Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 359
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from the group Pentatonic singing … Mary Did You Know … poignantly singing of how young Mary gives birth to a child that she would later realize was her savior and Lord of all.
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Highlight Passage: … Philippians 2:6-11 [NLT] …
6 Though He was God, He did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. 7 Instead, He gave up is divine privileges; He took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being.
… What a thought! The child in a Bethlehem manger becomes The Messiah, just as was prophesied by Isaiah (see Isaiah 9:1-7).700+ years earlier.
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Highlight Passage [Context] : …Philippians 2:6-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul tells of the child being born Who would become the King of kings.
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Reference Passage: … Isaiah 9:1-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God promises, thru the Prophet Isaiah, a Messiah Who would be born in Bethlehem and become the King of kings and Lord of lords.
Reference Passage: … Colossians 1:15-20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The One, born in that Bethlehem manger, is Yahweh, … God Almighty , … King of kings, … Lord of lords.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Sheridan Voysey, AT THIS LINK … asks his readers to imagine that scene in a Bethlehem manger, maybe a cave, maybe a stall for cattle, … but a manger none-the-greater, … where a babe was born; but one that his blessed Mother didn’t even realize fully that she had given birth to the King of Kings … the Lord of lords, … God Almighty in the form of a baby, … the One we celebrate today as our Lord and Savior, … this Christmas King.
For years, … this humble writer and disciple of King Jesus, has revered the highlight passage as being my favorite Christmas passage; because it describes Whom was born to that humble - but blessed - virgin. He’s the baby Who was Mary’s (and our) King. This Christmas child was her (and our) Lord, and the one, as the linked song sings, would save her from her sins … and anyone else - like me or you - who would surrender to repent and receive God’s saving grace.
Oh how I pray, on this Christmas day, that all who read here are celebrating what that Christmas child did for us all by becoming a cell, conceived in Mary’s womb by God’s Spirit, and the One Who was raised by a humble carpenter to become THE ONE Who went to the cross and died and was raised from the dead to show the world that He was - AND IS - King Jesus, … God Almighty!
I celebrate today … The Christmas Child Who saved me; … how about you?
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for setting aside Your glory to become that Babe in the manger, … Whom we celebrate today as our King of kings and Lord of lords.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to celebrate the coming of our Christmas child, … born to die on a cross to save us all!! … Amen
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