Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 109
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from an anonymous soloist worshipping and singing … We Gather Together … poignantly singing.the 16th century hymn about calling Christians to gather in public worship, singing praises to our Lord.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Deuteronomy 31:12 [NLT] …
12 Call them all together—men, women, children, and the foreigners living in your towns—so they may hear this Book of Instruction and learn to fear the Lord your God and carefully obey all the terms of these instructions.
… God’s call, thru Moses, for His people to come together and worship The Lord by obeying God’s word.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Deuteronomy 31:9-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
…Moses gives the Priests instruction on how God’s people should come together to gather in worship under God’s word and singing praises.
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Reference Passage: … John 4:23-24 [NLT] …
23 But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. 24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”.
… Jesus instructs the woman at the well about how the time had come when all would gather to worship the Messiah in Spirit and in truth.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Romans 12:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul instructs fellow Christians (and us) that we must come together and become living sacrifices of worship to/for our Lord, avoiding the ways of the world.
Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:16 [NLT] …
16 Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom He gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.
… Paul admonishes Christians to come together to worship by teaching each other His word and singing praises to His Name.
Reference Passage: … Hebrews 10:24-25 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s word in Hebrews about coming together to lift one another up in worship by the way we encourage one another and worship the Lord TOGETHER>
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Amy Boucher Pie … AT THIS LINK … wrote about a mother in a church worship service trying to shepherd a baby and two others (see photo) and being helped by others in the congregation so that the mother could relax and worship.
And this ODB scenario is an apt picture and what the scriptures above teach; … that we in the body of Christ are to come together to worship our Lord, ,,, yes, with communal praises and singing (see linked song); … BUT … our worship is to be more than just singing! It is to be coming together to help each other worship our God, … by encouraging and helping one another, … to become living sacrifices of worship by the way we live, … and to ALWAYS worship our Lord TOGETHER … in Spirit and in truth.
And I’m praying that all reading with me here experienced that communal worship last Sunday, which was Easter Sunday; but also by the way we come together as Christians … 24/7 - day by day - to live and love each other … EVERY DAY… just as Christ lived and loved in sacrifice for us.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for calling me to be your living sacrifice of praise and worship today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to do all we can today to come together as Your body, Lord, and to worship you in service to one another. 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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