October 30, 2021 … Our Calling By Christ …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 303 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from a Christian artist singing … I Hear the Savior Calling< … poignantly singing of our Lord’s calling to salvation and service by His resurrection from the dead.    

Now a prisoner chosen to serve Christ ... 

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Reference Passage: … 2Timothy 1:9  [NLT] …   

9 For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was His plan from before the beginning of time—to show us His grace through Christ Jesus. 

… God reminds Timothy - and us - of a Christian’s calling to a holy life, serving our Lord.   

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<b><u>Highlight Passage [Context] </u>: …  2Timothy 1:6-14 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … </b>

… Paul, reminding Timothy of the young Christian’s calling by Christ to serve his Lord.     

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Reference Passage: … John 15:16 [NLT] …  

16 You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.  

… Jesus, in the upper room, reminds His disciples (and us now) of our calling to be fruitful by living for Him the rest of their (our) lives.

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 1:26-27 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK ...  

… Paul reminds fellow Christians that God calls us - not by our strength and wisdom - but for our service to Him and thru Him.  

<b><u>Reference Passage</u>: … Ephesians 4:1-3 [NLT] …   USE THIS LINK ...  </b>

… Again Paul reminds fellow Christians (like us!) of living lives worthy of our calling by Christ to serve Him.      

Reference Passage: … 2Peter 1:10 [NLT] …   

10 So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away. 

… Peter charges persecuted Christians to hold fast to their surrendered commitment to serve Christ    

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Alyson Kieda, AT THIS LINK  … relates a story of an imprisoned gang leader (see photo) who was called thru a dream to a saving relationship with Christ, … calling the young man to serve the Lord, sharing his faith and transformation with other prisoners.  

And, my dear fellow Christian, if you take in the linked song and the Scriptures above, we are reminded that our chosen lives are now to live lives worthy of our calling as Christians.  And I’m convicted to remember that truth and to do all I can to live out that calling, even as I write these words today.  

What about you, dear one?   What can we be doing today to reach out in the Name of our Lord, and to share our testimony of salvation and service from and for King Jesus.       

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for saving me to serve You today.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  to serve You, dear Lord, today.   … Amen

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