Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 196
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Steve Green singing … People Need The Lord poignantly singing of how our Our Lord, King Jesus, reaches out with His mercy and grace to save ANY AND ALL who come to Him in repentance and faith for salvation.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Acts 16:31 [NLT] …
31 They (Paul and Silas) replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.”
… Disciples of Jesus reach out in prison in the midst of chaos and confusion, sharing the Gospel truth with a Philippian jailer, showing that God desires that all who believe in Jesus as Lord will be saved.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Acts 16:22-34 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul and Silas in a prison in Philippi reach out to show God’s saving grace to their jailer and his entire family.
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Reference Passage: … Lamentations 3:22-23 [NLT] …
22 The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease 23 Great is His faithfulness; … His mercies begin afresh each morning.
… God, thru Jeremiah, reminds believers that the Lord’s mercies never end and available to all who come to Him in faith for His love/grace.
Reference Passage: … Matthew 28:19-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus, about to reenter heaven, charges all born-again disciples to go forth to share God’s gospel grace with any/all who would believe in Him as Messiah.
Reference Passage: … John 3:16-17 [NLT] …
16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave His one and only Son, so that EVERYONE who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through Him.
… Jesus promises that ANY & ALL who come to Him, believing that He is our Messiah, will be saved.
Reference Passage: … 1John 5:11-12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s promise, thru John, that WHOEVER believes in Christ will become part of God’s family.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Xochitl Dixon… AT THIS LINK … relates a touching - and true - story of a father and daughter imprisoned in the same prison who were baptized - and SAVED - on the same day, in the same prison, as they both surrendered to be saved thru their faith in Christ’s saving grace.
And this touching story of God’s ever-faithful saving love caused the ODB author to recall another true story of God’s amazing and faithful grace when Paul and Silas were imprisoned in a Philippian prison (see highlight passage) and an earthquake caused the cell doors to open, giving Paul and Silas an opportunity to escape. But the two disciples of Christ stayed in the prison, more concerned with sharing God’s love/grace with the jailer and his family. And that day, that jailor and his entire family came to faith in Christ thru the witness of Paul and Silas.
Whom do we know who is still in the jail of their unbelief and needs someone who cares enough to reach out and share God’s love and His saving grace with them? If we know of such a one, as Steve Green sings in the linked song, … someone who needs the Lord, … let’s be willing to share how God’s faithful love has reached out to save us (see reference Scriptures above); … because we know how God’s saving grace changes lives, don’t we? … So, let’s be willing to share that love with someone today … or tomorrow.
My THANKFULNESS:... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … loving me with Your saving grace. Give me an opportunity to share Your love with someone who needs You today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to seek opportunities to share Your saving grace, Lord, with others who need You today. … Amen
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