Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 42
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Don Moen singing the old hymn … Wonderful Peace … Poignantly singing of how we search for and find God’s peace.
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Highlight Passage: John 12:35-36 [ESV] ...
7 … <b> Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him;</b> …
… David sings about being still before the Lord and setting our human anxieties aside.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Psalm 37:1-7 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… King David had discovered - and sang about - the importance of being still before the Lord and seeking His peace.
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Reference Passage: … 1Kings 19:12 [ESV] ...
12 And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire the sound of a low whisper.
… God, as He did with Elijah, who was desperately seek God’s leading, often speaks to us in a whisper.
Reference Passage: … Lamentations 3:25-26 [ESV] ...
25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. 26 It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
… Jeremiah teaches the truth about God being good to those who wait patiently and quietly for the Lord
Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:6-7 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to trust God by seeking His peace thru surrendered and thankful prayer.
Reference Passage: … 1Peter 3:4 [ESV] ...
4 … let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.
… Peter teaches how a quiet spirit is very precious in the eyes of God.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Leslie Koh, AT THIS LINK ... Tells of men searching for for a valuable lost watch (see photo) in vain. Later the watch was found by a young boy; and when asked how he found it, the boy said, … “I just sat down and kept quiet, and soon I could hear it ticking.”
And the ODB author was trying to show us that many times we miss out on God’s peace and His leading because we don’t just stop for a quiet time with God and listen for His Spirit to lead us. Often we don’t trust that “His still small voice” (see 1Kings 19:12) is speaking to us to show us THE way … HIS WAY.
That’s why you find me here, starting each day, by quietly listening for God’s leading voice thru prayer and His word; and then by sharing what my Lord gives me here in these journal entries. And I pray today, as I will again tomorrow, that we all have these quiet times with God to hear what He’s saying to us and where He’s leading us.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for giving me Your Spirit Who is leading me out of the noise of this world onto Your path to glory.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray that all reading here will join me, …to stop and listen for God’s quiet voice today, … leading us out of the noisy wilderness of this world and onto His road of truth. … Amen
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Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
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