Aug 18 2026 … Loving Like Children

Aug 18 2026 … Loving Like Children

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Kristyn Getty singing … Let the Children Come … calling on Christians to come to Christ like a trusting little child comes into the arms of a parent.  

Children joyously playing ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Mark 10:14 [NLT]

…  14 When Jesus saw what was happening, He was angry with His disciples. He said to them, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children.    

… Jesus teaches truth to His disciples about loving others the way a child loves a parent.      

Reference Passage: …  Mark 10:13-16  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …        

…  John Mark relays the message of Jesus about loving others like a little child trustingly and joyfully loves a parent. 

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Reference Passage: …  Proverbs 22:6  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Solomon teaches that parents should teach their children Godly ways so that they will follow God as the grow older.  

Reference Passage: Isaiah 54:13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …              

… God, thru the Prophet Isaiah,  shows that the Lord will teach HIs children to find His peace.

Reference Passage: …  Matthew 18:3, 19:14  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus, on two separate occasions, taught how others must come to Him like a loving child trusts a loving parent.

Reference Passage: … John 1:12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

The Apostle John teaches that we become children of God when we believe and trust in Jesus as Lord.

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

… The Apostle Peter calls on fellow Christians to reach out for the nourishment of God’s truth like a baby seeks his mother’s milk. 

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

…  The Apostle John declares his joy in seeing children come to follow the ways of The Lord.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Patricia Raybon  …  USE THIS LINK    told of having to put up with the noise of their neighbor’s children swinging joyfully on their noisy swing-set next door (see photo).  But then, the ODB author realized that those noises of joy were like the loving noises the kids were making when Jesus taught His disciples about coming to Him faithfully and joyfully … like the little kids came to Jesus on several occasions.     

And if my readers today have heard the linked song and meditated on the Scriptures shared above, I think we’ll all see that our Lord is calling all His children to come to Him with the joy and faith of a child who comes to his/her parent.   Personally, i come to my Heavenly Father again today and would leap into His loving arms, knowing that He loves me.   Are you with me?  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for calling me to come to You.   

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for calling all who love You to be Your loving children.    … Amen

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.