Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 34
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from Chris Tomlin singing … I Will Rise … singing of how God gives us a new life in Christ, which is a “do-over” for the days we are surrendered to His Lordship where we can rise above the old self to the new self we have in Christ.
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Highlight Passage: … 2Corinthians 5:16-17 [NLT] …
16 So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now! 17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
… Paul shows that in Christ we have a whole new existence, not the old which is judged on our sinfulness but by Christ residing in those who’ve surrendered in faith to the Lordship of Christ.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … 2Corinthians 5:11-21 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul teaches the truth to fellow Christians about the newness of life that we have by surrendering ourselves to Christ.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Jeremiah 29:11 [NLT] …
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
… God’s Messianic promise, thru Jeremiah, to His people, … a promise of newness when Messiah comes to save God’s lost, but chosen, people.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … John 3:16 [NLT] …
16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
… Jesus promises a new - ETERNAL - life for anyone who is willing to believe and surrender to the Lordship of Christ.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Ephesians 4:21-24 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul teaches Godly truth about putting on the newness we have, thru God’s Spirit, when we surrender to Christ’s Lordship in this life.
Highlight Passage [Context]: …Revelation 21:1-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God reveals to John, and anyone who believes in His revelation, that all things will be made new by the Lord when He comes to reign on His throne.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Leslie Koh AT THIS LINK … relates that the Chinese new year brings some traditions that should be helpful for all Christians, … such as putting on new clothes, cleaning house, and paying off old debts, … all of which should be symbolic - for the Christian - of the new start we can have ANYTIME we surrender more fully to the Lordship of Christ.
Each year on Dec. 31st, my computer reminds me to read and meditate on a poem by Woodrow Kroll entitled “Start Over.” … GO TO THIS LINK . The poem reminds me of the DO-OVER God gives any born-again Christian … anytime … we remember and activate God’s promises from His word found in the Scriptures above.
So, if we believe God’s word, then why don’t we activate a Chinese New Year and Christian commitment to START OVER … TODAY … with a new commitment to surrender to Christ’s Lordship and follow Him more rigorously than ever.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me another “Do-Over” day today … and another tomorrow when I’m in surrender to follow You.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to get going AGAIN today by following You, Lord, in the newness we have in Christ. … Amen
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