Nov 17, 2020 … Holding On in the Wind

Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 321 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Steven Curtis Chapman singing … His Strength Is Perfect … poignantly singing of how we must, in our human weakness, rely on God’s strength to handle the storms/trials of life. 

Overwhelming winds of our times ... 

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Highlight Passage:  Psalm 28:8  [ESV] ... 

8 The Lord is the strength of his people, He is the saving refuge of His anointed.  

…   David knew to Whom to turn in times of trial.  

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Highlight Passage [Context]: …  Psalm 28 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… When King David felt weak, He turned to plead for God’s strength. 

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Reference Passage: …  Isiah 26:3, 41:10 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God, thru Isaiah, promises His peace and strength in stormy times of trial  

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

…  Jesus promises to yoke Himself to us in the storms of life … when we feel weakened.  

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.

…  Yes, … for Christians, … even the worst of storms or trials in life are for our good.

Reference Passage: …  2Corinthians 12:9-10 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Jesus showed Paul (and us!) that His empowering grace was sufficient to give Paul (and us!) God’s strength to handle the storms and trials of life.   

Reference Passage: …  Philippians 4:13 …  [ESV] … 

13 I can do all things through Him Who strengthens me.

…  No matter what the circumstances, we can find strength and contentment in our relationship with Christ. 

      

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Anne Cetas, USE THIS LINK relates a story of a woman and her son trying to safe a tree they relied on which was being blown and uprooted in the wind [see photo].    

The ODB story illustrates how we all feel occasionally when we face the winds of severe trial or loss in our lives, … times when we need God’s strength to cover our human weakness, … as S.C. Chapman sings in the linked song.  

Perhaps some of my readers, … as am I, … are feeling that kind of weakness as we face the viral storms of these troubled times.  Well, … if you’re joining me in these feelings of frustration, turn with me today to the truths above from God’s word and His promises above to provide us with His strength in our times of weakness.  The tree (as in the photo) may even fall due to the winds of our times; but God’s strength will always be there to lift us up.  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for giving us Your strength to deal with the strong winds of these times. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray that all reading here will join me to pray and seek after God’s strength to lift us up in these times of trial.  … Amen

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