Sept 26, 2024 … Jesus - My “BFF”

Sept 26, 2024 … Jesus - My “BFF”

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   

… Please take time too hear Alan Jackson, with music and lyrics, singing What A Fiend We Have In Jesus, showing what joy we have as Christians to have Jesus, our Lord, as a loving friend.  

  

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Highlight Passage: … John 15:17 [NLT] … 

17 This is my command:  Love each other. 

… Jesus commands HIs Disciples (and your and me) to love one another as He has loved them (us) as “friends.”                

    

Highlight Passage (in context)  …  John 15:13-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Jesus teaches His Disciples in His last supper of His love for them as friends.                          

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Reference Passage: … 1 Samuel 18:1-3 … [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…  David and King Saul’s son, Jonathan, had a covenant love for one another as genuine friends.     

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 17:17, 18:24 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Solomon’s wisdom about the bond of genuine friendship..                         

Reference Passage: … Matthew 11:28-30 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

… Jesus invites any of His faithful followers to come to Him and rest in His friendship.  

Reference Passage: … Romans 5:8 [NLT] …  USE THIS Link …   

… The Apostle Paul teaches of the extent of God’s love for us sinners by sending HIs Son to died for us; . but will we open the door and let Him come in? 

Reference Passage: … Revelation 3:20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

…  Jesus declares that He is constantly knocking on the hearts of born-again Christians to come into their lives and  fellowship with them (us) as friends.               

My Devotional Journal: Today’s  Our Daily Bread  Author, Patricia Raybon -  AT THIS LINK  -  told of her mom, who had a close and loving friendship with their next-door neighbor, Mrs Sanchez; … and they had this fun friendship where each of them competed each Monday morning to see who could have their weekly laundry hung out to dry first.  Their competition was a sign of their love as true friends.  

And that’s the kind of friendship Jesus showed for any/all who believed in Him and followed His friendship all the way to glory … TOGETHER as friends.  The question is … do we know Jesus as our “BFF?”  And I’m praying that all who read with me here can - with confidence - know that to be truth for their (our) lives. Jesus is my “BFF”  … how about you?                  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for being my “BFF!”           

My Prayer Today:  Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying that those who read with me here can join with me to walk thru life with you as our “BFF”   … 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.