Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 121
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Third Day singing … Jesus, Light of the World … poignantly singing of how Jesus is the Light Who leads us out of our darkness.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Genesis 1:2-3 [NLT] …
2 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. … 3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
… God creates the light to separate the day from the night.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Genesis 1:1-5[NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s first creation was to bring the light of day out of the darkness of night ===============
Reference Passage: … Psalms 119:105, 130 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… King David sings God’s word being the light we follow out of the darkness of this world.
Reference Passage: … Matthew 5:14-16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus charges His followers to become His light, shining in the darkness of the world to show the way to Him by the way we live.
Reference Passage: … John 8:12 [NLT] …
12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”
… Jesus teaches His followers and enemies that He came to be the light of the world.
Reference Passage: … 1John 1:5-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s word, thru John, teaches that we come out of the darkness of sin and are cleansed when we follow His light.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Kirsten Holmberg … AT THIS LINK … ells how, in teaching words her baby daughter the names of various things in the baby’s life, the little one’s first declared word was not “daddy or mommy,” as the parents might have expected; but rather it was “dight” … a mispronounced version of “light.”
LIGHT is a very important concept in all of Scripture, being a characterization of God, Who, as we know created and separated light from the darkness of this world as His first creation (see highlight passage). And when Jesus came into the world, He called Himself to be “The light of the world,” (see John 8:12), charging those who would follow Him to come out of the darkness of sin into the light of God’s grace (see Matt 5:14-16 and 1John 1:5-7), and to shine His light for all to see Him thru the way we live.
And from this ODB entry, I’m convicted to ask myself what I can do today to shine God’s light thru the way I live my life for His glory. Will you join me to be a light-bearer for our God today?
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your light to shine so that others can see You.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to be Your light-bearer for God’s glory 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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