Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 1
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from The Gettys singing … Speak O Lord … poignantly singing of how we, as Christians, get to know and follow the Living God thru His living word.
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Highlight Passage: … John 1:1 [NLT] …
17 In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.
… God’s word, given to John, to show us that our Lord was and is the Word Who became flesh to dwell among us as the Son of God.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … John 1:1-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s word, thru John, shows the world Whom we worship, being the truth of the living Word of God.
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Reference Passage: … John 5:39 [NLT] …
39 “You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!
… Jesus declared to the religious leaders of His day and to the world that God’s word - our Old Testament - points clearly to Himself as the Son of God.
Reference Passage: … John 17:17 [NLT] …
17 Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth..
… Jesus prayed that HIs disciples would be made right with God - i.e. sanctified - by His word (i.e., His truth).
Reference Passage: … Philippians 2:6-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...
… God, thru Paul, shows us that The Word became flesh and dwelt among us as God’s Son, ultimately to die on a cross for our sins.
Reference Passage … 2Timothy 3:16-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...
… God has given us His word to reveal Himself and to guide us in living this life for/with Him.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Amy Boucher Pye, AT THIS LINK … told of a young Philippine girl in college, aspiring to become a writer, who discovered God by reading the truth of <b>the highlight passage</b> in today’s ODB entry.
Oh, my fellow Christian reading with me here, what do we really have in God’s word <b>(see photo)</b>? As the girl in the ODB entry discovered, … God’s word is His clear description of Himself. It’s how we come to know the truth of His calling to be saved and sanctified by His word (see John’s scriptures above).
Yes, God’s word is everything Paul declared to Timothy (and us) in 2Tim 3:16-17. It’s the “GPS” that God has given us to guide us thru life. The question which glares from this ODB entry today is “Do we believe and use God’s truth (i.e., His word) in the way He intended for us to use it?” And if not, why not? Good questions to ponder as we enter a New Year, aren’t they?
My THANKFULNESS</u>:</b> ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving us Your living truth to follow in this New Year.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to seek and follow You, Lord, into he New Year by using Your living word. … 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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