October 10, 2021 … Using Our Freedom …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 283 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from William Matthew singing … Freedom … powerfully singing of the freedom we find from God’s Spirit when we surrender ourselves to the Lordship of King Jesus, .. our Messiah.

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Highlight Passage:  Romans 14:20 [NLT] …  

20 Don’t tear apart the work of God over what you eat. Remember, all foods are acceptable, but it is wrong to eat something if it makes another person stumble.   

… Paul showing fellow Christians to exercise love/grace in the freedom we have in Christ.            =============  

Highlight Passage [Context]: … Romans 14:13-21 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul shows fellow Christians how to exercise the freedom which comes from following the Lordship of Christ  

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Reference Passage: … Isaiah 61:1-2  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… God’s prophesy and promise, thru Isaiah, that God would send a Messiah to set us free from the shackles of sin, which was fulfilled in the Person of The Christ (see also Luke 4:16-21). 

Reference Passage: … John 8:32, 36  [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… Jesus declares that in Him we find freedom from our self-imposed shackles of sin.

Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 3:17  [NLT] …  

17 For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 

… Paul prayed that his fellow Christians would seek and rely on the Spirit-given wisdom imparted by Christ to His born-again followers.   

Reference Passage: … Galatians 5:13  [NLT] …  

13 For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love. 

… Paul prayed that his fellow Christians would seek and rely on the Spirit-given wisdom imparted by Christ to His born-again followers.  

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Leslie Koh, AT THIS LINK … writes about being free to swim and exercise in a public pool during the Covid-19 pandemic, … but choosing to refrain in deference to the author’s wife who was fearful that the author might spread the virus to vulnerable family members. 

We must remember that, tho we are free from the shackles of our sin and from God’s Law because of Christ (see  song and Scriptures above), … that freedom doesn’t give us license to impose our own feelings and dictates on others.  And I pray that all reading here are truly free in Christ; …  but using that freedom to share the love of our Lord with others.  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, …for setting me free to exercise Your love and grace with others. 

My Prayer Today:Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  to do all we can use Your freedom, Lord, to use Your grace to lovingly care for others. …   Amen 

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