Nov 5 2025 … He Leads, We Follow …

Nov 5 2025 … He Leads, We Follow … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics, from Lydia Walker,  singing I Have Decided To Follow Jesus … calling for Christians to surrender and faithfully follow Jesus. 

"I have decided to follow Jesus!" 

Highlight Passage: … Matthew 4:23 … [NLT] … 

23 Jesus traveled throughout the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness. . 

… Jesus walked about the region of Galilee and many followed Him because of His healing powers and His message of Good News.  

Highlight Passage in Context:  Matthew 4:23- 25 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus walked throughout Galilee, healing people and sharing the Good News of God’s Kingdom.

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

…Jesus, in His sermon on the mount, called on His disciples and His faithful followers to seek to follow Him in order to find God’s Kingdom.

Reference Passage: …Luke 9:23 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Luke, on behalf of Jesus calls fellow Christians to deny their selfish ways and seek to follow Christ … DAILY.

Reference Passage: … John 12:26 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus commands His followers to follow and serve Him faithfully.

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 11:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Paul confidently assures fellow Christians that they (we) could follow Paul’s teachings because he followed Jesus faithfully.

Reference Passage: …1Peter 1:14-16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Peter calls fellow Christians to follow Christ and be Holy because He is Holy. 

Reference Passage: …1John 2:3-4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… John teaches truth exhorting fellow Christians to faithfully obey and follow God’s commandments.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, Arthur Jackson  …  USE THS LNK  -    …  wrote about the Miami Dolphins in the NFL in 1973 as the only team to ever win the Super Bowl and have a perfect record during the regular season.  And the ODB author uses this sports illustration of what VICTORIOUS looks like in the world, just as Jesus was perfectly victorious when it came to showing those who faithfully followed Him how to live a victorious life by following Him (see photo).

And if my readers today have taken in the linked song and meditated on the Scriptures shared above, I’m praying that we all will take God’s word seriously, and, as Lydia Walker sings, decide to faithfully follow Jesus … with NO TURNING BACK!  I’m trying again today - and every day…to do just that!   How about you?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … Lord … for leading me to follow You to glory.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... for showing Your followers the way to Your glory.  … Amen

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