June 7, 2021 … Christ - Our Cornerstone …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 158 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Pat Barrett singing …Build My Life … poignantly singing of how, as Christians, must build our lives on the foundation of a relationship with Christ. 

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Highlight Passage:  Proverbs 14:1 [ESV] …  

2 The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down. 

… Solomon shows how a wise/sstrong woman builds a life led by a fear of God.            

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Highlight Passage [Context]: …  Proverbs 14:1-3, 26-27, 33 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Solomon, shows what that it takes a fear of God and seeking His wisdom to build a strong/sound life. 

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Reference Passage: … Matthew 7:24-27 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Jesus teaches that only by following His directions can we build a life that will hold up during the storms of life which will come. 

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 3:9-11 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul shows fellow Christians that one can only build a life with a strong foundation by following Christ. 

Reference Passage: … Galatians 2:20 [ESV] …  

20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself for me. 

… When we’re able to die to self and surrender to Christ, He becomes the foundation of the way we live our lives.

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 2:19-22 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also shows Christians that Christ must the the cornerstone of the life we build by following Him and the wisdom of the ages.  

 

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Linda Washington, AT THIS LINK  … Uses the life of an 18th century slave, Isabella Baumfree, who renamed herself, “Sojourner Truth,” after she was freed, became a Christian, and chose to follow Christ to build the foundation of her life, … following the truth of Proverbs 14:1 above.  

And that is the challenge - and the choice - that every one of us must make in life, … to build our lives on our selves or the Savior.  It is the message Pat Barrett sings about in the linked song; and it’s the truth told by Solomon in the OT as well as Jesus and His Apostles (see Scriptures above).  And like Sojourner Truth, I pray all reading here with me are joining me to make Christ the cornerstone of how we build our lives for Gods’ glory.  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for being the cornerstone of the life I build on my Rock of faith.     

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to build our lives with You, Lord, and Your word as our cornerstone of truth.   … Amen

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