Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 180
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Clay Crosse, Bob Carlisle, and Bebe Winans singing … I Will Follow Christ… powerfully singing how our #1 goal in life as Christians should be to follow our Lord.
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Highlight Passage: 1Timothy 6:11-12 [ESV] …
11 But as for you, O man of God, flee these things [i.e., worldly or fleshly pursuits]. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
… God, thru Paul, points genuine Christians in the right directions in life.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … 1Timothy 6:6-12 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK … </b>
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Timothy+6%3A6-12&version=ESV
… Paul helping Timothy (and us) to get our life priorities in proper order.
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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK ..
… God, thru Solomon, shows us that we should trust and follow God with <b><u>ALL</b></u> OUR HEART
Reference Passage: … Matthew 6:31-33 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus teaches on Godly priorities in life.
Reference Passage</u>: … 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 commands anyone who would be His disciple to deny ourselves and follow Him.
Reference Passage: … Romans 12:1-2 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK ..
… God, thru Paul, shows Christians that our lives should be living sacrifices to/for our Lord, not following the ways of the world.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, David H Roper, AT THIS LINK …tells of an incident, walking in the woods, where he and friends encountered a bear at a distance [see photo]; and one of the author’s friends wanted to stop and take a photo; but the author said, “No, we must get out of here;” … showing the proper priority in the moment.
And then the ODB author used that illustration to show that we always need to have the right priorities as we pursue the choices in life we face as disciples of Christ. And Jesus certainly simplified our choices in Matt. 6:33 and Luke 9:23, didn’t He? Our #1 goal in life, as the linked song lead us, is to do what Paul called fellow Christians to do in Rom 12:1-2; and that is to become living sacrifices for our Lord, avoiding the ways of the world to follow God’s ways.
QUESTION: … Are we?
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing me the way to follow You thru Your word.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to do all we can today to stay in line with our Lord and follow His will and His ways by using His perfect “GPS” … His word. … 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 ou can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
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