Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 325
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group,The Gettys, singing … Speak O Lord … poignantly and powerfully singing of how we must seek to know God thru His truth, thru and thru !!
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Highlight Passage: … John 2:22 [ESV] …
22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.
… So much of what Jesus did, which His disciples could not understand, became clear after His resurrection.
Highlight Passage (Context): … John 2:13-22 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus’ disciples could not understand Jesus’ actions in clearing God’s Temple of thieves until they remembered the incident AFTER the Resurrection.
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Reference Passage: … Psalm 86:11a [NLT] …
11 Teach me Your ways, O LORD, that I may live according to Your truth! …
… King David’s heart was to know God completely by knowing and following His truth.
Reference Passage: … Psalm 119:160 [NLT] …
160 The very essences of Your words is truth; … all Your just regulations will stand forever. <
… King David sang of the endurance of God’s word and knowing The Lord thru His truth.
Reference Passage: … John 1:14 [NLT] …
14 So the Word became human and made His home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen His glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.
… God’s Spirit, thru John, reveals that God’s word became flesh in The Christ that we might know Him thru His word and follow Him.
Reference Passage: … John 17:17 [NLT] …
17 Make them holy by your truth; teach them Your word, which is truth.
… Jesus prayed that His chosen would be sanctified thru Go’s word.
Reference Passage: … 2Timothy 2:15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
15 Work hard so you can present yourself to God and receive his approval. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth. <
… Paul shows Timothy (and us) that we, as Christians, must be able to present ourselves to God as disciples who can share God’s word of truth.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread< author, Mart DeHaan… AT THIS LINK … writes of how author, Richard Hays, in his book, Reading Backwards, explains that some who read a book backwards, as well as forwards, many times get more from the writing that those who only read from the front to the back.
And that principle speaks well of our reading and following God’s truth, doesn’t it? And I pray we all realize that God’s word and His truth needs to be consumed from back-to-front as well as from front-to-back in order for us to fully grasp the essence of how we are to surrender and follow God’s truth to know our Lord completely.
So, I’m challenged, as I pray you are today, to get to know our Lord, as He prayed we would (see John 17:17) before He died, … to make it possible to know Him completely thru His word. That’s why I’m here - as I am daily - seeking Him out thru His truth - both forwards and backwards - to know Him more intimately and follow Him more closely.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me the truth of Your word to know You more deeply today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to know You, Lord, … thru Your word … so that we can follow You more closely in serving You more dearly as You lead us homeward. … Amen
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