Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 218
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Dallas Holm singing … Rise Again … Poignantly singing of how our our Lord declares that no matter what man could do to Him to put Him down, … He will rise again.
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Highlight Passage: Proverbs 24:16 [NIV] …
16 The Godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again. But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked.
… Solomon declares that the world and our flesh may see the Godly tripped up repeatedly; but those who who follow the Messiah can get up again over and over.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Proverbs 24:15-18 [NIV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Solomon, shows believers that you can’t keep the righteous man/woman down.
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Reference Passage: … Psalm 23:1-4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… King David realized and declared that he served a Good Shepherd who would lift him up, even when he went thru the darkest valleys of life.
Reference Passage: … Isaiah 40:28-31 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God. thru Isaiah, shows believers that the Lord’s strength is always there to allow us to RISE AGAIN, no matter what we may face in life.
Reference Passage: … John 16:33 [NLT] …
33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
… Jesus declares to His inner disciples, and to us, that we will be put down by the sorrows and trials … and the world … BUT we serve a risen Lord Who has overcome those forces which work to keep us down.
Reference Passage: … Romans 8:28 [NLT] …
28 And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them.
… Paul realized that we can rise up from any struggle because no matter what we face that would put us down, it is for for our good and God’s glory.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Lisa M Samra, AT THIS LINK … writes of half-marathon runner Ryan Hall, who had experienced many defeats in his competitive running; but from those defeats, he picked himself up and came back to ultimately set the American Record in his event; and he did so, according to His faith in the truth of Proverbs 24:16, God’s truth that our Lord will always be there with His strength to lift us up when we are down in life.
We all know that there are going to be times in life when we get knocked down, defeated, or weakened. However, those of us who know and follow King Jesus in life should know, from the truth of the Scriptures above, … that any and every time we’re knocked down, we can rise again because of the power Jesus gives us from the time He was felled and then rose again to show us that his power always defeats the forces that will try to take us down. And just as our Lord rose again, as sung in the linked song; … and because He has over come the world (see Jesus’ words in John 16:33; we can be like the ancient Phoenix <b>(see photo)</b> and rise up again to follow our Lord.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me the power of Your enabling grace to rise again when I’m down, just as I am now facing intense physical pain. And even tho it has me down now, I know - that one day - I will rise again from this because You will lead me home to a risen, restored … and pain-free … life.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to express our thanks for Your empowering grace, Lord, which gives us the strength to rise again from any of our falls in life. … Amen
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