August 15, 2021 … Sharing God’s Grace …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 227 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Laura Story, singing her song  … Grace Abounds … Poignantly singing of how God’s grace, when shared in the world by Christian in enough to deal with the needs of the world. 

 

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Highlight Passage:  Acts 4:33 [ESV] …  

33 And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.  

… God’s power what shared with all in the early church as they shared God’s grace with each other.            

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Highlight Passage [Context]: …  Acts 4:32-35 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

…  After the resurrection the Disciples and the early church shared God’s grace with any/all and the power of God’s grace was on them all, working together to meet the needs of all.           

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Reference Passage:  Matthew 5:7 [ESV] …  

<i>   7 ”Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. </i> 

… Jesus teaches His followers that share His mercy is the way they received His mercy.

Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:12-13 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK  ... 

… Paul, exhorting fellow Christians to be like Christ, … sharing God’s love, grace, and mercy with others.

Reference Passage: … 2Timothy 2:1 [ESV] … 

1 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,…  

… Paul charges Timothy to find his strength in his relationship with Christ;  and [see also 2Cor. 12:9 in photo] share that grace with others as Christ has shared His grace with believers …. 

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 5:10 [ESV] … 

10 And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. 

… Peter writes to persecuted Christians that God’s grace will strengthen them (and us too!) when we’re willing to rely on and trust in the Lord. 

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Kirsten Holmberg AT THIS LINK  … writes of her young adopted son, who spent his early years in an orphanage, being willing to share his clothes and many of his favorite toys with other children in an orphanage, showing that he had a heart of grace, willing to share God’s grace with others in need.  

  

And that was the heart of the those in the early church (see the highlight passage), who recognized that it was God’s grace, thru Christ, which had saved them and they were willing to share God’s grace with others in need.  

And as readers with me here take in Laura Story’s touching song and the scriptures above, we need to ask ourselves whether we Christians remember the truth that we share God’s power when we’re willing to share His AMAZING grace with others.  And so, I pray we all do just that today … and tomorrow. 

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your grace so that I can share it with others who desperately need Your amazing grace.         

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  to reach out today to share the wondrous power and grace You, Lord, have given to us.   … Amen 

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