Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 33
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from Chris Tomlin singing … Here I Am To Worship … singing of how God is calling us to worship Him in humility as He humbly worships and follows His Heavenly Father.
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Highlight Passage: … Psalm 16:1-2 [NLT] …
1 Keep me safe, O God, for I have come to You for refuge 2 I said to the Lord, “You are my Master! Every good thing comes from You.
… David’s humble prayer, acknowledging God’s greatness and His protective grace. ===============
<b><u>Highlight Passage [Context] </u>: … Psalm 16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … </b>
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+16&version=NLT
… David, escaping Saul, sings a prayer, knowing His humility before God will protect him. =============== .
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Matthew 11:29 [NLT] …
29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
… Jesus describes Himself as humble and gentle of heart.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Mark 10:43-45 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus teaches His disciples that to be leader among men, we must be humble and serve others … just as He served them.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … John 5:19 [NLT] …
19 So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
… Jesus, in claiming his position as the Son of God, explained to the Religious Leaders that He, as the Son of God, must humble Himself before His Heavenly Father.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Philippians 2:5-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to take on the humble attitude of our Lord.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Amy Boucher Pie AT THIS LINK … relates a personal story of her husband reminding her, when she taught or spoke in public, to keep her hands behind her back (see photo) to present more of a humble posture to those in her audience.
Taking a posture of humble servanthood is hard for us humans, is it? Our nature would have us pridefully want to step out in front and take control, … wouldn’t it? But as we read in the scriptures above, and take in the linked song, Jesus even described Himself, as the Son of God, to be humble and gentle of heart (see Matt 11:29 and John 5:18).
And so, if we are real disciples of Christ, then we would desire to be like our Lord, …right?! Therefore,… let’s be like the ODB author and take on a “hands behind our back” posture as we try to be like Jesus in interacting with others today.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing me Your humble attitude to be my model in serving others today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to be more like You, Lord, and humble ourselves in serving others 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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