Feb 2 2026 … Like A Child …

Feb 2 2026 … Like A Child … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...       and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from The Maranatha Singers singing Humble Yourself … calling on Christians to humble themselves (ourselves) and become like a child before the Lord.

Coming to Him like a little child ... 

 

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Highlight Passage: … Matthew 18:3 … [NLT] …  

3 Then He said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven.” 

… Jesus holds a little child before His disciples and tells them that those who enter God’s kingdom must become humble like a little child.

Highlight Passage in Context:  Matthew 18:1-4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches His disciples (and all Christians) that they (we) should humble themselves (ourselves) like a little child to enter the kingdom of God.

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Reference Passage: … 2Chronicles 7:14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… After dedicating God’s Temple to the Lord, God speaks to King Solomon, calling on God’s people to humble themselves before the Lord. 

Reference Passage: … Matthew 11:29 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus describes Himself as being HUMBLE and GENTLE OF HEART (i.e. meek or kind) … our model to follow.

Reference Passage: … Mark 10:45 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus describes Himself to His disciples as being HUMBLE, like a slave …  to serve others rather than being served. 

Reference Passage: … John 13:3-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus, by washing the feet of His Disciples, models what He was called to do; and that is to humble Himself to be like a slave, serving others. 

Reference Passage: … Philippians 2:5-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches to fellow Christians what it takes to take on the attitude of Christ, … becoming like a slave to serve mankind.  

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

… Jesus brother James exhorts fellow Christian to humble themselves (ourselves) before the Lord … so that God can lift us up in honor.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Matt Lucas …  USE THIS LINK   … described a lovely garden in the area where his father used to take a young boy, who the family cared for, and who use to love going thru a small door to the “Children’s Garden,” where my father used to have to get down on his knees to squeeze thru the door, causing the young boy to laugh heartily.

The memory reminded the ODB author of the scene where Jesus called a young child to come to Him (as in the photo), declaring for His disciples that one must humble himself, as a child, to enter God’s kingdom. And if my readers have taken in the attached song and meditated on the Scriptures I’ve shared above, I would hope that we all would do all we can to become humble, like Jesus, to qualify to enter God’s eternal garden … FOREVER.   Are you with me?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for calling a sinner like me to come to follow You into Your kingdom.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, for showing us the way to follow You to Your glory.   … Amen

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