Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 49
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Paul Baloche singing … You Lift Us Up… powerfully singing of how we, who are truly Christ’s disciples, are lifted up by God’s strength when are down and out.
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Highlight Passage: … Joshua 1:8 [NLT] …
8 Study this Book of Instruction [i.e., God's word] continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.
… God promises to lift Joshua up and give him power to lead God’s people … IF … Joshua would use and follow God’s ways thru His word.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Joshua 1:1-9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God assures and lifts up Joshua, who needs God’s strength to lift him up for the task ahead of taking God’s people into the Promised Land.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Isiah 41:10 [NLT] …
10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.
… God, thru Isaiah’s prophesy, promises to lift up those willing to faithfully follow Him.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Matthew 11:28-30 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus promises to lift up any who need to be yoked to His strength to lift us up.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … 2Corinthians 4:16-18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to never give up because of God’s power being available to those who trust the Lord when we’re down and out in troubles.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread< author, Mike Wittmer … AT THIS LINK … taught about a plane taking off from an aircraft carrier (see photo) after the carrier tuns into the wind to give the plane more lifting power on the wings.
In our lives, all of us have faced trials or challenges when we have felt too weak to lift off and fly successfully. But God’s word shows us our Lord’s promises to lift us up when we need His strength to cover our weakness … as Paul Baloche sings in the linked song. Have you ever been there, … being down - and almost out … needing a lift from God? Maybe you need that lift right now!
Joshua was certainly there <b>in the highlight passage</b>, where Moses had died and God showed Joshua as the Lord’s newly anointed Prophet how he would be successful if Joshua would use God’s word to lead His people into the Promised Land. And Isaiah would later give God’s people His promise (see Isaiah 41:10) to lift us up when we need the Lord’s strength. And finally, Jesus Himself, promises His disciples (that’s us!!) to give us HIS strength when we feel down and out (see Matt 11:28-30).
I’ve needed that power to give me a lift of God’s strength of late. How about you?
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving my Your empowering grace to lift me up so recently.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to be in surrender and seeking Your lift of strength, Lord, as we need it, … maybe even today! … 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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