Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 321
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from the group Big Daddy Weave singing … Redeemed … poignantly singing of how we how we, as born-again Christians, are redeemed by our faith in God’s love and His grace thru the blood of Christ.
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Highlight Passage: … Isaiah 43:4 [NLT] …
4 … you are precious to Me. You are honored, and I love you.
… The four fishermen recognized the wondrous greatness of Christ and decided to follow Him into newness of life.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Isaiah 43:1-4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
…God, thru Isaiah, assures His chosen, and reluctant people that He will love them forever.
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Reference Passage: … Zephaniah 3:17 [NLT] …
17 For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.”
… God, thru the Prophet, assures His people that He will always love them.
Reference Passage: … John 3:16 [NLT] …
16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
… Jesus declares the extent of His love and redeeming grace.
Reference Passage: … Romans 5:8 [NLT] …
8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
…Paul shows fellow Christians the extent of God’s love.
Reference Passage: … Romans 8:38 [NLT] …
38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love
…Paul also shows fellow Christians that once we surrender to receive God’s saving and sanctifying grace, NOTHING can separate us from His love.
Reference Passage: … Galatians 2:20 [NLT] …
20 My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me
…Paul recognized, and shares with fellow Christians, that he (and we) are redeemed and become new when we give ourselves TOTALLY to follow Christ.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Leslie Koh, AT THIS LINK … tells of a young man, named Tenny, who felt insecure in adulthood because his earthly father had never showed love to him; and so, Tenny had always felt unloved and unworthy. … But, when He was born-again in Christ, Tenny felt the love of God thru his relationship with Christ, … recognizing that God’s redeeming love was his forever.
And I hope that all reading here with me have taken in the linked song and ALL the scriptures above; … because from the Old Testament to the New, from God’s love letter - i.e., His word - we meditate on the truth about God’s redeeming and promised love for ALL who receive His eternal grace and forgiveness.
Do you know that love, fellow Christian?! I do because I come here every morning to be showered in my God’s love thru His word (see photo); and in that love, I feel His redeeming grace. I pray you do too!!
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for the love You shower on me, daily, Lord thru Your word.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to be showered today with Your love, Lord, … feeling redeemed by Your grace. … 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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