Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 53
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Jesus Culture singing … Make us One … poignantly singing of how we must come together in the love of Christ, forgiving one another and being reconciled by the blood of Christ.
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Highlight Passage: … Colossians 4:10 [NLT] …
10 Aristarchus, who is in prison with me, sends you his greetings, and so does Mark, Barnabas’s cousin. As you were instructed before, make Mark welcome if he comes your way.
… Paul shows his forgiveness and reconciliation with (John) Mark after an earlier altercation and split - see Acts 15:36-41…
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Colossians 4:7-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul shows his love for those who’ve been with and supported him during his missionary journeys.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Matthew 5:23-26 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus preached reconciliation, especially when brothers/sisters are at odds with one another.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … 2Corinthians 5:18-21 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul teaches that since we have been reconciled to Christ by the shedding of His blood, we, who are in Christ, should be ambassadors of reconciliation to one another.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Ephesians 4:30-32 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul shows that fellow Christians should set aside petty differences and be reconciled by our relationship with Christ, … especial by His amazing love and grace.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Mike Wittmer … AT THIS LINK … wrote about the relationship between Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman (see photo), both psychologists but with vastly different personalities, … coming together and becoming friends , … enough so that they won a Nobel prize together in 2002. However. sometime later their differences caused a split in friendship …. but only for three days, … when Daniel learned that Amos had cancer, … the news cutting thru their differences to bring about a complete reconciliation of their friendship.
This story caused the ODB author to recall the differences of opinion between the Apostle Paul and Barnabas over the way John Mark should be handled in their joint ministry (again look up Acts 15:36-41). However, we know that Paul and Barnabas likely recalled; because we also know (see highlight passage), that Paul and Mark were totally reconciled and working together in ministry,
The ODB author today challenges his readers [that’s us!] to think of someone whom we may need - or simply must - forgive and do all we can to reconcile our differences because of the amazing love and grace our Lord gives us to do so. … I pray we move to do so today.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for helping me to have right relationships with my brother/sisters in Christ.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to do all we can to reconcile with anyone in our lives where differences separate us. … Amen
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