Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 206
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Alan Jackson singing … Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus poignantly singing about how we, who love the Lord, can unburden our souls in this difficult trek thru life by turning our eyes to follow Jesus.
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Highlight Passage: … Hebrews 12;1 [NLT] …
22 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
… God’s people trying to show that they are unified in worship, knowing that God knows all.
Highlight Passage (Context): … Hebrews 12;1-3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s word shows Christ’s followers that we must set aside the burdens of our sin nature as we travel thru life. ===============
Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Solomon, promises to lead us thru life if we but give Him our hearts and follow Him.
Reference Passage: … Matthew 11:28-30 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus promises to unburden the travels of His true disciples in life by yoking our burdens to our Lord’s strength.
Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 10:13 [NLT] …
13 The temptations [also translated troubles, tests, trials, or tribulations] in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation [test, trial, or trouble] to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted [or troubled], He will show you a way out so that you can endure.</i>
… God, thru the Apostle Paul, promised fellow Christians (and us now) that He will show us the way to go thru all the trials and temptations of life.
Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 12:9-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus showed Paul - and us - that His strength would always be there to give us His empowering grace when we needed it to deal with the burdens of life
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Katara Patton … AT THIS LINK … relates a story of a long distance cycler (see photo), riding over 1200 miles from Seattle to San Diego and needing to unburden himself along the way, shedding some clothing and other heavier items as he traveled south into warmer climates and got more fatigued.
It’s a good life picture of what God calls us to do as we travel the roads of life, … us needing to keep our eyes on Jesus and unburdening ourselves of the sins which weigh us down in life. What we need to do is very simply sung by Alan Jackson in the linked song, … to keep our focus on following Jesus; and, as the Scriptures above exhort, setting aside any weight of sin which burdens us by confessing and repenting of the sin and leaving it behind.
Anybody with me today … to unburden ourselves and keep our eyes on the road ahead, following our Savior?
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing us the way to go today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … as we jettison the burdens of our past and to forge ahead, following You, Lord. … Amen
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