January 3, 2023 … God Delivers Us …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 3 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Chris Tomlin singing  … My Deliverer … poignantly, yet powerfully, singing our God being our deliverer in times of trial or trouble.   

Australian sheep delivered from the burden of excess wool ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Psalm 38:15 [NLT] …  

15 For I am waiting on You, O LROD, . You must answer for me, O LORD, my God.…  

…King David waits on God for deliverance from David’s enemies.                                                                              

Highlight Passage (Context): … Psalm 38:11-22 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… David’s song of lament as he waits on God’s deliverance.                                                          

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 32:7, 34:4 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

…  King David often sang of waiting on God to deliver him from his troubles.      

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 43:17-19 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…God’s promise, thru Isaiah, to deliver His faithful remnant of believers from their enemies.        

Reference Passage: … John 10:9-11 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus, promise to open the gates to freedom from Satan and to give His life for true believers.     

Reference Passage: … Galatians 5:1 [NLT] … 

1 So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.  

… Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians that Christ is the only way we can be delivered from our sin … not The Law.    

Reference Passage: … James 4:7 [NLT] … 

7 So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.  <

… Jesus’ brother James,  shows fellow Christians how they (we) can be delivered from the attacks of Satan and the world.

                                                                             

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Xochitl Dixon … AT THIS LINK …  used a story of a sheep in Australia who had become separated from the herd and was over-burdened by excess wool, becoming healthy when sheered and delivered from the heavy wool (see photo)..   

And the ODB story is an apt illustration of how we can become burdened by weight of life circumstances or our sin nature.  Perhaps some of my readers can identify and like King David in the Psalms, posted above, would sing - or pray - for deliverance from God.  

I’m there right now.  How about you?  Well, if so, take in the linked song and meditate on God’s promises, thru His word above; …  and know that our God will be our deliverer if we humble ourselves to seek after His love, mercy, and grace. 

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for ALWAYS being my deliverer.         

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to come to You today, Lord, seeking Your enabling grace to deliver us from our burdens.         Amen

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