Jan 8, 2021 … Followers of Christ

Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 8 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Joy Williams singing … Do They See Jesus In Me …  poignantly singing of how Christians follow Jesus to let others see Him in the way we live our lives. 

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Highlight Passage:   John 1:40-41 [ESV] ... 

40 One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). 

…  Jesus calls Andrew to follow Him, who faithfully calls his brother, Simon Peter, to follow whom Andrew believed to be The Messiah.    

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Highlight Passage [Context]: …  John 1:35-42 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus calls His disciples to follow Him. 

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …  

…  When we trust God and follow Him, … He will lead our way in following His will. 

Reference Passage: … Luke 9:23 [ESV] … 

23 And He said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. … “ 

…  Jesus tells His followers what it would take to truly be His disciples.  

Reference Passage: … John 14:6, 21  [ESV] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Jesus tells His disciples, the night before the Cross, that He is the only way to heaven and that it takes obedience to follow His commands to show our love and to follow Him.   

Reference Passage: … Hebrews 6:10 [ESV] … 

10 For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for His name in serving the saints, as you still do. 

…  God will never forget or bypass those who have shown themselves to help others by being true followers of Christ.   

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, James Banks, AT THIS LINK tells of encountering a transformed former drug addict who expressed feeling “invisible” as she did all she could to follow her Lord and Savior, Jesus. 

And it’s the question Joy Williams sings in the linked song, isn’t it?   Sometimes, … I’m sure we’ve all wondered if others see Jesus as we do all we can to follow Christ (see photo).  But Jesus, Himself, assured His disciples, … and all who would follow Him, … that He was worth their surrender and “followership” (see Christ’s words above).  And we too are assured that if we follow our King Jesus faithfully, we will be far from invisible to God, the Father [see Hebrews 6:10], and prayerfully others as well. 

But, … Jesus’ assurance to His disciples in John 14:6 and 21 is plenty enough assurance for me to do all I can today to follow Him and prayerfully let others see Jesus leading me.  … How about you?  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for Your promise that following You will show others Your way to live our lives.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray that all reading here will join me, to do all we can to follow King Jesus today.     … Amen

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