Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 65
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Hillsong, leading in worship, and singing … Holy Spirit, Rain Down … poignantly singing of how at times we Christians simply need to surrender to God’s Spirit, especially when we don’t know what or how to pray
==============
Highlight Passage: … Romans 8:26 [NLT] …
26 And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.
… Paul shows God’s Spirit being there to intercede before God’s throne of grace for those who don’t know how/what to pray.
===============
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Romans 8:22-27 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul teaches truth about God’s Spirit being there for believers by interceding on our behalf when we don’t know how or what to pray.
========== .
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Psalm 116:1-2 [NLT] … SEE THIS LINK …
… The faith of a psalmist singing of God ALWAYS being there to bend down to hear the prayers of a surrendered believer.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … SEE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Solomon, promises to ALWAYS be there to guide a believer who is totally surrendered to follow our Lord.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … John 4:24 [NLT] …
24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”.
… Jesus teaches the Samaritan “woman at the well” (and us too) that worshipping God, as a Spirit, requires us to worship Him in the Spirit.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Ephesians 6:18 [NLT] …
18 Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.
… Paul shows that we, who are in battle for the Lord, must do all we can - ALWAYS - to seek the Lord by praying IN THE SPIRIT.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Elisa Morgan, … AT THIS LINK … used a story of the author’s younger brother having to undergo surgery to clip the shortened “tie” under his tongue to release the tongue to be able to swallow and speak normally. The genetic condition is called being “tongue-tied;” which is easily corrected with surgery.
And the Spiritual condition which the condition and surgery illustrates for our lives is Christians being “tongue-tied” emotionally or spiritually when we are overwhelmed by life. Even as born-again Christians, at times we just don’t know what or how to pray (see photo and highlight passage). And in those dark moments, we have to rely on our trust that God will ALWAYS hear and lead us (see Ps 116:1-2 and Prov 3:5-6). And as Paul taught in dealing with Spiritual warfare, we need to surrender to God’s Spirit as we go to God in prayer (see Eph 6:18).
My friend(s) … there are always going to be times when we’re in the dark, “tongue-tied” in prayer; but I’m praying today that we can muster our spirits to surrender to God’s Spirit and let Him pray for us before God’s throne of grace.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for being there, Holy Spirit, as my advocate before God’s throne.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to trust in You, Lord, to pray for us when we’re “tongue-tied” in our seeking prayer. Amen
=============
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.
No comments:
Post a Comment