Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 209
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Selah singing … How Deep the Father’s Love … Poignantly singing of the infinite and eternal extent of God’s love for His beloved bride, … the Church.
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Highlight Passage: Song of Solomon 8:6 [NIV] …
13 Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death …
… Solomon shows that God’s love is as unrelenting and unending as death …
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Song of Solomon 8:6-7 [NIV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Solomon writes about the unending … undying … love of God.
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Reference Passage: … Psalm 86:15 [NLT] …
15 But you, O Lord, are a God of compassion and mercy slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
… King David prays to His God, Whom he knows has an unending love for those who humbly seek after that love
Reference Passage: … Zephaniah 3:17 [NLT] …
17 For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, He will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.”
… God, thru Zephaniah, declares the extent of The coming Messiah’s love for God’s chosen Who will come to save His loved ones.
Reference Passage: … John 3:16 [NLT] …
16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
… Jesus proclaims the love His Heavenly Father has for mankind.
Reference Passage: … Romans 8:38-39 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul shows fellow Christian the extent and jealously of our Savior’s love for His bridegroom (i.e., the Church), … showing that NOTHING can separate us from His love.
Reference Passage: … Galatians 2:20 [NLT] …
20 My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself for me.
… Paul declares the extent of God’s love for him and all who truly trust in Christ in that our Lord was willing to give Himself up for us.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Julie Schwab, AT THIS LINK … relates a lovely story of a daughter, Alyssa Mendoza, who received a pre-timed email from her father with instructions on how to celebrate the upcoming wedding anniversary of Alyssa’s dad and mom. But the poignant love in that email came out in the reality that Alyssa’s dad had died months earlier, showing just how much her father loved her mom, knowing that when he was dying he made sure his love for his “bride” would be expressed even beyond the grave.
And what a poignant love story illustrating our Lord’s love for His bride, the Church; and how His love led Him to die on a Roman cross, showing His eternal love for any/all who trust in the infinite love of our Lord.
And as any reader here takes in the linked song and the Scriptures above, I know you will join me with a thankful “Hallelujah” in praise and thanks for the undying love of our Savior. And perhaps we can - and really we should - reach out today to follow our Lord’s command (see John 13:34-35 - look it up if you don’t know it!) to share His love with others.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for loving me so that I can share that love with someone today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to reach out with gratitude for Your love, Lord, and share a little of Your eternal love with someone else today. … Amen
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