Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 323
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from David Crowder and Tauren Wells singing … All My Hope Is In Jesus… poignantly singing of how we, as born-again Christians, have our hope to move forward today thru the hope we have in our Lord.
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Highlight Passage: … Lamentations 3:22-23 [NLT] …
22 The faithful love of the Lord never ends. His mercies never cease. 23 Great is His faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each morning.
… Though devastated by God allowing the destruction Judah, Jeremiah finds hope in the reality of God’s faithfulness and His mercies - new every morning.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Lamentations 3:20-23 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
…Jeremiah grieves over the losses as Judah is consumed by Babylon, … yet he has hope in God’s promised future for the Lord’s chosen ones.
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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...
… God, thru Solomon, charges us to trust in Him, … no matter our circumstances.
Reference Passage: … Matthew 11:28-30 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...
… When we’re feeling weak or down, Jesus invites us to yoke ourselves to His strength.
<b><u>Reference Passage</u>: … 2Corinthians 1:5 [NLT] … </b>
<i> . 5 For the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with His comfort through Christ. </i>
…Paul also shows fellow Christians God’s ability to give comfort and strength to those who suffer for Christ’s sake.
Reference Passage</u>: … 2Corinthians 12:9 [NLT] …
9 Each time He said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.
… Deeply in pain and suffering, Paul remembered Jesus’ promise that He would provide us with the strength of His empowering grace to cover our weaknesses.
Reference Passage: … 1Peter 5:6-7 [NLT] …
6 So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time He will lift you up in honor. 7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you.
… Pete exhorts fellow persecuted Christians to give their (our) cares to our God, Who cares infinitely deeply for them (us).
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Karen Huang, AT THIS LINK … tells of how difficult it has been taking care of her father, who is slowly going down in function due to a fatally progressive neurological disease; … yet finding strength to move forward … day-by-day … from knowing the truths proclaimed from God’s word (see Scriptures cited above).
Those truths from God in His word, from such biblical luminaries as Jeremiah, Solomon, the Apostles Paul and Peter, and no less than Jesus, Himself, tell us that we can trust and rely on God’s mercies and His grace … day by day by day by day, … no mater what we face; because our God cares for us and His grace is eternally capable of providing us with the strength and direction we need when we just don’t think we can go on … ONE MORE DAY.
So, please don’t go on today, … no matter where your are, fellow Christian, … without using the song link to hear of God’s promises of the hope we have in King Jesus to move forward … ONE MORE DAY!
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your strength to move on … ONE MORE DAY!
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to trudge forward - ONE MORE DAY - as You, Lord, provide us with Your empowering 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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