Oct 24, 2020 … More Deeply Rooted

Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 298 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Kerrie Roberts singing … Rooted … poignantly singing of how we must strive to be deeply rooted in our relationship with Christ to be fruitful for Him. 

More deeply rooted in Christ ,,, 

 

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Highlight Passage:  Jeremiah 17:8 [ESV] ... 

8  He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.” 

…   God shows believers what it takes for us to become fruitful believers. 

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Highlight Passage [Context]: …  Jeremiah 17:5-8 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… The Prophet shows God’s people what it takes to become fruitful for God. 

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Reference Passage: …  Psalm 1:1-3 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… When we send down our roots to connect with God’s living waters, we can become fruitful for God’s kingdom. 

Reference Passage: …  Mark 4:14-17 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus explains, in the parable of sowing seeds, that a believer must send his/her roots deep into the soil of God’s grace to become fruitful.  

Reference Passage: …   John 15:5 [ESV] … 

5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 

…  Jesus declares to His 12 Disciples (and to all born-again believers) that we are branches of His sanctifying grace and must stay connected to (i.e. “abide in”) Him to be fruitful.  

<b><u>Reference Passage</u>: …  Colossians 2:6-7 [ESV] …  </b>

<i>  6 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. </i> 

…  Go, thru Paul, shows us that we must be well rooted in our relationship with Him.  

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Kirsten, AT THIS LINK  uses the word picture of tumbleweeds, which become disconnected from their roots, to illustrate how we, as Christians, must be well-rooted in Christ to become more fruitful for God’s kingdom (see photo).  

This ODB entry loudly proclaims God’s repeated teaching in His word (see Scriptures above), in both the OT and NT, for us to send down our roots of trust and faith deeply to mature and grow in our relationship with our Lord so that we can grow to become fruitful for His glory and God’s kingdom.  

And that is why you find me here daily, praying for God’s sanctifying grace and doing all I can to send my roots of relationship more deeply into God’s word, which is His living waters to nourish and grow my abiding desire to be fruitful for God’s kingdom and my Lord’s glory.   So, join me and let’s become fruitful together. 

 

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for showing us how we can become more fruitful for Your kingdom. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray that all reading here will join me to do all we can today to connect our roots of faith into God’s soil of truth. … Amen

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