Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 191
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Steven Curtis Chapman singing … I Will Be Here … poignantly singing of how we Christians will be there to lift up others in need to show them the love of Christ.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Zechariah 7:8-9 [NLT] …
8 Then this message came to Zechariah from the Lord: 9 “This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Judge fairly, and show mercy and kindness to one another.
… God charges His people returning to Jerusalem from exile to show mercy and help others in need.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Zechariah 7:4-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru the Prophet Zechariah, rebukes those who are not willing to reach out and share their wealth to help others in need.
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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 19:17, 22:9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God clearly shows, thru Solomon’s Godly wisdom, that our Lord loves and blesses those who help those in need.
Reference Passage: … Luke 6:38 [NLT] …
38 Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.”
… Jesus shows His followers (us too!) that God will pour out His blessing on those who give to help others.
Reference Passage: … Galatians 6:2 [NLT] …
2 Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.
… Paul shows fellow Christians (and us too) that we fulfill God’s law of love when we use our providence from God to share with others whose needs are too heavy for them alone
Reference Passage: … Philippians 2:3-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians that we take on the serving attitude of Christ when we humbly reach out to help others in need.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Winn Collier … AT THIS LINK … tells of a former student of an elderly substitute teacher who noticed that the teacher was living out of his car to send his paycheck back to Mexico to help the teacher’s family in need. So the student launched a “go fund me” campaign and raised enough money to allow the teacher to have a place to live.
If any of my readers have taken in the poignant linked song by Steven Curtis Chapman and have meditated on the Scriptures above, I pray that you’re as convicted and motivated as I am to do more to reach out and use the time, talents, and treasures God has given us to help others whom God gives us the opportunity to help … maybe even today.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … give me Your attitude, Lord, … of love and mercy … to humbly help those you show me I can help in Your Name.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to reach out to help someone - maybe today - when You, Lord, give us the opportunity to help that someone in Your Name and for Your glory. … Amen
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