Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 27
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from Matthew West singing … Forgiveness … singing of how God has commanded us to go beyond ourselves and forgive others when we’ve been wronged.
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Highlight Passage: … Romans 12:17-18 [NLT] …
17 Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. 18 Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to let go of grudges and live in peach with all as much as we can.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Romans 12:12-21 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Paul, teaches forgiveness rather that holding grudges or seeking revenge.
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Reference Passage: … Leviticus 19:18 [NLT] …
18 “Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
… Moses relates God’s instructions for Godly living which includes letting go of any grudges and living in peace with one another.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Matthew 5:43-44 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus commands His followers (and disciples0 to go beyond God’s commands to “love your neighbor” [see Lev 19:18] … and to even “love your enemies,” … praying for them.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Matthew 6:14-15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus in His sermon on the mountain teaches His followers to forgive others who have wronged us if we desire our Heavenly Father to forgive us of our trespasses.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Ephesians 4:31-32 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul passes along God’s desire to fellow Christians to get rid of all past anger or bitterness and to forgive one another as Christ as forgiven us.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Marvin Williams AT THIS LINK … relates a story of two old CFL football players who got in a fight on stage a league event from a grudge which they had held for years. And as the fight went on, those in attendance at the event, cried out, ”Let it go!!”, which is good - and Godly - advice for anyone who holds onto anger and enmity toward another for any length of time.
God’s word, repetitively, in the Old and New Testaments <b>(see Scriptures above)</b>. commands us, as disciple of Christ, to let go of any grudges we hold onto and to do as Matthew West sings in the linked song … i.e., to forgive and show love to any who’ve wronged us in the past.
And that’s my prayer for anyone reading here who might be holding on to a desire to seek vengeance for any wrong which was done to us in the past. Common, dear one, … let’s LET IT GO with a forgiving heart, … praying for any who’ve wronged us and moving on with the peace of Christ in our hearts today.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing me how to forgive those who’ve wronged me in my past.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to forgive anyone in our past who’ve wronged us and to move on in peace … Your peace, Lord. … Amen
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