March 17, 2024 … Serving God TOGETHER …

March 17, 2024 … Serving God TOGETHER …      

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Alay Artist  singing … WE Will Serve The Lord …  Poignantly, and yet  powerfully, singing of being called by God’s Spirit to serve the Lord TOGETHER as the family of God.

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Highlight Passage: … Numbers 11:29 [NLT] … 

29 But Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them all!”           

… Moses is thankful for God’s Spirit providing leadership to help Moses lead the people.                      

Highlight Passage (in context) …  Numbers 11:16-17, 27-29 … USE THIS LINK … 

… God anoints leaders/elders to serve along side Moses to serve the Lord - TOGETHER.           

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Reference Passage: … Joshua 24:15 [NLT] …   

15 But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. …  But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.” 

… God, thru Joshua, calls God’s people to choose who they will follow.  

Reference Passage: … 1Samuel 12:24 [NLT] …   

24 But be sure to fear the Lord and faithfully serve Him. Think of all the wonderful things He has done for you.   

… God, thru Samuel, calls on His people. to serve the Lord faithfully.    

Reference Passage: … Matthew 6: 24, 33 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus in His Sermon on the Mount, calls on His followers to seek to follow and serve the Lord  TOGETHER.                

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 15:58 [NLT] …   

58 So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.

… The Apostle Paul exhorts and assures fellow Christians that nothing done to serve the Lord is ever useless.        

Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:23-24 [NLT] …   </b>

23 Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. 24 Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ.  

… Paul helps fellow Christians to remember that anything we do to serve others is serving King Jesus.  

 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Xochitl Dixon -  AT THIS LINK -   writes of how she joined a group of authors of Christian children’s books to promote each other’s work.  And in this unified effort, they were criticized as foolish to work TOGETHER with competitors.  But these authors realized that promoting one another’s work was promoting the Gospel and serving God’s kingdom TOGETHER, (see photo), which is their calling to serve God as Christians.  

And today’s ODB entry challenges, along with the linked song, and calls all Christians to decide whom we are serving as we go about planning and creating our TO DO lists today.  Whom will we be serving as we go about our day today?                       

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … calling and leading me to serve You, Lord, again today.      

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to choose to follow Your lead again today, Lord..    … Amen

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