Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 101
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Nancy Helgesen singing … Are You Ready For His Coming … poignantly singing of how we, who know and worship King Jesus, must be prepared and ready for The Bridegroom, our Lord, coming for His Bride, the Church.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Matthew 24:42, …44 [NLT] …
42 “So you, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know what day your Lord is coming. … 44 You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected.
… Jesus admonishes His disciples (and that’s us too!) to be prepared - EVERY DAY - for our Lord to come again for those living who are born again believers.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Matthew 24:36-44 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus teaching on being ready for the time when He returns for His Bride (the Church).
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Reference Passage: … Luke 12:39-46 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus’ strong teaching to HIs disciples about being prepared for His return. <b>See especially <u>Verse 42</u>.</b>
Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 16:13 [NLT] …
13 Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong.
… Paul warns fellow Christians to be prepared and strong and firm in their (our) faith.
Reference Passage: … Ephesians 5:15-16 [NLT] …
15 So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. 16 Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days.
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to live wisely and prudently in these evil days.
Reference Passage: … Revelation 19:7-9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s revelation to John commands His Church to be prepared for the Wedding Feast of the Lamb like a bride preparing her linens for the return of Her groom.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, James Banks … AT THIS LINK … tells of rescuers finding the pocket watch of a professor, Elisha Mitchell, who had fallen to his death trying to prove that the Appalachian mountain, which now bears his name, was the tallest mountain each of the Mississippi river, … the watch showing the exact time of Mitchell’s death (see photo).
The point of this ODB entry, supported by the Scriptures above, is that those of us who believe in and follow Christ as our Lord and Messiah, are admonished - NO, … really commanded[!] - to ALWAYS be prepared for our Lord’s promised return. And having been an Eagle Scout, I recall the old motto of the Boy Scouts, which exhorts Scouts to ”Be Prepared !!”
And taking up that charge, I hope all born-again believers reading with me here, have taken in the linked song and meditated on God’s call, thru His word above, for vigilance and are prepared and ready for our Lord’s return. But, … if we’re not ready, … perhaps we should be preparing ourselves; because King Jesus could return today!
My THANKFULNESS ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for Your promised return. … I’m ready!
My Prayer Today< Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to ready ourselves for Your return, Lord, … maybe even 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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