Mar 9, 2025… Resting In Christ

Mar 9, 2025… Resting In Christ  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    Please take the time to take in this song with music and lyrics with Steven Curtis Chapman  singing … His Strength Is Perfect,  showing Christians that God’s enabling and empowering grace is what is needed when we become overwhelmed by life’s demands.

Jesus with Martha and Mary ... 

Highlight Passage: … Luke 10:41  …[NLT] … 

41 But the Lord said to her, “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details!  “ 

… Jesus instructs Martha that Mary has discovered that being with and resting in Jesus’ presence is far superior to working for Him.           

Highlight Passage (in context):… Luke 10:38-42 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus shows His friends Martha and Mary (and all who read about them)  that resting in His love and grace is what is most important in life..                                                                              

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Reference Passage: … Exodus 33:14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God assures Moses that The Lord will always be him as Moses leads God’s people in the wilderness.  

Reference Passage: … Psalms 46:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… A Song composed to sing of God’s ever present strength and protection in times of trouble.   

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

… Jesus assures HIs followers and disciples of providing His rest and strength when His people feel weak and need help and are willing to surrender and yoke themselves to His enabling grace.

Reference Passage: … John 14:27 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus assures His worried disciples that He will provide them with HIS peace in their crisis of faith. 

Reference Passage: …  Colossians 3:17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

…The Apostle Paul teaches fellow Christians to do EVERYTHING for the LORD, with a thankful heart.   

Reference Passage: …  Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

…The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians take all our cares and worries to the Lord thankfully in prayer to receive God’s enabling grace.

                            

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author - Brent Hackett … AT THIS LINK -      … The ODB author reviewed a study done to determine the connection between the amount of sleep and rest done by young people who were also reported to be depressed and non-productive.  And about the results, one young woman commented; …“I never seem to know when to stop—I push myself so hard that I end up making myself sick from lack of sleep and stress.” The study had supported the girl’s observation, showing that we all need a quota of rest and sleep to be productive in life. 

And today’s ODB entry and the truth from God’s word - shared in the Scriptures shared above - God’s call on all His people to rest in the Lord and allow Him to provide the strength, as Steven Curtis Chapman sings, to be fruitful in serving the Lord.  So … ??? … Are we, like Mary, in the Highlight Passage, taking enough time to simply rest in Christ’s love/grace so that we can be fruitful, working with His strength for God’s glory?   I pray so!                      

          

My Thanksgiving:… Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for allowing - and calling me - to devote time to just be with You, Lord, … every morning, … soaking up Your enabling grace to serve You fruitfully each day.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray, … again today, … that all reading here will join me, …  to sit at Your feet each day, Lord, allowing Your strength to enable us to serve You fruitfully.     … Amen

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