Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Chris Tomlin singing … I Will Follow … powerfully singing of how we, as disciples of Christ, must follow His way in life.
Following Self or The Savior?
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Highlight Passage : … Proverbs 2:6-7 [ESV] ... 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding; 7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity, ...
… God shows the way and protects those who are willing to follow Him.
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Highlight Passage [Context] : … Proverbs 2:1-11 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK …
… Wisdom from Solomon on follow the Lord in all we think, say, and do.
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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.
… God will lead and protect those who trust Him and follow Him.
Reference Passage : … Matthew 6:33 [ESV] … 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
… Jesus commands those following Him to seek HIM above all earthly pursuits.
Reference Passage : … Luke 9:23 [ESV] … 23 And He said to all [following Him], “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. ..."
… Jesus commands those following Him to deny themselves in following Him.
Reference Passage : … Romans 12:1-2 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to follow Christ by becoming living sacrifices for the Lord, … avoiding the world’s ways to follow Christ.
Reference Passage : … 1Corinthians 11:1 [ESV] … 1 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
… Paul knew that others could follow him because he was following Christ.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Dave Branon, AT THIS LINK tells of a speaker in a Christian school graduation telling the graduates that whom they were following now would like determine where they would end up in life.
Good advice; wouldn’t you agree?! … But above all, the speaker was exhorting these young people to be surrendered followers of Christ. And that’s the message which rings loud-and-clear from the linked song and the truth of God’s word above. In fact (and it is FACT!), from Solomon, the Apostle Paul, and no less than Jesus Himself above, exhorting and commanding their readers to choose to follow our Savior over self.
So, as you read what I’ve shared here today and the truths from God’s word in today’s ODB entry, I pray that we’re all doing all we can to be what the Apostle Paul wrote to fellow Christians in 1Cor 11:1, leading others in life by being surrendered followers of King Jesus.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for showing me the way in life by following 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 follow Jesus in ALL we think, say, and do. … Amen
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