Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 280
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from the group Hosanna Integrity singing … One Voice … poignantly singing of the need for Christians to come together to glorify God’s name with our unity of purpose in following Christ.
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Highlight Passage: Philippians 3:15 [NLT] …
5 Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you.
… Paul shows fellow Christians how to unify their differences by seeking our God’s Spirit for guidance and unity.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Philippians 3:12-16, 4:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul exhorted beloved Christians in Philippi to resolve their differences and find unity in Christ …
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Reference Passage: … Psalm 133:1 [NLT] …
1 How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
… King David wrote of the unity of God’s people as they, as pilgrims, traveled together to Jerusalem.
Reference Passage: … John 17:21 [NLT] …
21 I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.
… Jesus prayed for God’s children (i.e., His Church) to become one in our seeking to know and follow the One True God.
Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 13:11 [NLT] …
11 Dear brothers and sisters, … Be joyful. Grow to maturity. Encourage each other. Live in harmony and peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.
… Paul charges fellow Christians (that’s us too !!) to live in harmony and peace with one another so that God can impart His sanctifying grace to us.
Reference Passage: … Ephesians 4:1-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … </b>
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to come together in unity as they (we) follow Christ.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Dave Branon, AT THIS LINK … https://odb.org/in/2021/10/07/current-battles … uses the battle between Edison and Tesla over which type of electricity - AC or DC - should be used to power our lives … as an example of the need to resolve disunity amongst God’s people to accomplish God’s purposes in this life ….TOGETHER .
And if my fellow Christians take in the linked song and meditate on the Scriptures above, I pray we all realize that the divisions we’re experiencing in this world today will always lead us away from a productive relationship with God. And i pray we do all we can - today and tomorrow - to foster unity and peace … as we do all we can - in the Body of Christ - to come together as Christ prayed we would (see John 17:21); and as God calls us in His word (see Scriptures above).
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, …for showing me the way to find unity with YOU thru Your word.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to come together and find our unity in following You, Lord. … Amen
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