Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 208
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from British group, The New Seekers, singing … I’d Like To Teach the World To Sing … powerfully singing about the dream to have the whole world singing of love/peace TOGETHER.
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Highlight Passage: … Revelation 5:13 [NLT] …
13 And then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. They sang: …“Blessing and honor and glory and power belong to the one sitting on the throne and to the Lamb forever and ever.”
… In the New Jerusalem … a time when all God’s creatures, including His chosen ones, will come together to sing our praises to the Lamb of God.
Highlight Passage (Context): … Revelation 5:8-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… John sees all of God creations, the angels and mankind in Heaven, coming together to sing of the worthiness of the Lamb of God. ===============
Reference Passage: … Psalm 66:8 [NLT] …
8 Let the whole world bless our God and loudly sing His praises..
… God, thru a psalmist, calls on ALL of God’s people to sing praise to our Lord.
Reference Passage: … Ephesians 5:18-19 [NLT] …
18 Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit, 19 singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, and making music to the Lord in your hearts.
… Again Paul exhorts fellow Christians to avoid living for self but to be filled with God’s Spirit, singing praises in our hearts to our God.
Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:16 [NLT] …
16 Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom He gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.
… Again Paul exhorts fellow Christians (and us too) to sing our praises to God by singing to the Lord with thankful hearts.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Mart DeHaan … AT THIS LINK … recalled a 1970’s Coke commercial with a song entitled “The Real Thing,” which was remade into a hit song by a British group, The New Seekers, calling on all of mankind to come together and sing of peace and love (see linked song above).
And the ODB author reminded all born-again believers that one day - in heaven - all of God’s created beings, His angels and His chosen Church, will come TOGETHER to sing our praises to the Lamb of God Who sits on the throne of God. And this is the plea of God’s word for Christ’s Bride, His Church, (see Scriptures above), … that we be filled with God’s Spirit, coming together, whenever we can, to sing our thankful and humble praises to our Lord.
And oh how I stop and pray … right here and now… that we stop and join our hearts in thankful praise for King Jesus, who gave His all for us to be able to join all whom He has chosen to sing praises to Him in the New Jerusalem.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … we come together as Your Bride, preparing to thankfully sing Your praises in heaven.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to be filled with thankful praises to You, Lord, for giving Your all for us to join You in heaven, singing Your praises forever. … Amen
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Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
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