July 19, 2025 … Living By THE Truth …
Devotional Song:... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with Phil Wickham singing… The Jesus Way, … calling Christians to follow the “Jesus Way” in living our lives to become like Him.
Highlight Passage: … John 17:17 … [NLT] …
17 Make them holy by Your truth; teach them Your word, which is truth.
… Jesus prays that God’s chosen, i.e., the ones He came to save, will be made holy thru God’s truth, … i.e., God’s word.
Highlight Passage (in context) … John 17:1-5, 13-19 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus prays that those who surrender to follow Him, i.e., “disciples,” will be sanctified by God’s truth.
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Reference Passage:… Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… If we trust God, He will lead us in the way of truth.
Reference Passage: … John 8:31-32 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus teaches those who believe and follow Him to be faithful to His teaching thru God truth which sets them (us) free from the bondage of our sin.
Reference Passage: … John 14:6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus declares to Thomas and His Disciples in the upper room that following HIM is the only way of truth to pursue The Heavenly Father.
Reference Passage: … Philippians 2:5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle Paul teaches fellow Christians to take on the attitude of Christ in living our lives.
Reference Passage: … 1Thessalonians 5:21 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle Paul also calls on fellow Christians to test everything in our lives against God’s standard of goodness and truth, which is, of course, God’s word.
Reference Passage: … 1John 1:5-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The John repeats the teaching of Jesus to fellow Christians to live in light of Christ’s truth by follow God’s truth.
My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, Marvin Wiliams … AT THIS LINK … wrote about the publishers of one of the most popular dictionaries in our world, the Merriam-Webster company, which came out with the word for the year 2023 being “AUTHENTIC,” which means “living by a standard of truth.” The question raised by that concept is … what is the standard of truth by which we try to live AUTHENTIC lives?
And if you, my readers, ,,, as I do, … espouse to be “Christians,” … don’t you think our life standard for “authentic living” is the model Jesus has given to us in the way He lived and by giving us His living word - The Bible - so that we can live authentic lives by following our Lord in this life. if you’ve taken in the linked song and meditated on the Scriptures shared above from God’s word, I’m praying we all are out to live AUTHENTIC - Christlike - lives. That’s my goal for today and tomorrow! … How about you?
My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for giving us Christians Your manifesto of truth thru Your livng word, Lord.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I praise You, … again Lord. …for leading us to truly authentic living by giving us Your word. … Amen
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1 comment:
Amen!,
Kjetil
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