July 24, 2022 … Worshipping Together …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 205 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Chris Tomlin singing … Together poignantly singing that we Christians need to come TOGETHER to live for Christ and worship Him.        

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Highlight Passage: … Joshua 22:22 [NLT] … 

<i>  22 “The Lord, the Mighty One, is God! The Lord, the Mighty One, is God! He knows the truth, and may Israel know it, too! We have not built the altar in treacherous rebellion against the Lord. If we have done so, do not spare our lives this day.  </i> 

…  God’s people trying to show that they are unified in worship, knowing that God knows all.                                       

Highlight Passage [Context]: … Joshua 22:21-27 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s people, separated by distance, trying to come together to show their unified worship of the One True God.                                                                                                                            

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Reference Passage: …  Psalms 34:3 [NLT] …  

3 Come, let us tell of the LORD’s greatness, let us exalt His Name TOGETHER.   </i>

… King David sings of God’s people doing all we can to worship the One True God TOGETHER.    

Reference Passage: …  Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… God, thru Solomon, calls for His people to surrender, trust, and follow God TOGETHER. 

Reference Passage: …  Ephesians 4:4-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru the Apostle Paul, calls on fellow Christians to become one body, working TOGETHER to serve our ONE and ONLY Lord.                

Reference Passage: … Hebrews 10:24-25 [NLT] … 

24 Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. 25 And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of His return is drawing near.

… God, thru the author of Hebrew, calls on God’s people to come TOGETHER to worship and serve the Lord in unity.               

                                                                                

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Jennifer Benson Schuldt … AT THIS LINK …  relates aa story of a misunderstanding in an art gallery that ultimately was revealed and forgiven, … a good example of reasonable people coming TOGETHER to do the right thing. 

And the ODB author today used this example to compare with God’s people in OT history, divided by geography and traditions, … but coming together, as found in the highlight passage to share their worship of the ONE TRUE GOD.  And, along with the linked song and the reference scriptures above, we, as Christians, need to do all we can to unify in our common worship OF and service TO our LORD. 

What can we do today in Christian unity to worship and serve our LORD … TOGETHER?!!     

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your family to share our common service to our one and only LORD.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  as we come TOGETHER to worship You thru service, dear Lord.   … Amen

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