Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 124
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Kristian Stanfill from the group Passion singing … More Like Jesus … poignantly singing of how we, who are born-again in Christ are called to serve others like He served us.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … 2Corinthians 9:13 [NLT] …
13 As a result of your ministry, they will give glory to God. For your generosity to them and to all believers will prove that you are obedient to the Good News of Christ.
… Paul leads and teaches fellow Christians to reach out and use the ministry of service to others to show the good news of the gospel of Christ.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … 2Corinthians 9:12-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Paul, exhorts believers to serve others, showing the driving grace behind Christ’s service for all who follow Him as Lord and Messiah.
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Reference Passage: … John 13:1-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus showed His willingness as their Messiah to serve His disciples by washing their feet, which they didn’t understand at the time but later would imitate by service to others as His called Apostles.
Reference Passage: … Acts 20:35 [NLT] …
35 And I have been a constant example of how you can help those in need by working hard. You should remember the words of the Lord Jesus: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
… Paul shows fellow Christians that they (we) that like Jesus said, it is always <u>more blessed to give than to receive</u>.
Reference Passage: … Galatians 6:9-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul teaches fellow Christians that we must never grow weary of serving others as Jesus has served us.
Reference Passage: … Philippians 2:3-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians (like us) to reach out and help others, like Christ would, rather than thinking of our own desires.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Kimya Loder… AT THIS LINK … tells of a ministry in California which serves their community by providing food with their mission, as they promote the Gospel, saying, “As believers in Christ, God desires for us to use what we’ve been given to bless others, drawing our communities closer to Him. How can we develop a heart for service that brings glory to God?”
And if readers with me today, have taken in the linked song and meditated on the Scriptures above, the lesson is clear, isn’t it? Jesus showed His disciples in the upper room what it was like to serve Him by washing their feet (see John 13:1-5). Paul repetitively urged, and even begged, fellow Christians (see the Pauline passages above) to ALWAYS be willing to serve others as Christ has served us, … giving His all for us on the cross.
What could we do TODAY, … as disciples of Christ, … to show the love of Christ to others?
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for give me the opportunity to serve You by serving others.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to show Your love/grace to others by serving them today. Amen
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