April 11 2026 … Clinging To God …

Apr 11 2026 …  Clinging To God … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Donnie McClurkin singing Cling To Jesus … calling on Christians cling closely and firmly to their (our) relationship with Christ … ALL our lives.

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Highlight Passage: … Psalm 63:8… [NLT] </b> …

...  <i> 8 I cling to You; Your strong right hand holds me securely.. 

… David, in a time of desperation, sings of clinging to God and The Lord’s strength.  

Highlight Passage in Context:  Psalms 63 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… David, in a time of wilderness desperation, shows HIs clinging dependence on God.

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 139:23-24 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… David sings of pleading to God for HIS direction in life.

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …      

… Solomon calls on believers to trust COMPLETELY in God to show them (us) THE way (i.e., HIs way) in life.

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 26:3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…God, thru Isaiah, promises His peace to those who focus and follow His will and His ways.

Reference Passage: … Romans 12:1-2  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                     

… The Apostle Paul pleads with fellow Christians to surrender and become living sacrifices to God, avoiding the ways of the world to cling to and  follow The Lord … ALWAYS!

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 10:13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul also instructs fellow Christians that no matter what we face in life, seeking to cling to and follow God will provide the way - God’s way.

Reference Passage: … Hebrews 12:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Author of Hebrews calls on fellow Christians to follow God closely in running the race of life.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Adam R Holz …  USE THIS LINK     … related that as he wrote today’s ODB devotional blog, his dog, “Winston,” a Lahsa-Apso, was curled up at his feet; and if the ODB author moved, Winston moved with him, … clinging to his side.  And the author, … Adam Holz, … surmised that Winston’s clinginess likely was because Holz had been away traveling for some time; and Winston was just expressing his need to be close to his owner

And that attitude of clinging/closeness to God is what is brought forth by the ODB author and in the linked song and the Scriptures shared above, … calling on us Christians to cling to and follow our Lord closely in all we think, say, and do, … avoiding our own desires and the ways of the the world.   But focusing our will and our ways to follow our Lord ever so closely … day-by-day, … yes, even moment-by-moment, … just like Winston did to the ODB author in today’s devotional blog.  Personally, that’s where I’m going again today, using God’s word, as I do every morning to cling closely to my God.   How about you?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for watching over me as I cling closely to follow you everywhere You go.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, for showing us the way - Your way - to go again today.   … Amen

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