Jan 30, 2025 … Ask Jesus Anything!

Jan 30, 2025 …  Ask Jesus Anything!    

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    Please take the time to take in this song with music and lyrics with Don Moen singing … Trust And Obey & Trust In Jesus …  calling all who follow Jesus to trust and obey Him and His word.  

What would you ask of Jesus?  ... 

 

Highlight Passage: …Luke 18:16-17  [NLT] … 

16 Then Jesus called for the children and said to the disciples, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children. 17 I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”     

… Jesus shows that it takes the humble love of a child to enter the Kingdom of God.             

Highlight Passage (in context)  … Luke 18:9-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Thru telling a parable about a tax collector and a Pharisee and thru the heart of humble love from little children, Jesus shows what it takes to enter God’s glory and to be with our Lord in heaven.                                                                    

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 25:9 NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David teaches in song that our Lord leads the humble in following the right way.           

Reference Passage: … Matthew 18:3-4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

,,, Jesus declares that it take the humble love of a child (see photo) to enter God’s kingdom.                 

Reference Passage: … John 14:21  NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches His disciples what it takes humility and obedience to His word to show their (our) love for Him. 

Reference Passage: … Philippians 2:3-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to stake on the attitude of Christ, humbling themselves (ourselves) to serve others.  

Reference Passage: … James 4:6, 10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… … James, the brother of Jesus, quotes Prov 3:34 [se James 4: 6] and teaches fellow Christians to humble themselves (ourselves) in following Jesus.      

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 5:5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Peter, teaching fellow Christians, also quotes from Proverbs 3:34, calling on God’s people to dress themselves in humility and obey their (our) Christlike elders as they follow the will and ways of our Lord.                             

 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author -  Anne Cetas  … AT THIS LINK   … the ODB author told of how a friend, named Joe, who had his children all around a breakfast table one morning and Joe asked them, … “If Jesus were physically seated at the table with us this morning, what would you want to ask Him?” … Joe’s boys all wanted to ask some hard math or science questions; but Joe’s daughter said, … “I would ask Him for a hug.”

And I believe, if my readers today have taken in the linked songs by Don Moen and meditated on the Scriptures I’ve provided above, … perhaps we all might lean, with Joe’s daughter’s reply, … don’cha think?  Well, I’d sure like to revert to the heart of a child, humbling myself more than I usually do, to just be with - and maybe get a hug from - our Lord today.  How about you?  I know God’s Spirit is just waiting for all of us to be like those kids in the photo, … who just want a big hug from the Lord.  And if you know what Jesus said (on your own look up Rev. 3:20), Jesus is just knocking on the door of our hearts every day; … BUT … will we let Him in?   

          

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You , Lord, … once again … for calling me to jump in Your lap today for a big hug.    

My Prayer Toda: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to humble ourselves and receive a hug of Your love today, Lord.   … Amen

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