Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 21
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from Chris Tomlin singing … I Will Follow … poignantly singing of how we, as Christ’s disciples must be willing to follow Him in His service … ALWAYS.
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Highlight Passage: … John 9:4a [NLT] …
4 We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us.
… Jesus calls on His disciples to be willing to do all they (and we) can to serve God whenever we can to serve our Heavenly Father.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … John 9:1-12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus heals a blind man on the Sabbath to show that He was about doing all He could, whenever He could, to carry out the will of His Father.
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Reference Passage: … John 12:26 [NLT] …
26 Anyone who wants to serve me must follow me, because my servants must be where I am. And the Father will honor anyone who serves me.
… Jesus commands His disciples (and that’s us too!) to be willing to follow and serve the Lord in all we think, say, and do.
Reference Passage: … Romans 12:1 [NLT] …
16 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all He has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind He will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship Him.
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to live for Christ … ALWAYS, … becoming living agents of sacrifice in all we think, say, and do.
Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 15:58 [NLT] …
58 So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.
… Paul teaches fellow Christians that anything AND everything we do for the Lord is never in vain.
Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:17, 23-24 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul teaching fellow Christians how to live for Christ … in all things … ALWAYS!
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, John Blasé, AT THIS LINK … writes of a billionaire who decided to give away his fortune (see photo), doing good for the world while he was still living, saying, “I believe strongly in giving while living. I see little reason to delay giving. . . . Besides, it’s a lot more fun to give while you live than to give while you’re dead.”
And for Christians, that’s the attitude we’re called to have by Jesus and His Apostles, … like Paul, isn’t it (see Scriptures above)? it’s the “give while we live” attitude that Christ exhibited when He healed the blind man in the highlight passage; and it’s the attitude and action Christ calls us to have to become the living sacrifices that Paul called fellow Christians to become (see Rom 12:1, 1Cor 15:58 and Col 3:17).
So, I pray that we all do ALL we can to serve our Lord’s call to service in His Name today.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving us, … Your disciples, … Your enabling grace to serve You today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to do all we can to be Your living sacrifices in service to You, Lord, today. . … Amen
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