Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 80
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Chris Tomlin singing… How Great Is Our God… poignantly singing of how great is our God’s work in/thru us.
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Highlight Passage: Matthew 27:54 [ESV] ...
54 When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
… The Roman Centurion guarding at the crucifixion saw God’s works after Christ’s death, he recognized and declared that Jesus was truly the Son of God.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Matthew 27:50-54 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… The scene at the crucifixion when the Roman soldier saw the reality of Christ’s divinity because of the events following the Lord’s death.
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Reference Passage</u>: … 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 (and us) that ALL THINGS in the lives of Christians are for our good and God’s glory.
Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 10:31 [ESV] …
31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
… EVERYTHING we do should be to honor the glory of everything our Lord has done for us.
Reference Passage: … Ephesians 2:10 [ESV] …
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works,which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
… God, thru Paul, reminds us that we were saved by His works to be His workmanship.
Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:23-24 [ESV] …
23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
… Because of His works, for us, all our works should be done thru and for the Lord.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Arthur Jackson, AT THIS LINK … tells of a father/daughter standing in a very hard rain (see photo), contemplating all the racial atrocities in our history, … recognizing and realizing that all things are from and thru God’s plan for us. And the young daughter seeing the rain as God’s tears for the sins of mankind.
The Apostle Paul came to realize and teach fellow Christians (see Pauline Scriptures above) that all things in our lives are from and thru the purposes of God and are for the good of God’s chosen and are part of HIS plan for HIS glory.
So, today, … as we go about our lives, … may we do ALL THINGS that we choose to do for our Lord; and recognize what Chris Tomlin sings in the linked song … that our God is a great and good God who died as the Son of God FOR US to become HIS workmanship on this earth.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for giving me the honor of working for Your glory today.
My Prayer Today:Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to do all that we do - even as the rain falls in our lives - for the glory of our great God. … 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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