Berry Patch Devotions in 2021- Day 247
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from Keith Green who sings … Make My Life a Prayer To You … poignantly singing of how we, who are in Christ, should desire that our very lives be a prayer, unfolding to honor our Lord.
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Highlight Passage: Matthew 6:6 … [NLT] …
6 But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.. … “
… Jesus shows us how to pray …
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Matthew 6:6-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus shows His disciples how to pray.
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Reference Passage: … Matthew 26:41 [NLT] …
41 Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!”
… Jesus commanded His disciples to be watchful and praying to avoid temptation.
Reference Passage: … Ephesian 6:18 [NLT] …
18 Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.
… Paul teaches that fellow Christians should be prayer warriors, taking and holding the high ground of prayer in our daily spiritual battles.
Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] …
<i> 6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.</i>
… Instead of worrying, and seeking God’s peace in life, we should pray, pray, pray !!
Reference Passage: … 1Thessalonians 5:17-18 [NLT] …
17 Never stop praying. 18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to have an attitude of continual thankful prayer.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Cindy Hess Kasper, AT THIS LINK … tells of her grandfather who grew in his faith to become a strong and loyal prayer warrior, … to the point, at his passing. the ODB author’s husband gave her grandma a “praying hands” plant (see photo) to help her grandmother remember their family prayer warrior.
And Jesus wanted His disciples to remember the importance of our prayer in his sermon on the mount (see Matt. 6:6) and then later in the Garden of Gethsemane (see Matt. 26:41). And the Apostle Paul taught repeatedly (see Pauline Scriptures above) about how we born-again believers must become prayer warriors, praying daily for one another and to avoid temptation in our lives.
So, I pray that all reading with me here become diligent prayer warriors, … DAILY … and almost momentarily … taking our concerns to the Lord as Jesus taught in His model prayer (see Matt 6:9-13). So, join me … let’s pray !!
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing us how to pray.
My Prayer Today Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to lift up our concerns today to You, Lord, in prayer. … 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 you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
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