Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 331
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from a worship chorus singing the old hymn … Now Thank We All our God … powerfully singing of how we, as Christians, must sing our praises and thanks to God … ALWAYS.
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Highlight Passage: Isaiah 12:4 [ESV] ...
4 And you will say in that day: … “Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name, make known His deeds among the peoples, proclaim that His name is exalted.
… God, thru Isaiah, calls on His people to thankfully declare God’s mighty works to all.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Isaiah 12 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Isaiah’s inspired poetry, commands His people (that’s us!) to offer up our thanks to God … ALWAYS!
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Reference Passage: … Psalm 100 … [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… A song of thankfulness which could be sung every day of our lives.
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.
… Paul reminds fellow Christians (again, that’s us!) that ALL THINGS are for our good and His glory. But are we thankful for that … REALLY … in ALL circumstances?
Reference Passage: … Ephesian 5:20 … [ESV] …
20 … giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, …
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians in Ephesus (and us) to give thanks ALWAYS … for EVERYTHING …
Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:17 … [ESV] … </b>
17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
… Paul repetitively, to other Christians, declares that whatever we do we should THANKFULLY do it for our Lord.
Reference Passage: … 1Thessalonians 5:18 … [ESV] …
18 … give thanks <u>in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you ...
… How many times does God have to repeat it, thru Paul, for Christians to see that He demands our thankfulness in ALL CIRCUMSTANCES?
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Amy Boucher Pye, AT THIS LINK writes about an 17th century English Deacon, Martin Rinkart, who performed over 4000 funerals during a plague in 1637; and then, in the same year, wrote the lyrics to what became a classic hymn of thanksgiving (see linked song).
And here we are, here in America, celebrating Thanksgiving Day today, … where, in the midst of a worldwide pandemic and much sociopolitical division, we are reminded by God’s word - again and again - that even in the midst of angst and evil circumstances, we, as born-again disciples of Christ, should - nay, MUST - celebrate the reality of our thankfulness.
The Prophets and the Apostle Paul, in God’s word above, certainly declared their thankful hearts … over and over and over again, didn’t they? Can’t we take out at least one day to share and sing of our thankfulness to our Lord, Who thankfully gave His all for all of us?
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for EVERYTHING!
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray that all reading here will join me to offer up our thanks … today and all days … for all You have done, Lord, to save us and provide for us. … Amen
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