Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 64
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Selah singing … You Are My Hiding Place … poignantly singing of how we Christians always have a plane to go when we feel overwhelmed by life … into the hands of our Lord and Savior.
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Highlight Passage: … Psalms 32:7 [NLT] …
7 For You are my hiding place; You protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory.
… After hiding and then confessing his sin against God with Bathsheba (see Psalm 51), David learns that his God is ALWAYS his “go to” for health and healing from his transgressions in life.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Psalm 32 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… King David, after confessing and being saved by God’s mercy <b>(see Psalm 51)</b>, expresses how His God gave him healing from the anguish of his hidden sin.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Psalms 17:8, … 27:5 [NLT] … SEE THIS LINK …
… David shows his faith in his God as his hiding place in times of trouble, trial, or tribulation. In these times David, in faith, came to trust God for His mercy and grace.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Matthew 11:28-30 [NLT] … SEE THIS LINK …
… Jesus, Himself, offers ANYONE to come and yoke ourselves to His strength when we feel weakened in life.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … 2Corinthians 12:9-10 [NLT] … SEE THIS LINK …
… Paull shares Jesus’ promise to be there, in our times of weakness or need, with His sufficient, enabling, and empowering grace.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … 1John 1:9 [NLT] …
9 But if we confess our sins to Him, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from ALL wickedness.
… God, thru John, promises His cleansing when we’re willing to confess our sins to Him.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Arthur Jackson, … AT THIS LINK … writes of how Christian minister and sculpture, Doug Mercy, created his “hiding place hands” sculpture (see photo) to depict his feelings of being able to take his many trials/troubles to the Lord, … even in his worst times. And we can too !!!
And like Merkey, King David found that same reliance on the strength of HIs God when, … often, … David was in deep doo-doo trouble; but he came to know and trust God to be his “hiding place” see David’s Psalms above. This was especially true after David had confessed and was delivered from his hidden sin with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband. In Psalm 51 … [I would expect you know that one] …. we read of David’s confession and in Psalm 32 [see above] we read of David’s renewal and deliverance.
Oh, how I pray today that all reading here recognize the truths of the Scriptures above and we all have discovered, what the group Selah sings about in the linked song, … that our God is our hiding place … EVERYDAY!!
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for a place I can go … anytime … anywhere … to hide in Your mercy and grace.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to trust in You, Lord, as our hiding place today and all days. Amen
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