Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 183
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Twila Paris singing … How Beautiful … poignantly singing of how beautiful it is when the Body of Christ comes together to glorify God in unity of purpose and action.
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Highlight Passage [Context] … Ephesians 4:16 [NLT] …
16 He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
… Paul uses the life picture of His Body, the Church, working together for God’s purposes as do all the parts of a human body.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Ephesians 4:1-16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle Paul, instructs fellow Christians to come together and work in unity as a body does with all its parts.
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Reference Passage: … Psalm 133:1 [NLT] …
1 How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
… King David sings of how wonderful it is when God see His family working together in harmony with one another.
Reference Passage: … John 17:20-23 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus prayed - and still prays - that His body would unify, as does the Trinity, to serve God together
Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 1:10 [NLT] …
10 I appeal to you, dear brothers and sisters, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, to live in harmony with each other. Let there be no divisions in the church. Rather, be of one mind, united in thought and purpose.
… Got, thru Paul, exhorts Christians to come TOGETHER in unity, avoiding divisions, to serve the Lord as one mind and one body.
Reference Passage: … Philippians 2:3-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to take on the attitude of Christ and to humbly serve others avoiding our own selfish interests.
Reference Passage: … Hebrews 10:24 [NLT] …
24 Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.
… The Author of Hebrews reminds believers in Christ that we should do all we can to think of ways to serve one another in unity of purpose.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Anne Cetas … AT THIS LINK … used the comic family of The Croods (see photo), in comic books and movies, depicted as a prehistoric family who discovered that coming together as a family and joining with others they could better protect themselves and share the common good.
And isn’t that the repetitive message in God’s word (see Scriptures above), … that God’s family, the body of Christ, should come together to serve God and others in unity of purpose. And that’s certainly the message of the linked song by Twila Paris, which I hope all my readers have taken in … to motivate us, as Christ’s body, to come TOGETHER in the unity of God’s purposes as spelled out in His word.
So, … common, … fellow Christians, … let’s all be TOGETHER and work TOGETHER as God”s body, working in unity to fulfill His will and His purposes today.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … using me as one part of Your body, Lord, to serve You today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to come together, as Your body, to serve You in unity today. … Amen
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