely on the strength of our God when we know we’re too weak to handle the day’s challenges.   .… Amen

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