tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71662142024-03-28T08:42:11.338-05:00Berry Patch BlogThe Berry Patch is a place in TN where the Berry Family dwell, abiding in Christ and aspiring to become more like Him day-by-day.Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.comBlogger5590125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-85417154998111399772024-03-28T07:05:00.004-05:002024-03-28T07:05:36.847-05:00March 28, 2024 … His Example Of Love … <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 28, 2024 …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>His Example Of Love<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>…<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ye29r3u4">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ... <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from the group The Newsboys singing <b>… <i>Love One Another …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> </i>Powerfully singing of how God calls His faithful to love one another just as He loved us by being willing to die for us. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Vr-CFM9ghLd6DzbXIgcXpixF4vhnIRWei3tVfxMUHiOOVZjXNmAV2t3Dcr8dK_0uPWMH3uWexLjoAl-6H-tKCWFMgFOdcW13vxcZ_G66hHGrDsSnS9fA7tONsh89DcWxvwv-YK-yzVzuHofNQAW5mUw1Weym-U_t-j0wf9zr8aPDsES6GjdsHw/s600/love%20one%20another.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Vr-CFM9ghLd6DzbXIgcXpixF4vhnIRWei3tVfxMUHiOOVZjXNmAV2t3Dcr8dK_0uPWMH3uWexLjoAl-6H-tKCWFMgFOdcW13vxcZ_G66hHGrDsSnS9fA7tONsh89DcWxvwv-YK-yzVzuHofNQAW5mUw1Weym-U_t-j0wf9zr8aPDsES6GjdsHw/s320/love%20one%20another.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … John 13:34 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>34 </i></b></span><i>So now I am giving you a new commandment: <b></i><b><i> Love each other</i></b><i>.</b> Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. </i><span class="s2" style="color: blue;"><i> </i></span><i> </i><i> </i></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus’ direct command to His disciples, in the upper room the night before He would go to the cross, was to love each other. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><b><u>Highlight Passage (in context):</u></b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>John 13:3-5, 12-15, 31-35 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+13%3A3-5%2C+12-15%2C+31-35&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus, in the upper room, celebrating Passover with His disciples, shows them how to sacrifice to be His disciples and commands them (and us) to do the same.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s2" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context):</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Leviticus 19:18 … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p6" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><i> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span class="s3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>18 </i></b></span><i>“Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite, but <b></i><b><i>love your neighbor as yourself</i></b><i></b>. …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I am the Lord. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God’s command to all His people, thru Moses. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … John 3:16 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>16 </i></b></span><i>“For this is how God loved the world: He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus gave His all to save all (of us) who would sacrifice self to serve others. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 1Corinthians 13:1-3<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+13%3A1-3&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul teaches fellow Christians the kind of love Christ demands of His followers.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Philippians 2:3-5 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians+2%3A3-5&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul, teaching fellow Christians, shows that God demands of His faithful followers that they (we) take on the attitude of Christ to love and serve others.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b> </u>: … 1John 3:16, 4:8 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+3%3A16%2C+4%3A8&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle John, teaching fellow Christians, showing that God demands of His faithful followers that they (we) love others the way Christ loved us. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Amy Boucher Pie -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/28/a-new-command">AT THIS LINK</a> - </b>told of a tradition in England, stemming back to the 13th Century, for the British Royal Family to give gifts to the poor on Maundy Thursday, which, of course, is the Thursday before Easter.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And this symbolizes how much God, … The Heavenly Father,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… was willing to give up, … i.e., His beloved Son, … to give mankind eternal life thru our faith in His Son as Savior and Lord.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And “Maundy Thursday” is a good day to do a self inventory, asking ourselves, as disciples of Christ, if we’re really living up to God’s command <b>(see Scriptures above)</b> to love and serve others just as Christ was willing to (and did) die to serve His chosen ones.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So, … how we doing on that one?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p8" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for being willing to die for me as I pray I’m willing to die to serve You.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me again today, … to celebrate Your willingness, Lord, to love us, and even die for us, to receive Your love. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled<i><b> “Our Daily Bread,” </b></i>distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-43783944259741142552024-03-27T08:07:00.000-05:002024-03-27T08:07:07.178-05:00March 27, 2024 … Fruitful for Christ … <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 27, 2024 …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Fruitful for Christ<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>…<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... </b><b><a href="https://tinyurl.com/3ap4tsz8">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ... <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Aaron Williams singing <b>… <i>Abide …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> </i>Powerfully singing of how God calls His faithful to abide in Him to be fruitful in His kingdom. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnS8X3LBeXrPLQM-8F_vFbZfs1kZfPEeDuqhUfchpWdniaZly_fcE8TvSTUB5wxFcdBuNHrIDSuRsfzaaKSMhkwfX0wgMpmUbRn8nSQlZGRDiQZs31-jIMpIKCtpkZa-DHooL3F9VhgYMIaA9MUyjHCvSH4Jjujp7NqQPCh5dfsoVliat8vO9XZQ/s400/fig%20tree.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="285" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnS8X3LBeXrPLQM-8F_vFbZfs1kZfPEeDuqhUfchpWdniaZly_fcE8TvSTUB5wxFcdBuNHrIDSuRsfzaaKSMhkwfX0wgMpmUbRn8nSQlZGRDiQZs31-jIMpIKCtpkZa-DHooL3F9VhgYMIaA9MUyjHCvSH4Jjujp7NqQPCh5dfsoVliat8vO9XZQ/s320/fig%20tree.jpeg" width="228" /></a></b></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus curses a fig tree ... </span></b></div></span></b><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Mark 11:13-14 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>13 </i></b></span><i>He noticed a fig tree in full leaf a little way off, so he went over to see if he could find any figs. But there were only leaves because it was too early in the season for fruit. </i><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>14 </i></b></span><i>Then Jesus said to the tree,</i><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> “May no one ever eat your fruit again!” </i></span><i>And the disciples heard him say it.</i><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span><i> </i><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus’ followers and His disciples hear Him curse the fig tree, later to whither and die, producing no fruit. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context):</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mark 11:12-20 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+11%3A12-20&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus curses a fig tree to show that nothing can be fruitful without His blessing.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context)</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Genesis 1:26-28 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1%3A26-28&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God created humans in His image to multiply and to be fruitful. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Psalms 1:1-6<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+1%3A1-6&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God’s Psalmist sings of His chosen, who faithfully abide and follow the Lord being like fruitful trees. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … John 15:16 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p6" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>16 </i></b></span><i>You didn’t choose me. I chose you. </i><b><i>I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit</i></b><i>, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.. </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus calls on all whom He called to be fruitful. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Galatians 5:22-23 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+5%3A22-23&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul, teaching fellow Christians, that God’s Spirit in born-again Christians produces the fruit of His Spirit for God’s kingdom. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Colossians 1:9-10<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>9 </i></b></span><i>So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. </i><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>10 </i></b></span><i>Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and </i><b><i>your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. </i></b><i> All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better. </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Again The Apostle Paul, teaches fellow Christians and prays that their (our) lives would be filled with fruitfulness as they (we) surrender to follow Christ.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Mike Wittmer -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/27/fruitful-believers">AT THIS LINK</a> - </b> told of a young, impressible, Christian woman, named Cindy, who was excited to take a job with a non-profit company who appeared to be compatible with her Christians values, … but after some time working, she learned that the job did not allow her to contribute and become fruitful for God’s kingdom. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And that’s what Jesus illustrated to His followers as He cursed a fig tree on His way to the cross <b>(see photo and keynote passage)</b>, … the tree later dying and withering to never produce fruit again.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And we, as Christians,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>need to learn that only by surrendering and abiding in Christ will The Lord allow us grow and be fruitful, producing the fruit of the Spirit (see <span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Galatians 5:22-23</b></span>) in our lives.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Can I be bold today and assume that all who read here with me desire to be fruitful for God’s glory? … I pray so! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p8" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNES:</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing me how to grow and be fruitful for Your Kingdom, Lord. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me again today, … to surrender and follow You, Lord, … to become fruitful for Your Kingdom. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-89347200362014607682024-03-26T07:43:00.003-05:002024-03-26T07:43:31.380-05:00March 26, 2024 … Back To The Basics … <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 26, 2024 …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Back To The Basics<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>…<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2hv52wt8">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ... <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Jeremy Camp singing <b>… <i>Living Word …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> </i>Powerfully singing of how God’s living word powerfully leads us thru life.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ybAJg-HIpKHgKkUa3pSc_gXyFcS8EzREEzkkJ9QKTnuFT8FgRS44Y_lq1DY1P6dkK8ETbVI2h_5RBDt6l-qUJyVju_xQt9SQpSMLaJnRvKWox6QUoO4GNXlpLu_bqrhjv7QB48lH-naDniNrAdvVbuJ7cO8S8rqBG2bVncQ1i3w5AnQmTz0_Zg/s350/truth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="350" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ybAJg-HIpKHgKkUa3pSc_gXyFcS8EzREEzkkJ9QKTnuFT8FgRS44Y_lq1DY1P6dkK8ETbVI2h_5RBDt6l-qUJyVju_xQt9SQpSMLaJnRvKWox6QUoO4GNXlpLu_bqrhjv7QB48lH-naDniNrAdvVbuJ7cO8S8rqBG2bVncQ1i3w5AnQmTz0_Zg/s320/truth.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Matthew 22:29 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: blue; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>29 </i></b></span><span class="s2" style="color: blue;"><i>Jesus replied </i></span><span class="s4" style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>(to the Religious teachers challenging Jesus’ authority),</b></span><i> “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God. </i><span class="s2" style="color: blue;"><i> </i></span><i> </i></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus shows the Religious leaders challenging His authority that they misinterpret and misapply God’s word. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context):</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Matthew 22:23-33 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+22%3A23-33&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus shows those trying to shame Him because of their misunderstanding and misinterpretation of God’s word. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s5" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s2" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s2" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Psalms 119<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+119&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… King David honors the truth and power off God’s word as a guide for his (and our) life.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Proverbs 30:5-6 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+30%3A5-6&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">…, thru Solomon, warns of anyone who misunderstands, misinterprets, and misuses God’s truth.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Matthew 4:3-4<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+4%3A3-4&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus rebukes satan by quoting from <span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Deuteronomy 8:3</b></span> that mankind is to follow every word that comes from God thru His word.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … John 17:17 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s6" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>17 </i></b></span><i>Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth.. </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus prays that all who follow after Him in faith be made holy thru the truth of God’s word. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 2Timothy 2:15, 3:16 [NLT] … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Timothy+2%3A15%2C+3%3A16&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> .. </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul shows Timothy (and us) that all teachers/leaders, really all Christians, must lead others to follow and teach from God’s truth , … i.e., God’s word. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Hebrews 4:12<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p6" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s6" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>12 </i></b></span><i>For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">…The Author of Hebrews declares the power of God’s word to lead faithful followers of Christ.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Winn Collier -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/26/missing-the-basics">AT THIS LINK</a> - </b> told of how a rival fast-food chain tried to introduce a burger which was larger than MacDonald’s “quarter-pounder,” at 1/3 pound and at the same price. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>However, … the public misunderstood the math in the rivals’ commercials and the A&W Burger product failed to win the “burger battle.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And this real-life battle of words can be used to illustrate what Jesus was trying to teach in the highlight passage in confrontation with the religious teaches of His day.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And that is to use God’s truth, i.e., His word, to correctly show the reality of God’s direction for life - all of it - pointing to the reality of Whom God is in the Person of Jesus, … The Christ.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And the song by Jeremy Camp and the Scriptures cited above bring my readers today to the truth of God’s word and how we Christians must use it accurately to lead us in life.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Will my readers come along with me to use God’s word here today, and then again tomorrow, to shine a light for our paths in life (see link above for <span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Ps 119:105</b></span>?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p8" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing me how to follow You, Lord, thru Your perfect “GPS,” … Your word!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me again today, … to use Your word, Lord, as our perfect “GPS” for life. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled <b><i>“Our Daily Bread,” </i></b>distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-52513096937097910672024-03-25T06:53:00.008-05:002024-03-25T06:54:47.525-05:00March 25, 2024 … Loving God By Loving Others … <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 25, 2024 …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Loving God By Loving Others<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>…<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/bddunuke">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ... <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Danny Gokey and Michael W Smith singing <b>… <i>Love God, Love People …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> </i>Powerfully singing of how our love of God shows up in the way we Christians love others. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyuwjIxvp-9l9Kybg-HwuYA5mqqu_uc_QrJ2CWBCZF9XVriS1rEwXpbhv46lVsANcih5wgCKAhkoSvIjx0gzGoZEhYSA8tjMoeoN-E0ekBxjQcB-YWfEd4vLrnaoFsAapo4Tx7C3kdmPxzmaAjsq-35ws-Eqcm8FSEd-zhR4QrFTJREq_Vu_r9Q/s400/love%20others3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="379" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyuwjIxvp-9l9Kybg-HwuYA5mqqu_uc_QrJ2CWBCZF9XVriS1rEwXpbhv46lVsANcih5wgCKAhkoSvIjx0gzGoZEhYSA8tjMoeoN-E0ekBxjQcB-YWfEd4vLrnaoFsAapo4Tx7C3kdmPxzmaAjsq-35ws-Eqcm8FSEd-zhR4QrFTJREq_Vu_r9Q/s320/love%20others3.jpeg" width="303" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Matthew 25:40 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>40 </i></b></span><i>“And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’</i><span class="s2" style="color: blue;"><i>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span><i> </i><i> </i></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus shows His followers that loving others is the way that we show our love to Him as our King and Master.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context):</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Matthew 25:31-40 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+25%3A31-40&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus uses a parable to show that loving others is the way to show our love of God. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s2" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s2" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Proverbs 10:12, 17:17 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+10%3A12%2C+17%3A17&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God, thru Solomon’s teaching, shows that loving others is THE way to show our love of God. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … John 3:16, 13:34 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+3%3A16%2C+13%3A34&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God gave His son to show the extent of His love for His chosen; and He commands all who believe in Christ to show their (our) love for each other. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1Corinthians 13:13<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p6" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>13 </i></b></span><i>Three things will last forever — faith, hope, and love — and the greatest of these is love., </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul shows fellow Christians that the greatest thing we can share with one another is love. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Romans 13:8 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p6" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>8 </i></b></span><i>Owe nothing to anyone — except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law. </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul shows teaches fellow Christians that they (we) fulfill the Law of God when we show love to one another. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Ephesians 4:32 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p6" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>32 </i></b></span><i>Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to share God’s love to one another by being kind and forgiving one another just as God ha forgiven them (us). <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b> </u>: … 1Peter 5:8<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p6" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span class="s3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>8 </i></b></span><i>Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Peter calls on fellow Christians to share God’s love with others, coving our sin nature with the love of God. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Elisa Morgan -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/25/love-god-by-loving-others">AT THIS LINK</a> - </b> told of how God’s love was on display in how fellow Christian brothers and sisters came along side a young couple who had two sets of twins in 13 months, … helping the couple with supplies and baby sitting time to allow the overwhelmed parents to work to pay for their much needed insurance.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Do any of my readers, and I, really desire to show off God’s love in our lives, as is shared in the linked song and the Scriptures above, … reaching out to share God’s love by loving others?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So, as God gives us opportunity, will we be there to share God’s love and a helping hand to those who need God’s love, … just as God has shown His love for us by being willing to die on a cross for our sins? <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I’m praying we do!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p8" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me opportunities to share Your love with others. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me again today, … to reach out and share Your love with others, Lord. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled<i><b> “Our Daily Bread,”</b></i> distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-31339569725200631612024-03-24T07:04:00.007-05:002024-03-24T07:04:54.299-05:00March 24, 2024 … Our Renaissance In Christ … <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 24, 2024 …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Our Renaissance In Christ<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>…<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/mw92ptvv">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ... <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Phil Wickham singing <b>… The Jesus Way<i> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> </i>Powerfully singing of how our lives are reborn and reformed forever by surrendering and repenting to follow Jesus’ way. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTv53XC_cjOCnSkhuf1BOrmGKmos-wnioFKidcWJe0fhMqwEG5D0Z4SkBKZ82KRixvmiv-aXRrRusqkt3klpDSv9Mf_mhtRzy0ElWwVxM08rYZIUlhyphenhyphenI-Ww1RlpuUW7mPkYMREO4EO-ck_uxo0cko4w7OfUlkBXa8upMxaclKXMaDLAjCA4uXHfw/s350/botn%20again.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="350" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTv53XC_cjOCnSkhuf1BOrmGKmos-wnioFKidcWJe0fhMqwEG5D0Z4SkBKZ82KRixvmiv-aXRrRusqkt3klpDSv9Mf_mhtRzy0ElWwVxM08rYZIUlhyphenhyphenI-Ww1RlpuUW7mPkYMREO4EO-ck_uxo0cko4w7OfUlkBXa8upMxaclKXMaDLAjCA4uXHfw/s320/botn%20again.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … John 12:24 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>24 </i></b></span><i>I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives.</i><span class="s2" style="color: blue;"><i>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span><i> </i></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus predicts His death as necessary for all who follow His way to eternal life..<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context) </b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>John 12:23-26 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+12%3A23-26&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus declares that He must die in order for all who believe and follow His way to rebirth and eternal life.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s2" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s2" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Matthew 18:3<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="color: blue; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>3 </i></b></span><span class="s2" style="color: blue;"><i>Then he said, </i></span><i>“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.</i><span class="s2" style="color: blue;"><i>.</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus teaches His followers of the truth of repenting in faith to walk with Christ into eternal life. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>John 1:12<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p6" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>12 </i></b></span><i>But to all who believed Him and accepted him, He gave the right to become children of God., </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… John teaches truth that faith in Christ is the only way to be reborn into eternal life. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>John 14:6<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p6" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>12 </i></b></span><i>But to all who believed Him and accepted him, He gave the right to become children of God., </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… John teaches truth that faith in Christ is the only way to be reborn into eternal life<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>2Corinthians 5:17<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p6" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>17 </i></b></span><i>This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!, </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul shows fellow Christians that ANYONE who surrenders in faith to follow Jesus will experience a new life.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Ephesians 2:8-10 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+2%3A8-10&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul also teaches all Christians that dying to self and following Christ’s ways will produce a renaissance way of life for all time. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Titus 3:5 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p6" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span class="s3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>5 </i></b></span><i>He saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.. </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul also assures all born-again Christians that Christ died to give all who surrender to follow Him a new lift thru God’s Spirit. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Tim Gustafson -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/24/renaissance">AT THIS LINK</a> - </b> wrote of Leonardo da Vinci declaring of his life, … <span class="s6" style="color: #7f0080;"><b><i>“While I thought I was learning how to live… , “I was learning how to die.”</i></b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And really, that’s what God’s word teaches, doesn’t it?<b><b>(see Scriptures above)</b></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It teaches us about our lives being surrendered in faith to Christ, … giving faithful followers of Christ a new, renaissance, way of Christlike living, … a life which produces fruit for God’s eternal kingdom. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Any of my readers interested in such renaissance living?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>That’s why you find me here, every morning, praying that my pursuit of Christlike living, by following God’s word, can - and WILL - lead to the new life, promised by the Apostle Paul, and Jesus, Himself in the Reference Scriptures above, which will see me made over into a Christlike, renaissance, way of living. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Anybody out there with me? <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p8" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS:</b></span> ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your way of renaissance living.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me again today, … to continue to pursue Your eternal way of living for You, Lord. … everyday!! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled<i><b> “Our Daily Bread,” </b></i>distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-66989794468360132332024-03-23T07:43:00.006-05:002024-03-23T07:43:43.974-05:00March 23, 2024 … Sharing God’s Lavish Love … <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 23, 2024 …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sharing God’s Lavish Love …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href=" https://tinyurl.com/m6eey6as">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ... <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Cory Asbury singing <b>… <i>Reckless Love …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> Powerfully singing</i> of how God shares His reckless love with anyone who surrenders and receives God lavish love. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6AhFOkettpiUV5RIX8xiS9P6L0d47SiHqPbupgp3ObV3SLdgcu7aoBdntqXcan3v0gBaI-ERmzp5RmsT7EI0UnBobUUdVlFe14yIOYY7Gz-VTUO3axi3yGEEdX7n9A48U3ZHc2vdEun3ENjyPeT6mPk2EY-kzBXfD7oFnUbvzk1YZ9fWkCw7AoA/s350/god-is-love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="350" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6AhFOkettpiUV5RIX8xiS9P6L0d47SiHqPbupgp3ObV3SLdgcu7aoBdntqXcan3v0gBaI-ERmzp5RmsT7EI0UnBobUUdVlFe14yIOYY7Gz-VTUO3axi3yGEEdX7n9A48U3ZHc2vdEun3ENjyPeT6mPk2EY-kzBXfD7oFnUbvzk1YZ9fWkCw7AoA/s320/god-is-love.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … 1Peter 2:12 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>12 </i></b></span><i>Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will give honor to God when he judges the world..<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Peter extols fellow Christians to live like Christ so as to point others to God’s love thru the way we Christians live.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context) </b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1Peter 2:11-12 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+2%3A11-12&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">…Peter, writing to persecuted Christians, exhorts them (and us) to live as Christ lived so that others will experience Christ’s love by the way we live.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Psalms 23:1-6 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+23&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… King David sings of God being our “Good Shepherd,” Who lavishes His love on those who faithfully follow Him as Lord.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … John 3:16-17 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+3%3A16-17&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus declares the extent of God’s love for those who believe on Him as Messiah and Lord.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Romans 5:8; 8:37-39 [NLT] … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+5%3A8%2C+8%3A37-39&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul teaches fellow Christians about God’s extravagant love.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 1Corinthians 13:4-7 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+13%3A4-7&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul teaches fellow Christians what God’s love really looks like in the way they (we) live our lives for others.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: …Ephesians 3:20 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>20 </i></b></span><i>Now all glory to God, Who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.. </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul also calls on fellow Christians to love others as Jesus loves us so that they will be drawn to His love and saving grace. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 1John 3:1 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>1 </i></b></span><i>See how very much our Father loves us, for He calls us His children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know Him. </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God, thru John, calls Christians to shower others with God’s love so that they will see Christ living in and thru our good deeds. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Mike Wittmer-<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/23/extravagant-love">AT THIS LINK</a> - </b> told of sitting next to a non-believer on a flight, who reported moving to a town where many of her neighbors were church-goers and was so impressed by how these so-called “Christians” showered this non-believer’s handicapped father with lavish love and caring compassion.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p6" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And today’s ODB entry calls out for me - and all Christians - to see if the way we live our lives demonstrates God’s lavish love openly and obviously points others to Christ as we live our lives to show God’s love to any and all who might see Christlike love by the way we live for others.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So, let’s all take in today’s linked song and meditate on the Scriptures above and then go out - maybe even today - and share God’s extravagant love with someone. </p><p class="p8" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your enabling grace to share Your lavish love with someone. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me again today, … to show off Your lavish love, Lord, by the way I love others to point them to You today.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled <i><b>“Our Daily Bread,”</b></i> distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-47915719551608176782024-03-22T07:40:00.000-05:002024-03-22T07:40:08.278-05:00March 22, 2024 … Love In Action … <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 22, 2024 …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Love In Action …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3vw9cmb4">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ... </b><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Tauren Wells singing <b>… <i>Love Is Action …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> Powerfully singing</i> of how we Christians need to put Christlike love into action by the way we live or lives in serving our Lord and others.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHr-S-R8f_2or7YlH8TpwysbS1tzVRDafh5BtJs62TCHGT5cjhJ6v3qI_VhXIR4BHaaf8OxVaGhk-LvcIoNOITeJgFSxq570oeNFzgl7HgPFhWPx6jf2E7hMfw1FInygZyY4zEfOdhPoTOByEBcEYOuyM8zxeFB569EPKjYP_nZqBzx0aEAlgFRA/s350/love%20you.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHr-S-R8f_2or7YlH8TpwysbS1tzVRDafh5BtJs62TCHGT5cjhJ6v3qI_VhXIR4BHaaf8OxVaGhk-LvcIoNOITeJgFSxq570oeNFzgl7HgPFhWPx6jf2E7hMfw1FInygZyY4zEfOdhPoTOByEBcEYOuyM8zxeFB569EPKjYP_nZqBzx0aEAlgFRA/s320/love%20you.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … 1John 3:18 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>18 </i></b></span><i>Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions..<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God calls on ALL Christians to show our love for one another, like Christ did, … by being willing to die to help others <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context):</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>1John 3:16-18 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+3%3A16-18&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">…God, thru the Apostle John’s exhortation, calls on His born-again children to show Christlike love to others thru our sacrificial deeds to help others in need. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Matthew 5:44 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p6" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>44 </i></b></span><i>But I say, love your enemies Pray for those who persecute you! </i><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus, in His sermon on the mount to followers, calls on all who believe in Him as Messiah to show their (our) love for others by even loving our enemies or our persecutors.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … John 3:16, 13:34 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+3%3A16%2C+13%3A34&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus shows the extent of God’s love for believers, commanding fellow Christians to love the way Jesus love His chosen, … by being willing even to die for them (us). <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Romans 5:8 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>8 </i></b></span><i>But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">…All born-again Christians have been chosen and called to love others the way Christ loved them (us). <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 1Corinthians 13:4-7 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+13%3A4-7&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul teaches fellow Christians what love in action really looks like in the way Christians live.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Colossians 3:14 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>14 </i></b></span><i>Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul also calls on fellow Christians to clothe themselves (ourselves) in Christ-like love.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 1Peter 4:8 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>8 </i></b></span><i>Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins. </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Peter shows God’s priority of living to love others as Christlike love covers our sin with the love of Christ.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread </i></b> Author, Lisa M Samoa -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/22/next-step-of-love">AT THIS LINK</a> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>tells of a restaurant owner in Wisconsin, during the COVID pandemic, encouraged by the sharing of other fellow restauranteurs in his area, invested more that $2000 to purchase and distribute greeting cards for ALL their restaurants to assure customers that they were all doing their best to protect their customers by the way they practiced healthy business practices. .<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And that’s the kind of LOVE IN ACTION that we all need to realize and put into action which shows others Christlike love by the way we Christians live our lives to help others.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And taking in the linked song and the Scriptures shared here today, are you, as I am, asking ourselves what we can do TODAY to share and show the love of Christ to others.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p8" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me opportunities to share Your love with others. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me again today, … to do all we can to shine and share Your light of love, Lord, in this ever darkening world. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled <i><b>“Our Daily Bread,” </b></i>distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-49718474611451107132024-03-21T07:59:00.004-05:002024-03-21T07:59:36.587-05:00March 21, 2024 … Shining His Light … <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 21, 2024 …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Shining His Light …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3k3k6wbv">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ...<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from the group Elevation Worship, leading in worship and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>singing <b>… <i>Shine A Light …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> Joyfully singing</i> of how we Christians must shine the light in us for all to see Christ’s light.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurhS8zFXeSfzIKGh8wsFa-FtiigrF8AUGw-LmSffBT4cfJb9R4zLTmx4AeljUPyiGJKADn8qx6VyxsDXbzv3kE1nM8WOvARop5-IUSFuQz5cs0d04xeZKNwnS5P0WiZqc317ntTwAfc61cXxEY-yWpIsQAXYl9_SbY6lmCZvM_5U_oZrlr6074g/s350/shining%20light.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="350" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurhS8zFXeSfzIKGh8wsFa-FtiigrF8AUGw-LmSffBT4cfJb9R4zLTmx4AeljUPyiGJKADn8qx6VyxsDXbzv3kE1nM8WOvARop5-IUSFuQz5cs0d04xeZKNwnS5P0WiZqc317ntTwAfc61cXxEY-yWpIsQAXYl9_SbY6lmCZvM_5U_oZrlr6074g/s320/shining%20light.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Shining His light today ...</span> </i></b></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Isaiah 58:10 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>10 </i></b></span><i>Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Then your light will shine out of the darkness around you, and the darkness around you will be as bight as noon.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… King David came to realize that joy comes to those who trust in the LORD. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context):</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Isaiah 58:6-12 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+58%3A6-12&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">…God, thru Isaiah, calls on God’s people to do unto others as He, The Lord, has done unto His chosen family. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Psalms 119:105 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>105 </i></b></span><i>Your<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">…God’s word becomes a light for our path in life.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Matthew 5:14-16 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5%3A14-16&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus teaches His followers that those who follow Him faithfully as Messiah and Lord will become lights for others to see and follow Him.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … John 1:5, 8:12 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1%3A5%2C+8%3A12&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus calls for His chosen to follow Him and shine His light into a dark world.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 2Corinthians 4:5-6 [NLT] … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+4%3A5-6&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God, thru the Apostle Paul, teaches fellow Christians about shining Christ’s light in them (us) for others to see Christ’a love and grace. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 1Peter 2:9 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>9 </i></b></span><i>But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for He called you out of the darkness into His wonderful light. </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">…All born-again Christians have been chosen and called to shine Christ’s light to help them see and follow Him in life. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s<b><i> Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Patricia Raybon -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/21/simply-helping">AT THIS LINK</a> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><b> </b>tells of Ole Kassow, as dedicated cyclist who wanted to help others to share in the joy of cycling by setting up a way for those residing in homes for the aged in Copenhagen, Denmark, to take rides on sunny days with him on a safe, trishaw (three wheeled) cycle.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And over the years over 570,000 seniors have benefitted from what Kassow calls <span class="s5" style="color: #7f0080;"><b><i>”Cycling Without Age</i></b></span>.” <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p6" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And what a wonderful way to share the light of God with others as we Christians are called to do by God’s word <b>(see Scriptures above)</b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So, … being called to be God’s light in such a darkening world, … how can we (yes, you and me) be Christ’s light, doing all we can <b>(see photo)</b> to shine forth into this ever darkening world, … letting others see and follow the Lord?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I’ll leave that to you, letting God’s Spirit thru His word to lead you (and me) to shine God’s light for others to see and follow our Lord’s way in life.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p7" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for lighting my way to follow You, Lord.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to do all we can to shine Your light, Lord, in this ever darkening world. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled <i><b>“Our Daily Bread,”</b></i> distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-85181026244529299882024-03-20T07:30:00.002-05:002024-03-20T07:30:30.669-05:00March 20, 2024 … Joy To Those Who Trust God … <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 20, 2024 …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Joy To Those Who Trust God …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/msfcvzva">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ... <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Lauren Daigle<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>singing <b>… <i>You Say …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> Joyfully singing</i> of how God gives His joy and happiness to those who trust in and follow His will and His ways.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQYPHaNncQbp5vyQi4rIXYFf1Z3bKkujPL_vXzp5QaiQLqM0jpToxSbbh6atR1A1smHCArh34sF6vmuLGQBbEjxAOxmCXzqfmqdeHgr_QSOMQdb5ItXIaGoNO8E27We4o2Fzk8J6zGArTRyv8qwf8EG4-97CWarFHgLlAtoJl9ZJlJ3VOu0kywHg/s350/trust%20God%204.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="350" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQYPHaNncQbp5vyQi4rIXYFf1Z3bKkujPL_vXzp5QaiQLqM0jpToxSbbh6atR1A1smHCArh34sF6vmuLGQBbEjxAOxmCXzqfmqdeHgr_QSOMQdb5ItXIaGoNO8E27We4o2Fzk8J6zGArTRyv8qwf8EG4-97CWarFHgLlAtoJl9ZJlJ3VOu0kywHg/s320/trust%20God%204.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Psalms 40:4 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>4 </i></b></span><i>Oh, … </i><b><i>the joys of those who trust the LORD,</i></b><i> … who have no confidence in the proud or in those who worship idols.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… King David came to realize that joy comes to those who trust in the LORD. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context):</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Psalms 40:1-5 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+40%3A1-5&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… King David sings of finding joy and happiness by trusting in God.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Psalms 37:4-6 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+37%3A4-6&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… King David sings of finding joy in trusting God. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>5 </i></b></span><i>Trust in the Lord with all your heart;</i><span class="s5" style="font-family: Courier; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>do not depend on your own understanding.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span class="s6" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>6</i></b></span><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i> </i></b></span><i>Seek His will in all you do,</i><span class="s5" style="font-family: Courier; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>and He will show you which path to take. </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God, thru Solomon, promises to show His will and ways to those who trust in Him. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Jeremiah 17:7 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>7 </i></b></span><i>But Blessed are those who trust in the LORD and have made the LORD their hope and confidence.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God, thru Jeremiah, promises blessing for those who trust in The LORD. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Matthew 6:25 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p6" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>25 </i></b></span><i>“That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus teaches HIs followers (and us) that they must trust in God who provides all their needs.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Romans 15:13 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>13 </i></b></span><i>I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul’s prayer for fellow Christians to find their (our) joy when they (we) trust in God.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Winn Collier -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/20/happy-trust"> AT THIS LINK</a> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> </b>- tells of how a woman rescued a dog she named “,” who, after some time, began repeatedly licking one side of the woman’s jaw, which she later found out was because the woman had a cancerous tumor in her jaw which would have killed the dog not detected the cancer<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And like the dog in this story, God’s word repeatedly and strongly shows that God blesses - with joy - those who trust in and follow God’s ways rather than trusting in the ways of the world or in our human desires.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So, I’m praying that those reading with me here have learned the truth of surrendering to God to find our joy in trusting God’s will and His ways.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p8" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>:... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing the way to joy thru trusting in Your word.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to trust in Your perfect “GPS,” which is Your word, Lord, … to lead us to Your joy and peace.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note:</b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled<b><i> “Our Daily Bread,”</i></b> distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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. </span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-60928139081904213172024-03-19T07:51:00.004-05:002024-03-19T07:51:33.155-05:00March 19, 2024 … Our Master - King Jesus… <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 19, 2024 … Our Master - King Jesus…<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3w4rn9zk">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ... <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Phil Wickham<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>singing <b>… <i>This Is Our God …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> Powerfully singing</i> of God being our Master in Heaven, … our King, Jesus. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMQ2QjVmZ9DIFwzRwwQ8HOUbP9y-JgeWPejFizu2xeYCMGjd9WWeLj9QiGQLwRnn6b9WQSxq8l9bar2SjlPTVaknYxxbQSEkguKz7RhZ8TzAjmyAui1-Rm3SHQ3g6gTyZ5iPqa9t5kyk0bayOmPF7PjjzakEWPDlfQvAR73W5GVz47TzAlHyIZA/s350/Our%20Master.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="292" data-original-width="350" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMQ2QjVmZ9DIFwzRwwQ8HOUbP9y-JgeWPejFizu2xeYCMGjd9WWeLj9QiGQLwRnn6b9WQSxq8l9bar2SjlPTVaknYxxbQSEkguKz7RhZ8TzAjmyAui1-Rm3SHQ3g6gTyZ5iPqa9t5kyk0bayOmPF7PjjzakEWPDlfQvAR73W5GVz47TzAlHyIZA/s320/Our%20Master.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Serving Our heavenly Master</span></b></div></b><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Colossians 4:1 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>1 </i></b></span><i>Masters, be just and fair to your slaves.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Remember that you also have a Master - in Heaven.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul calls on fellow Christians to treat all with fairness and consideration because that’s what King Jesus calls us to do from Heaven..<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Colossians 4:1 [MSG] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>1 </i></b></span><i>And masters, treat your servants considerately. Be fair with them. Don’t forget for a minute that you, too, serve a Master—God in heaven.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Message version of Colossians 4:1 <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context):</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Colossians 3:22-4:1 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+3%3A22-4%3A1&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to treat all others with consideration and fairness just as our Master, in Heaven, would treat us ,,, with love and mercy and grace.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Mark 12:28-31 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+12%3A28-31&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus declared to one of the religious leaders what is the most important commands from God’s Law … that we, God’s children treat others like neighbors, treating them with the love of God.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Romans 2:11 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>11 </i></b></span><i>For God does not show favoritism.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul calls on fellow Christians to treat others as God treats all … with no favoritism. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Galatians 3:28 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>28 </i></b></span><i>There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus..<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul assures fellow Christians that all born-again believers are all one in Christ. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Philippians 2:3-5 [NLT] … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians+2%3A3-5&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul strongly teaches that all Christians are to take on the attitude of Christ Who calls those who follow Him to treat others as better than we treat ourselves.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … James 2:5 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>5 </i></b></span><i>Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn’t God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren’t they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom He promised to those who love Him?. </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… James, the earthly brother of Jesus, calls on all fellow Christians to humbly love others and become all Christ calls us to be - like Him - loving others like He loves us.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i> Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Jasmine Goh -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/19/who-is-your-master">AT THIS LINK</a> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>tells of how Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower in 2022, … realizing that domestic workers for the government need rest, … declared that these government workers be given one day per month to rest and be with their families. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p6" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And really, that’s what God’s word teaches us, doesn’t it, … in passages of truth from God, Himself, calling all God’s children to treat others, i.e., those who serve others, as God would treat us … with love and consideration.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So, taking in the linked song and the Scriptures shared above, how will we be treating others today … and tomorrow; … prayerfully better than yesterday? <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p7" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for treating me ALWAYS better than I deserve.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to seek to treat all others as You have treated us, Lord, … with Your love and grace. … Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled<i><b> “Our Daily Bread,” </b></i>distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-68280978016130755802024-03-18T07:46:00.006-05:002024-03-18T07:46:53.373-05:00March 18, 2024 … “I AM Who I Am” … <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 18, 2024 … “I AM Who I Am” …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2nuvk8pa">GO TO THIS LINK </a>... <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from the group Phillips, Craig, and Dean<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>singing <b>… <i>The Great I AM …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> Powerfully singing</i> of God as the great “I AM,” becoming Who He is in our heats … forever!!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NPMQJKPwCelBdYGuclEzZQZxM63Hs7aF_h5z634u5WnSyxLkdOuvxhJBS6GbtH5bT7Iqb8oNhpvYpzea77KTGF3SZVZOsETvplDFRE64p_2d9aJByp0AN14ToG3i5fnYW4-59LiCRVDPWRE68XmEbEoD63bVIsSJBfhzlV6mhPe-crxljphueQ/s400/Great-I-Am.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="400" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NPMQJKPwCelBdYGuclEzZQZxM63Hs7aF_h5z634u5WnSyxLkdOuvxhJBS6GbtH5bT7Iqb8oNhpvYpzea77KTGF3SZVZOsETvplDFRE64p_2d9aJByp0AN14ToG3i5fnYW4-59LiCRVDPWRE68XmEbEoD63bVIsSJBfhzlV6mhPe-crxljphueQ/s320/Great-I-Am.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Numbers 11:29 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>14 </i></b></span><i>God replied to Moses, </i><b><i>“I am who i am.</i></b><span class="s3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>”</i></b></span><b><i> </i></b><i> Say this to the people of Israel: I am has sent me to you.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span class="s4" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span><span class="s4" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God declares His name to and thru Moses to identify The Lord to God’s people.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context):</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Exodus 3:11-15 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+3%3A11-15&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Moses confronts God in the burning bush … who declares who His Name is to be is to the world.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s5" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s5" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Isaiah 41:10 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>10 </i></b></span><i>Don’t be afraid, for I AM with you.</i><span class="s6" style="font-family: Courier; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>Don’t be discouraged, for I AM your God.I will strengthen you and help you.</i><span class="s6" style="font-family: Courier; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God, thru Isaiah, shows His people whom He is … snd will always be … to them. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … John 8:12, 15 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+8%3A12%2C+58&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus declared to His followers in Disciple Who He is as the Great “I AM.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … John 15:1, 5 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+15%3A1%2C+5&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus, in the Upper Room, declares to His disciples Whom He is to them and to all who believe in Him. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 2Corinthians 5:17 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>17 </i></b></span><i>This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul strongly teaches truth that to believe in Christ is to become a new person. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Galatians 2:20 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>20 </i></b></span><i>My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul shows fellow Christians that he has been transformed by His faith in Jesus.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Revelation 1:8, 17-18 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+1%3A8%2C+17-18&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… reveals Himself to John to be the beginning and the end to all His chosen people.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Kenneth Petersen -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/18/i-am-2">AT THIS LINK</a> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> </b>tells of how C.S. (Jack) Lewis, a British professor and declared atheist who read Exodus and was finally convinced that God was real and who He, the Lord, was - and is - whom He declared Himself to be … the great “I AM.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">That realization brought C.S. Lewis to saving faith, as it did for me in 1983, … as an angry atheist myself, who was changed and transformed when I surrendered my life to faith in Christ.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And oh how I pray that any/all who read with me here today have experienced the great I AM for whom He is … and for Whom He becomes for ANYONE who comes to Christ and believes on Him as the LORD of all.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Believe in Christ as Lord and you too will be transformed by His love and grace. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p8" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for becoming my Lord and Savior thru my faith in You.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to be transformed by You, Lord, … the great “I AM.” … Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled<i><b> “Our Daily Bread,” </b></i>distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-79886414465889273672024-03-17T07:38:00.000-05:002024-03-17T07:38:03.201-05:00March 17, 2024 … Serving God TOGETHER … <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 17, 2024 … Serving God TOGETHER …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4swfufvb">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ... </b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Alay Artist<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>singing <b>… <i>WE Will Serve The Lord …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> Poignantly, and yet<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>powerfully, singing</i> of being called by God’s Spirit to serve the Lord TOGETHER as the family of God.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmH-3cGC5bAWZY5Y0EZV4hH6ZGOzcyDfjAlZoOLJIMWtxlAwuU8y3ohOuOErwd-lwYa95u971aZKuG06RcrLMkaYnAlUBeLAdafzg6LxnZ4Qpt2cuExQ-p9g9wKG1vCKGovV8KRlaqbp24FDTeYj3TiMOFk8JDX8JaEHJE9Zn78shfhqVhGyjOOw/s400/together%20.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="400" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmH-3cGC5bAWZY5Y0EZV4hH6ZGOzcyDfjAlZoOLJIMWtxlAwuU8y3ohOuOErwd-lwYa95u971aZKuG06RcrLMkaYnAlUBeLAdafzg6LxnZ4Qpt2cuExQ-p9g9wKG1vCKGovV8KRlaqbp24FDTeYj3TiMOFk8JDX8JaEHJE9Zn78shfhqVhGyjOOw/s320/together%20.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Numbers 11:29 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>29 </i></b></span><i>But Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake? </i><b><i>I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them all!”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Moses is thankful for God’s Spirit providing leadership to help Moses lead the people. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context)</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Numbers 11:16-17, 27-29 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+11%3A16-17%2C+27-29&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God anoints leaders/elders to serve along side Moses to serve the Lord - TOGETHER. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Joshua 24:15 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>15 </i></b></span><i>But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><b><i>But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.” </i></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God, thru Joshua, calls God’s people to choose who they will follow. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 1Samuel 12:24 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>24 </i></b></span><i>But be sure to fear the Lord and faithfully serve Him. Think of all the wonderful things He has done for you. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God, thru Samuel, calls on His people. to serve the Lord faithfully. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Matthew 6: 24, 33 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A24%2C+33&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus in His Sermon on the Mount, calls on His followers to seek to follow and serve the Lord<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>TOGETHER. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 1Corinthians 15:58 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>58 </i></b></span><i>So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that </i><b><i>nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless</i></b><i>.</i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul exhorts and assures fellow Christians that nothing done to serve the Lord is ever useless. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Colossians 3:23-24 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>23 </i></b></span><i>Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. </i><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>24 </i></b></span><i>Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul helps fellow Christians to remember that anything we do to serve others is serving King Jesus. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s<b><i> Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Xochitl Dixon -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/17/kingdom-minded-leadership">AT THIS LINK</a> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> </b> writes of how she joined a group of authors of Christian children’s books to promote each other’s work.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And in this unified effort, they were criticized as foolish to work TOGETHER with competitors.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But these authors realized that promoting one another’s work was promoting the Gospel and serving God’s kingdom TOGETHER,<b> (see photo)</b>, which is their calling to serve God as Christians. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And today’s ODB entry challenges, along with the linked song, and calls all Christians to decide whom we are serving as we go about planning and creating our TO DO lists today.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Whom will we be serving as we go about our day today?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p8" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … calling and leading me to serve You, Lord, again today. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to choose to follow Your lead again today, Lord..<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled<i><b> “Our Daily Bread,”</b></i> distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-89249763698190612572024-03-16T07:37:00.000-05:002024-03-16T07:37:01.723-05:00March 16, 2024 … Ambassadors of God’s Grace … <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 16, 2024 … Ambassadors of God’s Grace …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/vt72c4kd">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ...<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Steve Green<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>singing <b>… <i>People Need The Lord …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> Poignantly, and yet<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>powerfully, singing</i> of being called by God’s Spirit and His word to share the grace of God for lost people who desperately need saving.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi507-6r6Lt5fuQImwJcXS_ZFU73OwKdnU2I6RoPRm585-Wy-k-uM8Ml9w_n8xwVVPsUXTDTgpGUHlNOXTAj01_7XSWHPgx8XuceoYngQIEWl6vm872-JNmAd6mLVo90smPeI3j0bBzuk19CoFm47WbWfr_NQxEQelFGZ6yzjHxvHIeBm2fFZpaOA/s400/share%20jesus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi507-6r6Lt5fuQImwJcXS_ZFU73OwKdnU2I6RoPRm585-Wy-k-uM8Ml9w_n8xwVVPsUXTDTgpGUHlNOXTAj01_7XSWHPgx8XuceoYngQIEWl6vm872-JNmAd6mLVo90smPeI3j0bBzuk19CoFm47WbWfr_NQxEQelFGZ6yzjHxvHIeBm2fFZpaOA/s320/share%20jesus.png" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Acts 16:9 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>9 </i></b></span><i>That night Paul had a vision: A man from Macedonia in northern Greece was standing there, pleading with him, </i><b><i> “Come over to Macedonia and help us!”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul in a vision is called to a region in Asia Minor to share the Gospel with the people there.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><b><u></b><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context) </b></span><b></u> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Acts 16:1-10 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+16%3A1-10&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God’s Spirit gives Paul a calling to go to Macedonia and share Christ with the people there.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Matthew 28:19-20 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+127&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus, just before re-entering heaven proclaims His “Great Commission” calling to all Christians. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Mark 16:15 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p6" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="color: blue; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>15 </i></b></span><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"><i>And then He told them, </i></span><i>“Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.</i><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"><i> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Mark’s post resurrection version of Jesus calling all Christians to go into ALL the world and preach the Gospel to the lost who need God’s saving grace (ie., Jesus Great Commission).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b> </u>: … Acts 1:8 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p6" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>8 </i></b></span><i>But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me EVERWHERE — in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”</i><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus’ charge (i.e., HIs calling) to all Christians to become Christ’s witness in all the world.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 2Corinthians 5:20-21 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+5%3A20-21&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to becoming ambassadors of/for Christ, helping the lost to be reconciled to God.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 1Peter 2:9, 3:15 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+2%3A9%2C+3%3A15&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Peter calls fellow Christians to always be ready to show others, who need God’s saving grace, how they can share in God’s love. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p7" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Bill Crowder -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/16/come-and-help">AT THIS LINK</a> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>writes of how the Church of England, in 1701, founded an organization, <b> The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel</b>, <b><i> in order to fulfill God’s Great Commission</i></b> to send Christ’s ambassadors into all the world (<b>see </b><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Matt 28:19-20 and Mark 16:15 and Acts 1:8</b></span>). <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">But as for me, today’s ODB entry, was a strong reminder of God’s call for all Christians to become His ambassadors of Christ’s love and grace and to share God’s saving grace with a world of lost souls, desperately needing the Lord (as Steve Green sings in the linked song).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>What will we do today to share Christ with someone who obviously needs the Lord?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Will we be ready and willing to share the Gospel story?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p9" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for calling me to be Your ambassador of saving grace, … ALWAYS! …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to be ready, even today, to share Your love and grace, Lord, with any who need You.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled <i><b>“Our Daily Bread,”</b></i> distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-74886726099332044602024-03-15T07:16:00.005-05:002024-03-15T07:16:54.177-05:00March 15, 2024 … What’s Our Legacy? … <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 15, 2024 … What’s Our Legacy? …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/24we224e">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ... <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Nicole Nordeman<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>singing <b>… <i>Legacy …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> Poignantly, and yet<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>powerfully, singing</i> of wanting to leave a legacy of how we have lived our lives for God’s glory. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdktdaaFOD6VuGJSG36_vrMZG-HwfHeqwgIfAUGhgFijW0L3quYRDZWexH9y7qNl45VSeQVRTvtFhI_HwlCvAtCxIPeQ4rBGra874ySfhnfyyI5SVNCcc-mydYSDUuwWKCqs7WYcUZnnNotzZ9sC3AIEB5aZhaz2VmxhwWls9RguFlsjZqefD6w/s350/godly%20legacy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="350" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdktdaaFOD6VuGJSG36_vrMZG-HwfHeqwgIfAUGhgFijW0L3quYRDZWexH9y7qNl45VSeQVRTvtFhI_HwlCvAtCxIPeQ4rBGra874ySfhnfyyI5SVNCcc-mydYSDUuwWKCqs7WYcUZnnNotzZ9sC3AIEB5aZhaz2VmxhwWls9RguFlsjZqefD6w/s320/godly%20legacy.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Ecclesiastes 5:10 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>10 </i></b></span><i>Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!</i><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Solomon warns of the meaninglessness of trying to leave a legacy of wealth. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context):</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ecclesiastes 5:8-15 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+5%3A8-15&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Solomon writes of how wealth alone should never be the legacy of our lives. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Psalms 127 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+127&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… A Song of Solomon on building a legacy for our children. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Proverbs 13:22 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>22 </i></b></span><i>Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren,</i><span class="s5" style="font-family: Courier; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Solomon promotes godliness being passed on to the children of godly parents. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Matthew 6:19:21 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A19-21&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus, in His sermon on the mount, teaches of building up treasures in heaven.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 1Timothy 6:6 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>6 </i></b></span><i>Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul teaches Timothy (and all Christians) that passing along godliness should be the goal of our ives.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Hebrews 13:5 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>5 </i></b></span><i>Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, </i><b><i>“I will never fail you. </i></b><span class="s6" style="font-family: Courier; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i> </i></b></span><b><i>I will never abandon you.” </i></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God’s Sprit, thru the Author of Hebrews, promises never to abandon those who live their (our) lives to glorify God, not relying on worldly wealth. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p6" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Tim Gustafson -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/15/hated-in-kansas">AT THIS LINK</a> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b> tells how a self-made millionaire during the dust-bowl days in Kansas, since he had no children, decided to leave a legacy for those in his area, commissioning a sculpture to create nine statues of himself and his wife and became one of the most hated people in his home town. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And if my readers here today have taken in the poignant song by Nicole Nordeman and meditated on the Scriptures above, I believe “all y’all,” as we would say here in the South of the USA, will be asking, … as am I, …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>what kind of legacy will we be leaving for those, possibly our children, to remember us?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Will it be a legacy of Godly living as Lord in His word calls us to live?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Oh, how I pray that is our eternal legacy? <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p8" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for calling me to live Your legacy of Godliness.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to live today and all days building a legacy of Godliness for Your glory, Lord.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled<i><b> “Our Daily Bread,” </b></i>distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-31915553189405713012024-03-14T06:41:00.001-05:002024-03-14T06:41:12.383-05:00March 14, 2024 … Jesus Alone Satisfies … <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 14, 2024 … Jesus Alone Satisfies …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4jzx25ce">GO TO THIS LINK </a>... <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from The Brentwood Baptist Church<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>singing <b>… <i>Who Can Satisfy My Soul …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> Poignantly and powerfully</i> in worship to God singing of how only our God can satisfy our inner longings.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge8RDU5T_Aa0aAXxivmii6brzGk3wFbXj_l6MYnYt7aCjeHzJ-jfrPDNhPvqjhBAaCScicBiA6PfgkJuuxuSguDI-XZ3yQT7fOqSCFs_9EjYVDUUuDlZQOP13XqfHSMYaOMoIbnLOWhmW8ccULXUP9_S-Y2fCZhWAF39kzAYIKUoAY1Lf0KXug4A/s400/Jesus%20satisfies.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge8RDU5T_Aa0aAXxivmii6brzGk3wFbXj_l6MYnYt7aCjeHzJ-jfrPDNhPvqjhBAaCScicBiA6PfgkJuuxuSguDI-XZ3yQT7fOqSCFs_9EjYVDUUuDlZQOP13XqfHSMYaOMoIbnLOWhmW8ccULXUP9_S-Y2fCZhWAF39kzAYIKUoAY1Lf0KXug4A/s320/Jesus%20satisfies.png" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Genesis 24:29-30 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>29 </i></b></span><i>One day when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau arrived home from the wilderness exhausted and hungry. </i><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>30 </i></b></span><i>Esau said to Jacob, “I’m starved! Give me some of that red stew!”.</i><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jacob uses Esau’s desperate hunger to trade him food for Esau’s birthright. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context):</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Genesis 25:29-34 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+25%3A29-34&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jacob satisfies his famished brother, Esau, with stew by demanding Esau’s birthright from their father, Isaac. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Psalms 16:11, 17:15, 37:4 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+16%3A11%2C+17%3A15%2C+37%3A4&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… King David sings over and over that only God can satisfy our human longings for peace and satisfaction of our desires in life. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Isaiah 58:11 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>1 </i></b></span><i>The Lord will guide you continually,</i><span class="s5" style="font-family: Courier; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>giving you water when you are dry</i><span class="s5" style="font-family: Courier; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>and restoring your strength.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You will be like a well-watered garden,</i><span class="s5" style="font-family: Courier; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>like an ever-flowing spring.. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God promises, thru His Prophet, Isaiah, to ALWAYS provide the needs of His chosen and faithful remnant of believers.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Matthew 6:33 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p6" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>33 </i></b></span><i>Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and </i><b><i>He will give you everything you need.</i></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul teaches and assures fellow Cristians that their (our) God is ALWAYS faithful to show His way out of the (our) trials in life.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Romans 15:13 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>13 </i></b></span><i>I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in Him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God’s Spirit, thru Paul, assures fellow Christians that God provides for the needs of those who trust and follow The Lord.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Philippians 4:11-12, 19 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians+4%3A11-12%2C+19&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> ... </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul teaches fellow Christians of the truth that only our God can satisfy the needs of His chosen. born-again, Christians and give them (us) contentment. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p7" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s<b><i> Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Marvin Williams -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/14/god-alone-can-satisfy">AT THIS LINK</a> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> </b>ells how $1000+ of food was delivered to a home, … because a father gave his six year old son the use of his phone and the boy ordered all the food.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>When the dad confronted is young son as to why he had ordered the food, the immature, but very bright boy, answered, … <span class="s6" style="color: #7f0080;"><b><i>”I was hungry!”</i></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">This somewhat silly scenario reminded the ODB author today of the story of how Jacob, in the Old Testament <b>(see highlight passage)</b>, was able to swindle his father’s birthright from his famished older brother, Esau, who was willing to trade the birthright for some stew when Esau was depleted and hungry.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And how often are we willing to bypass our promises to God for what we WANT in order to satisfy our fleshly or worldly desires, … not realizing or recognizing God’s promises to supply <span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;">all that we need</span> … ALWAYS!! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">So I charge all my readers to take in the linked song and the Reference Scriptures above and and to meditate on them to remember - and be thankful for - all that God can - AND WILL - provide to satisfy our needs … ALWAYS!!! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p9" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for providing all I need in life … ALWAYS! … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to praise and thank our God for providing all we need today … and tomorrow … and ALWAYS.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled<i><b> “Our Daily Bread,”</b></i> distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-56608998597667913252024-03-13T07:44:00.002-05:002024-03-13T07:44:18.545-05:00March 13, 2024 … Oh, What A Relief He Is … <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 13, 2024 … Oh, What A Relief He Is …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/45uy48pr">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ... <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Kristyn Getty singing <b>… <i>He Will Hold Me Fast …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> Poignantly and powerfully</i> singing of how our God will ALWAYS be there to hold us in times of trial.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mVnw79Qs5BjJ1qSIrBdskX-KugjnmwryDWCwitmis4OYBTBPwWTBNkSJvVgLxjt9IZpFfgTNh4arq1sPuY-OSzX-i1Mhkp2SbjU0Ao45Fv1KrJeL_rrt8yAzED263wYiAiEIQhEaOKSlYReGB6sV-N5iOZGsnUyk2joXH6raTlUZ0RJ0uCemEg/s400/relief%20.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="223" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mVnw79Qs5BjJ1qSIrBdskX-KugjnmwryDWCwitmis4OYBTBPwWTBNkSJvVgLxjt9IZpFfgTNh4arq1sPuY-OSzX-i1Mhkp2SbjU0Ao45Fv1KrJeL_rrt8yAzED263wYiAiEIQhEaOKSlYReGB6sV-N5iOZGsnUyk2joXH6raTlUZ0RJ0uCemEg/s320/relief%20.jpeg" width="178" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">No ... O what a relief HE IS ... </span></b></div></b><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Psalms 118:5 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>5 </i></b></span><i>In my distress I prayed to the Lord,</i><span class="s3" style="font-family: Courier; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>and the Lord answered me and set me free..</i><span class="s4" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span><span class="s4" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God’s Psalmist sings for the Lord hearing the cries of HIs people and setting them (us) free from our troubles. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context):</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Psalm 118:1-9 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+118%3A1-9&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Likely King David sings of God’s relief in times of trial or trouble. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s5" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s5" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Psalm 4:1 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s6" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>1</i></b><i> </i></span><i> Answer me when I call to You, O God, Who declares me innocent.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Free me from my troubles.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Hav mercy one me and hear my prayer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… King David cries out to God for His mercy in song … for relief from his troubles.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Isaiah 41:10 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>10 </i></b></span><i>Don’t be afraid, for I AM with you.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Don’t be discouraged, for I AM your God.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I will strengthen You and help you.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I will hod you up with my victorious right hand. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God promises, thru His Prophet, Isaiah, to ALWAYS be there in to lift up His chosen people in their (our) time of trouble.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Romans 8:18, 28 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+8%3A18%2C+28&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul assures fellow Christians that ALL THINGS we face - no matter how troubling - are for our good and His glory.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 1Corinthians 10:13 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>13 </i></b></span><i>The temptations </i><span class="s7" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>[also translated “tests, troubles, trials, or tribulations’’]</b></span><span class="s8" style="color: black;"><b> </b></span><i>in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure..<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul teaches and assures fellow Cristians that their (our) God is ALWAYS faithful to show His way out of the (our) trials in life.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 1Peter 5:7 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>7 </i></b></span><i>Give ALL your worries and cares to God, … for He cares about you.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Peter assures suffering Christians that God ALWAYS cares for their (our) needs. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p6" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Matt Lucas -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/13/cries-of-distress">AT THIS LINK</a> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b> tells about a five year old Syrian girl, Jinan, and her little brother, who called out for rescuers to save them as they were pinned down under the rubble of an earthquake, … Jinan crying out, <span class="s9" style="color: #7f0080;">“<b><i>Get me out of here; I’ll do anything for you,”</i></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Well, we who read here today may not be trapped under the rubble of an earthquake, but I know we all have had some times in our life when we’re troubled by life’s trials or troubles.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You can likely empathize with little Jinan, … wondering whether God can really give us the relief we need in our trials or troubles. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">i can remember, years ago, an Alka Seltzer TV commercial which promised relief from a head ache by swallowing down their tablet dissolved in water <b>(See photo)</b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> ...</span><span class="s9" style="color: #7f0080;"><b><i>“Plop - plop, fizz-fizz, … Oh, what a relief it is!”</i></b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And I think there are troubling, or even painful, times when we seek that kind of relief from God.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But if my readers have taken in <b>the linked song</b> and meditated on the <b>Reference Scriptures above</b>, we all can take heart and find God’s relief when we face the trials of life, … because God is ALWAYS faithful to hear our prayer and ALWAYS will be there for/with us. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p9" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for being there for me when I need Your enabling grace. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to call out to You, Lord, when we need relief from the trials we face. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled <i><b>“Our Daily Bread,”</b></i> distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-60248717357820007212024-03-12T07:02:00.000-05:002024-03-12T07:02:01.921-05:00March 12, 2024 … Standing With Courage … <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 12, 2024 … Standing With Courage …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/436823d8">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ... </b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Danny Gokey singing <b>… <i>Stand By Faith …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> Powerfully</i> singing of how we Christians must stand by faith in Christ in a world that is hostile to our Lord. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ6npnBCmGOKxNwePTiwOqULN6u8ISFmmuhDE9fVl_rUVOJ1wyxz4-mkdVDNamrTTPZfcAHAuZ20bTQGuTfUKzN7UZAh0vtaFcI7xQZL3vH5-BLUPidcxZqHMH-ckpjLozhIhT6iXGvuAIpIondrrWpTmD9pl54FYvWD8T-eJKJSykx033ta6pYA/s400/Esther.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="308" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ6npnBCmGOKxNwePTiwOqULN6u8ISFmmuhDE9fVl_rUVOJ1wyxz4-mkdVDNamrTTPZfcAHAuZ20bTQGuTfUKzN7UZAh0vtaFcI7xQZL3vH5-BLUPidcxZqHMH-ckpjLozhIhT6iXGvuAIpIondrrWpTmD9pl54FYvWD8T-eJKJSykx033ta6pYA/s320/Esther.jpeg" width="246" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Esther courageously goes before King Xerxes ,,, </span></b></div></b><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>]</b><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Esther 4:16 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>16 </i></b></span><i>“Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same. And then, though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I must die.”.</i><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Esther was willing to risk her life to go before her King to plea for her people.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context):</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Esther 4:10-17 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Esther+4%3A10-17&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Esther courageously and illegally goes before King Xerxes to save the Jews from extermination. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Psalm 1:1 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>1</i></b><i> </i></span><i> Oh, the joys of those who do not</i><span class="s6" style="font-family: Courier; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>follow the advice of the wicked,</i><span class="s6" style="font-family: Courier; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>or stand around with sinners,</i><span class="s6" style="font-family: Courier; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>or join in with mockers. </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God is pleased when believers stand against those who mock the Lord and His ways.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … John 16:33 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p6" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>33 </i></b></span><i>I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”</i><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus warns his Disciples, in the upper room, that they will encounter trials/troubles but that He, their Messiah, will overcome the world.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Galatians 5:1 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>1 </i></b></span><i>So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul calls for fellow Christians to stand in faith and not be bound to the Law. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Ephesians 6:13 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>13 </i></b></span><i>Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to put on God’s armament of faith to stand strong against the evil in our world.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 2Timothy 3:12 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>12 </i></b></span><i>Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul warns Timothy, and all Christians, that all those who stand for Christ will be persecuted.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … James 5:11 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>11 </i></b></span><i>We give great honor to those who endure under suffering. For instance, you know about Job, a man of great endurance. You can see how the Lord was kind to him at the end, for the Lord is full of tenderness and mercy.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… James teaches fellow Christians how the Lord will show mercy to those who enduring suffering from the world. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p7" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Katara Patton -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/12/stand-up">AT THIS LINK</a> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>tells of Mary McDonald, who lived securely, away from the dangers of the Chicago stockyards at the end of the 20th century.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>However, this courageous lady moved to that dangerous area of Chicago to be able to protest and work for those who lived in that troubled area of The Windy City. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And that true story reminded the ODB author of how Queen Esther courageously chose to go before King Xerxes, which was a capitol offense, <b>(see highlight passage and photo)</b> in order to plea for her people, the Jews. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And I’m praying this morning that my readers have taken in the linked song and the Reference Scriptures provided and are convicted - as am I - that we probably can do more - MUCH MORE - to stand in faith for Christ in this ever-darkening and Christian persecuting world. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p9" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for calling me to do more to stand in faith for my Lord.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And I pray for Your enabling grace to do just that. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to seek Your enabling grace, Lord,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… to stand, in faith, for Your ways today and tomorrow. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-42451540443734223812024-03-11T07:16:00.000-05:002024-03-11T07:16:13.398-05:00March 11, 2024 … Carpe Diem … <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 11, 2024 … Carpe Diem …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3dcywfwu">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ... </b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Stephanie Oguine singing <b>… <i>Seize The Day …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> Poignantly</i> singing of how we Christians must “seize the day” to live and serve the Lord with the time God has given us. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06iSStyCcTyymoOq-3ZcAqiwdAtZkhm3e816rpIWw36lDeJ-y1LgRbmoGfuHfl9DrsS9YZiDjFXlI36aC6_Lu764zVY9KYw_mEmMgvvpBB2nCaoVZgnOMyygDMkQ_JW0DYsV4gjPwbgLdh5ATIUUuGlcyRIyfvLxTpyfkfO9csUZC2T7Pk3BMYQ/s350/carpe%20diem2%20.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Ecclesiastes 9:10 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>10 </i></b></span><i>Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave,</i><span class="s3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>there will be no work or planning or knowledge .or wisdom.</i><span class="s4" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span><span class="s4" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Solomon charges mankind to take advantage of the time we have been given by God to live life for The Lord.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context):</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ecclesiastes 9:7-10 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+9%3A7-10&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God teaches, thru Solomon, that man must do whatever we do to honor and worship our Creator God. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s5" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s5" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: …Isaiah 55:6 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>6 </i></b></span><i>Seek the LORD while you can find Him. Call on Him now while He is near. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God, thru Moses, declares that it was our God Who created all we see around us.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Lamentations 3:22-23 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Lamentations+3%3A22-23&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Our God, thru Jeremiah, promises to be faithful with His mercies new every morning, providing what we need for life. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Luke 19:26 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p6" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>26 </i></b></span><i>“‘Yes,’ the king replied, ‘and to those who use well what they are given, even more will be given. But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away.</i><span class="s5" style="color: blue;"><i>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus teaches, with a parable, to use the time we’ve been given wisely to worship our God.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Galatians 6:10 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>10 </i></b></span><i>Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul calls for fellow Christians to use the time God has given us to do good to/for others, especially fellow Christians.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Ephesians 5:15-16 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+5%3A15-16&version=NLT ">USE THIS LINK</a> ... </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to take every opportunity in our lives to live for God in these evil days.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Colossians 4:5 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>5 </i></b></span><i>Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity..<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul, once again, calls for fellow Christians to take the most of every opportunity in to worship God with the way we live.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p7" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Sheridan Voysey -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/11/embrace-today">AT THIS LINK</a> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> </b>tells of a friend, … Nicola, … who was faced with a diagnosis of terminal cancer and expressed feelings of failure in her life.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But her friends expressed that Nicola’s goodness and grace to others had made her life a refection of God’s grace. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And if my readers today have reflected on the linked song and meditated on the Scriptures above, I would guess that you are - as I am right now - asking ourselves, “have I really seized my days to serve God with the time He ha given me?”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And if you have, we might “PTL” for what He has given us in our time, and with His Spirit-given gifts, to serve The Lord.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But if we recognize that we could do more for our God, <b>NOW</b> is the time to “seize the day” we’ve been given by God to worship our Lord and to serve God <b>TODAY and TOMORROW</b>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p9" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me today and maybe tomorrow to serve You with my life.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to seize the day - today and perhaps tomorrow - to serve You, Lord, with the time You give us. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled<i><b> “Our Daily Bread,”</b></i> distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-3019264726787093872024-03-10T07:35:00.001-05:002024-03-10T07:35:15.875-05:00March 10, 2024 … God Created It ALL! <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 10, 2024 … God Created It ALL! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/5y793ef9">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ... <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Brian Doerksen singing <b>… <i>Creation Calls …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> Gloriously</i> singing of how our God created all we see around us. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nVHxWaF0s5CyzzkKN_qJORnxassVExLY7b1_TkIAGfDQIKOMorvj3-6-4SriE6fznEM1WHpgvTRT59feNDmTN-5wk4Gg4ggvfrvnhLT0Me3q82TLIyh0hxT1lzBoRj53W0BfrPbRpYYf6xvH5qnHaB7lJ93wcyNXCOjXf7fXXE7CEbA9acrFbg/s350/God's%20creation.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="350" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nVHxWaF0s5CyzzkKN_qJORnxassVExLY7b1_TkIAGfDQIKOMorvj3-6-4SriE6fznEM1WHpgvTRT59feNDmTN-5wk4Gg4ggvfrvnhLT0Me3q82TLIyh0hxT1lzBoRj53W0BfrPbRpYYf6xvH5qnHaB7lJ93wcyNXCOjXf7fXXE7CEbA9acrFbg/s320/God's%20creation.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Created by our God for our good and His glory ... </b></div></b><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Psalms 104:24 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>24 </i></b></span><i>O LORD, what a variety of things You have made!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of Your creatures.</i><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God, thru His Psalmist, declares the glory we see in all The Lord has created.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context):</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Psalms 104:24-35 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+104%3A24-35&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Psalmist, likely King David, declares of the glory we see in all God has created.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: …Genesis 1:1 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>1 </i></b></span><i>In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God, thru Moses, declares that it was our God Who created all we see around us.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Psalm 121:2 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>2 </i></b></span><i>My help comes from The LORD, Who made heaven and earth.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God Psalmist sings of God, Who made heaven and earth, being our help and sustainer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … John 1:1-3 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1%3A1-3&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… John’s Gospel account declares that Christ was the word Who created God’s work, His creation, for our good and His glory. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Colossians 1:15-16 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+1%3A15-16&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> ... </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul teaches fellow Christians that Christ created all things we see for God’s glory. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b> </u>: … 1Timothy 4:4 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>4 </i></b></span><i>Since everything God created is good, we should not reject any of it but receive it with thanks.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul calls for fellow Christians to receive all God has created with a thankful heart.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p6" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s<b><i> Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Xochitl Dixon -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/10/god-made-them-all">AT THIS LINK</a> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>tells of taking her 3 year old son, Xavier, to the Monterey Bay Aquarium to show him what God had created in the seas.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And telling Xavier, <span class="s5" style="color: #7f0080;"><b><i>“God made every creature in the ocean,” … “just like He made you and me.”</i></b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… to which Xavier whispered, <span class="s5" style="color: #7f0080;"><b><i>“Wow!”</i></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Wow, indeed!!!</b></span> … And who, reading with me today, taking in the linked song and the Scriptures above, can - and will - look around with wonder and feel a <b>WOW,</b> contemplating that our God created all we see - or can imagine - for our good and His glory.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Will you join me with a robust <span class="s5" style="color: #7f0080;"><b><i>HALLELUJAH!!</i></b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p8" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for creating all I can imagine today for me and all who love and follow You. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to look around with thankful eyes to see all You have created for our good and Your glory.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled <i><b>“Our Daily Bread,” </b></i>distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-2401309762423951182024-03-09T07:45:00.004-06:002024-03-09T07:45:59.758-06:00March 9, 2024 … Our Zeal for Christ? <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 9, 2024 … Our Zeal for Christ?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yc52ytj8">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ... <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Cece Winans singing <b>… <i>I’ve Got Joy …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> Enthusiastically</i> singing of how she has found joy in her relationship with Christ which all can share in by surrendering our lives to the Lord. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQut8mYumveqymEqg0bZVT8N-pkhxytx2THU7LLnX89Z2DxpEGzstff4WgZTM6ax3M6tdYuyzgvBRTtZmbiFqIo3J2v83fSDsbzSpAD4DK8PIzSneHossiaekXcsD39V5kuExkAKIYqqjNFA4TENsMmWIZMXSf-i8AiKtEgTDB76-c1FTszhAM5Q/s350/zeal.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="350" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQut8mYumveqymEqg0bZVT8N-pkhxytx2THU7LLnX89Z2DxpEGzstff4WgZTM6ax3M6tdYuyzgvBRTtZmbiFqIo3J2v83fSDsbzSpAD4DK8PIzSneHossiaekXcsD39V5kuExkAKIYqqjNFA4TENsMmWIZMXSf-i8AiKtEgTDB76-c1FTszhAM5Q/s320/zeal.png" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Romans 12:11 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>11 </i></b></span><i>Never be lazy, but </i><b><i>work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically</i></b><i>. </i><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paull charges fellow Christians to serve the Lord with excitement and enthusiasm. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context):</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Romans 12:9-16 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+12%3A9-16&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Paul teaches fellow Christians (us, too) to live and work for the Lord with Spirit-led excitement and zeal. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Deuteronomy 6:5 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>5 </i></b></span><i>And you must love the Lord your God with ALL your heart, ALL your soul, and ALL your strength. </i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God, thru Moses, calls on God’s people to live for God with ALL their (our) heart, soul, and strength.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Joshua 24:15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>15 </i></b></span><i>But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? </i><b><i>But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”</i></b><i> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Joshua shows his zeal to serve the Lord, calling on all believers to make the same commitment. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Psalms 119:137-139 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+119%3A137-139&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… King David expresses his zeal to follow God’s word and his indignation for his enemies who refuse to follow God’s truth. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 2Corinthians 9:8 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>8 </i></b></span><i>And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will ALWAYS have EVERYTHING you need and plenty left over to share with others. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul shows fellow Christians how their (our) God will provide all we need to serve the Lord by sharing Him enthusiastically sharing His love/grace with others.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Titus 2:14 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>14 </i></b></span><i>He gave His life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us His very own people, </i><b><i>totally committed to doing good deeds. </i></b><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul exhorts Titus (and all Christians) to be TOTALLY committed to doing good for Christ. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Jennifer Benson Schuldt -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/09/sharing-excitement">AT THIS LINK</a> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>tells of getting to know a new neighbor,, who demonstrated a long-standing zeal for sharing God’s love and His word with us as new neighbors.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And we could see how committed Henry was to share the Gospel truth with us.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Henry’s zeal was captivating and convincing, … to be so motivated to serve the Lord.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And that’s why any reader will find me here EVERY DAY, praying and journaling from God’s word, which, if my readers have taken in the linked song and the Scriptures above, we should all be captivated and motivated to share God’s love and grace with others … day after day after day after day.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>How about you?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Are you with me, being “juiced” by God’s truth to share His love with someone today.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Let’s all pray that God gives us the opportunity to share His saving grace with someone today.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p8" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for gleaning Your joy to share Your love with someone today. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to go out and share Your love, Lord, with someone today … Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled <i><b>“Our Daily Bread,” </b></i>distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-69401572433714086882024-03-08T07:46:00.000-06:002024-03-08T07:46:04.223-06:00March 8, 2024 … Our God Provides <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 8, 2024 … Our God Provides<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/bde7fp5y">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ...<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Don Moen singing <b>… <i>God Will Make A Way …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> </i>Poignantly singing of how our God provides a way for us when there seems to be NO WAY. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEe9gPun6d2lLjyTEsotWLmOuOrEojfKY7kfax-vyz5oEzg5AsrBOJjKvGAbP7H3g_Yoep6Iym_Wp2sK2ArJ5Dt5W4r7FMxfb419wup4R_0EH50pVBrBMx31Cw5B7Q2XLiRgSS9h9jev3SaBMXOQPH-owrKxRQjAfkB_0vMnpqeHbdm1IkhwWvaQ/s638/fred%20johnson%20.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="522" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEe9gPun6d2lLjyTEsotWLmOuOrEojfKY7kfax-vyz5oEzg5AsrBOJjKvGAbP7H3g_Yoep6Iym_Wp2sK2ArJ5Dt5W4r7FMxfb419wup4R_0EH50pVBrBMx31Cw5B7Q2XLiRgSS9h9jev3SaBMXOQPH-owrKxRQjAfkB_0vMnpqeHbdm1IkhwWvaQ/s320/fred%20johnson%20.jpeg" width="262" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Plumber uses what he had build the orb in Brisbane </b></div></b><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Exodus 4:2 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>2 </i></b></span><i>Then the LORD asked him, “What is in your hand?”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… A shepherds’s staff,” Moses replied.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Moses learns that God will provide what he (we) need to carry out His will. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context)</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Exodus 4:1-5 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+4%3A1-5&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God shows Moses (and us) that He will provide what we need to follow and do what He wills. </p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Psalm 37:4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>4 </i></b></span><i>Take delight in the LORD and He will give you your heart’s delight <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… King David sings of God providing our needs if/when we’re willing to take delight in His provisions and follow His will. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Malachi 3:10 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Malachi+3%3A10&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God, thru the Prophet Malachi, teaches for God’s people to be willing to give to build God’s storehouse as He provides that they (we) need. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: …Matthew 6:31-34 [NLT] … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A31-33&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">…Jesus teaches His followers that they (we) should not worry about tomorrow because our God will provide our needs … for God’s glory. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b> : … 2Corinthians 9:6-8 [NLT] … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+9%3A6-8&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paull teaches about God providing all we need in life, if we’re willing to give generously and cheerfully to tend God’s kingdom crops (i.e., faithfully follow His will). <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Philippians 4:19 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>19 </i></b></span><i>And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul also assures Christians that his (our) God will supply all we need in life from God’s infinite storehouse. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p6" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Winn Collier -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/08/its-enough">AT THIS LINK</a> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> </b>tells of the project in the 1920s to build a glorious City Hall in Brisbane, Australia; … but running out of money to finish the orb on the top of the city hall tower.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>At that time a plumber/artist used spare parts from a toilet cistern to help construct the orb needed to complete the project <b>(see photo)</b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And to me that’s a great life example of what Don Moen sings about in the linked song; … that God will make a way when there seems to be no way.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And the Bible story of Moses learning from God how He provides a way, using Moses’ shepherd’s staff <b>(see nightlight passage)</b> to go before Pharaoh when Moses couldn’t see a way that he could do God’s will to lead God’s people out of Egypt.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And perhaps my readers have trouble seeing a way to glorify God with what we have to offer God’s kingdom.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But if we go forth to accomplish what God, Himself, has called us to do, … our Lord will provide all we need to accomplish His will; and I get my faith from God’s word, <b>from the Scriptures above leading us</b>, …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I believe that!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>… Do you?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p8" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for leading me to do Your will, Lord, again today.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to let You, Lord, show us the way - Your way - to go in life, knowing that You will provide what we need to do Your will. … Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled<i><b> “Our Daily Bread,”</b></i> distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-19724747345813080852024-03-07T07:13:00.001-06:002024-03-07T07:13:24.274-06:00March 7, 2024 … God Is Our Strong Tower <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 7, 2024 … God Is Our Strong Tower<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3rnfdntj">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ...<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Nathaniel Bassey singing <b>…<i> Strong Tower … </i></b><i> </i> Powerfully singing of how The name of Jesus is our strong tower, giving us His strength in our times of weakness.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Gl2v0S-W_aoDvOIqHvn-nd3hW6gzujqluh0ZViz2pLdq78a4mdPDl03GdB6UHl2NpTn90JVKtW1wo78V4hEQHROZnL0VT4eTRRRSMGbzWqa7ivJCWlc-DWUFw1RX4_KKrcyhgDtoLb9WFIwXPyUiK2bipD7zG6WAT26B7lkmGeS8C9WZ77bj2w/s400/wings%20of%20protection.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="400" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Gl2v0S-W_aoDvOIqHvn-nd3hW6gzujqluh0ZViz2pLdq78a4mdPDl03GdB6UHl2NpTn90JVKtW1wo78V4hEQHROZnL0VT4eTRRRSMGbzWqa7ivJCWlc-DWUFw1RX4_KKrcyhgDtoLb9WFIwXPyUiK2bipD7zG6WAT26B7lkmGeS8C9WZ77bj2w/s320/wings%20of%20protection.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Covered by God's wings of protection ..</span></b>. </div></b><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Proverbs 18:10 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>10 </i></b></span><i>The name of the LORD is a strong fortress; … the Godly run to Him and are safe.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Solomon shows the protective safety of God’s name.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context)</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Proverbs 18:10-12 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+18%3A10-12&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">…<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Solomon declares that the character (i.e., “name”) of God is our protection and safety<span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span>when we’re willing humble ourselves and run to Him in times of trial/trouble.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Deuteronomy 31:6 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>6 </i></b></span><i>So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Moses assures Joshua (and all of God’s people) to be strong in that God will ALWAYS go ahead to protect His chosen ones (i.e., … us).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Psalms 46:1, 91:1-2, 138:7 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+46%3A1%2C+91%3A1-2%2C+138%3A7&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Songs compiled by David for his songbook of God’s protection of His people. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Isaiah 41:10, 54:17 [NLT] … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+41%3A10%2C+54%3A17&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Isaiah prophesies of God providing His strength and protection to those who His humble servants. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Romans 8:31, 38-39 [NLT] … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+8%3A31%2C+38-39&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul also assures fellow Christians that nothing can separate them (us) from God’s protective love and grace.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 1Corinthians 10:13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>13 </i></b></span><i>The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you can endure. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paull also assures Christians that nothing in life, which tempts or tries them (us), is stronger than God’s protective care.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><u>NOTE</u>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The word “temptations” can also be translated “tests, trials, troubles, or tribulations”</b> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p6" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Lisa M Samoa -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/07/strength-and-tenderness">AT THIS LINK</a> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>quotes the character Marmee in the book and movie, “Little Women,” with Marmee telling her daughters, …<span class="s5" style="color: #7f0080;"><b><i>“Troubles and temptations . . . may be many, but you can overcome and outlive them all if you learn to feel the strength and tenderness of your heavenly Father.”</i></b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And Marmee’s loving advice to her daughters, the “Little Women,” in the movie rings true with God’s word, especially if my readers have taken in and meditated on the Reference Scriptures provided above.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We are all going to find times when we feel weak or vulnerable in our lives.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Well, that’s when we need to run to the “name” (i.e., character) of God as He <b>(as in the photo)</b> will extend his wings of protection to cover us with His loving strength and care.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And I’m running to Him in prayer today; … how about you?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p8" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your empowering and protective grace today.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to run to You today, Lord, and anytime we need Your protection. … Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled<i><b> “Our Daily Bread,”</b></i> distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-13944454704522958632024-03-06T07:09:00.000-06:002024-03-06T07:09:02.207-06:00March 6, 2024 … Becoming God’s Ambassador <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 6, 2024 … Becoming God’s Ambassador<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/bdfux7c6">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ... <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Pat Barrett singing <b>… <i>Build My Life …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> </i>Poignantly, yet powerfully, singing of how we Christians build our lives to serve The Lord.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAiJB6arxGDh_soE2OF8QpaKYlnLs_E8Ygsx1u15LtxIKC4_M0oChvwtqEnZ3CML7_gYFvu0l4z3XdZ2ZmbDnvrk-cWG0DMTHqHTnjg-wnp1IX0wojJsITyVCsdr1tzMYokYaPIXHVzwBuUDeBIgQbfj8sHcIo9px2QOwM1BqTXjN3HWS_GXy4Q/s350/Ambassador.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAiJB6arxGDh_soE2OF8QpaKYlnLs_E8Ygsx1u15LtxIKC4_M0oChvwtqEnZ3CML7_gYFvu0l4z3XdZ2ZmbDnvrk-cWG0DMTHqHTnjg-wnp1IX0wojJsITyVCsdr1tzMYokYaPIXHVzwBuUDeBIgQbfj8sHcIo9px2QOwM1BqTXjN3HWS_GXy4Q/s320/Ambassador.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Becoming an ambassador of God's goodness ... </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div></b><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Titus 3:1 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>1 </i></b></span><i>Remind believers to submit to the government and its officers.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>They should be obedient, always ready to do what is good<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul charges Titus show fellow Christians to do good for others in serving God, Who is worthy of our goodness.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context)</b></span><b> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Titus 3:1-8 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Titus+3%3A1-8&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">…<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The Apostle Paul exhorts Titus to teach fellow Christians to do good for God for what He has done in saving and sanctifying those who trust in the Lord. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Psalms 37:3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>3 </i></b></span><i>Trust in the Lord and do good.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Then you will live safely in the and and prosper. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… King David sings of trusting God and doing good for Him.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Matthew 5:16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p6" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>16 </i></b></span><i>In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.</i><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"><i> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus calls on believers to do good so that all will see their (our) good works which glorify God. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Galatians 6:9-10 [NLT] … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+6%3A9-10&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to never get tired of doing good for others, especially fellow Christians, as an expression of their (our) Christlikeness.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ephesians 2:8-10 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+2%3A8-10&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul also teaches that Christians were saved and transformed to become God’s ambassador of goodness to the world.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Colossians 3:23 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>23 </i></b></span><i>Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul also teaches Christians to work at all we do as if we’re working for Jesus.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … James 4:17 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>17 </i></b></span><i>Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… James reminds fellow Christians that it is sin to know what God calls is to do and to refuse to do it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p7" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Arthur Jackson -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/06/good-works-ready">AT THIS LINK</a> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>r</b>elates the story of Patrick, a school employee, who normally didn’t carry cash, but one day felt led to put a five dollar bill in his pocket at work.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And at lunchtime that day Patrick overheard someone say that a young man wouldn’t eat that week at school if he could raise $5.00 for his lunches. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Well Patrick was so happy to provide the money in his pocket to help the young man.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p8" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And isn’t that a powerful life example of what God’s word <b>(see Scriptures above)</b> teaches us Christians?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In fact, those of us who claim Christ as our Lord were saved and are being sanctified to be ambassadors of Christlike good works, reaching out to help others whenever we’re given the opportunity.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I, FOR ONE, am striving to become a more willing and faithful ambassador for my Lord’s goodness today. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>How about you? <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p9" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your enabling grace to reach out and help someone today. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to be Your ambassador of goodness today, Lord.. … Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled<i><b> “Our Daily Bread,” </b></i>distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-53514109203742404262024-03-05T07:57:00.007-06:002024-03-05T07:57:55.981-06:00March 5, 2024 … All God’s Power <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 5, 2024 … All God’s Power <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><b><u></b><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b></u>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3rpa3t5j">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ... </b> … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from the group New Wine Worship singing <b>… <i>God All Powerful …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> </i>Poignantly, yet powerfully, singing of how our God is all powerful and controls all in His creation. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW23wMHnK6x4-KkE10JxgX1Zl4c6U_xC5Ree5gj9Wmd0hvnOhvVjhDrD3OsHgpX9BW0Kh-DNkKxNf_oMtvwmr3fMISipiTQhx8FcM65n9RYMG1XOey8oIBZBvVYk_CT1B6-krY-fXr7bm28uz-05vNY3vLuQd_hrMI0aOr-DJIwZ-sYP5Wv_hC2A/s350/God's%20power.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="350" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW23wMHnK6x4-KkE10JxgX1Zl4c6U_xC5Ree5gj9Wmd0hvnOhvVjhDrD3OsHgpX9BW0Kh-DNkKxNf_oMtvwmr3fMISipiTQhx8FcM65n9RYMG1XOey8oIBZBvVYk_CT1B6-krY-fXr7bm28uz-05vNY3vLuQd_hrMI0aOr-DJIwZ-sYP5Wv_hC2A/s320/God's%20power.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Seeking God's Resurrection Power ...</span></b> </div></b><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Judges 7:9 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>9 </i></b></span><i>That night the Lord said, “Get up! Go down into the Midianite camp, for I have given you victory over them!</i><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God’s power will ALWAYS overcome and defeat those who come against Him. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context)</b></span><b> … Judges 7:7-9, 16-22 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges+7%3A7-9%2C+16-22&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">…<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>God shows His power with 300 men under Gideon defeating a Midianite army of many thousands showing God’s glory and power. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 2Samuel 22:31-33 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+22%3A31-33&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… King David sings of God’s power to lead and to protect those who surrender to follow The Lord. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+3%3A5-6&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Solomon teaches that God will lead those who trusts COMPLETELY in Him.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Isaiah 41:9-10 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+41%3A9-10&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God’s promise, thru Isaiah, to ALWAYS give His strength to protect and guide His chosen people. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Jeremiah 10:12-13 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+10%3A12-13&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">…<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Jeremiah declares God power, thru His creation, to control EVERYTHING.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Hebrews 1:3 [NLT] … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>3 </i></b></span><i>The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and He sustains everything by the mighty power of His command. When He had cleansed us from our sins, He sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God’s word, thru the Author of Hebrews, declares of God’s power and glory, working thru God, the Son, our Lord, Jesus, The Christ. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p6" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Tom Felton -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/05/gods-greater-power">AT THIS LINK</a> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>relates the true story of the so-called “Ghost Army” in WW2, … an inferior and out-numbered force of Allied soldiers, who used inflatable “tanks” and loud speakers to convince the Axis forces on the Western front, … keeping the enemy from crossing the Rhine River. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And that 20th century story was reminiscent of the Bible story of Gideon, holding off and defeating a Midianite army, who vastly outnumbered the Israelite army in today’s highlight passage of God’s word.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ever felt overwhelmed by your circumstances?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If I asked for “hands-up,” I’m pretty sure all of my readers today would raise ours, wouldn’t we?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But, if my readers are well grounded in faith of the Scriptures I’ve shared above, … as well as the rest of God’s word, … we, who believe in and serve an ALL POWERFUL God, won’t ever fall prey to the world - or even Satan - because - <span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;">we know that we know that we KNOW</span> that our God will ALWAYS be there to provide us with His strength when we Christians are dealing with our fearful flesh, a very hostile world, or the ploys of Satan himself.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Are you with me?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So, let’s do battle today, following our ALL POWERFUL GOD! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p8" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your all powerful support, Lord, … today and into tomorrow.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to walk in faith, following You, Lord, into battle again today. … Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note:</b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled <i><b>“Our Daily Bread,” </b></i>distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166214.post-35885630319681688762024-03-04T07:00:00.007-06:002024-03-04T07:00:50.523-06:00March 4, 2024 … My Heart Is His <p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>March 4, 2024 … My Heart Is His </b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Devotional Song</b></span><b>: ... <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ymx7s6re">GO TO THIS LINK</a> ...<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Peabo Bryson singing <b>… <i>My Heart Belongs To You …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><i> </i>Poignantly singing of how our hearts belong to God when we surrender to His love/grace.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIog6GFthAKqrG_xacH5H0QLmPXVVkiKH-9Qs_m-RQvHJ2Z8GISAspFyjIv0mVsMZJ0IehzpXqsH-hoKoFZ5FJNU3Z0moSWUjt-m2F6cXZozb1TcNtLYqebs87VNXlOQu0p2Nzlq0Li0GkD-33IjdgGnq_TWaKRtdYF2rj8AYmrpsYcfyOlzsOPg/s350/heart.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="323" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIog6GFthAKqrG_xacH5H0QLmPXVVkiKH-9Qs_m-RQvHJ2Z8GISAspFyjIv0mVsMZJ0IehzpXqsH-hoKoFZ5FJNU3Z0moSWUjt-m2F6cXZozb1TcNtLYqebs87VNXlOQu0p2Nzlq0Li0GkD-33IjdgGnq_TWaKRtdYF2rj8AYmrpsYcfyOlzsOPg/s320/heart.jpeg" width="295" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">==========</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage</b></span><b>: … Ephesians 3:16-17 [NLT] … </b></p><p class="p3" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>16 </i></b></span><i>I pray that from His glorious, unlimited resources He will empower you with inner strength through His Spirit. </i><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i>17 </i></b></span><i>Then Christ will make His home in your hearts as you trust in Him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.</i><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul praying that his fellow Christians will experience God’s Spirit residing in them to help them (us) grow by God’s unlimited enabling grace. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p5" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Highlight Passage (in context) </b></span><b> … Ephesians 3:14-20 … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+3%3A14-20&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">…<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The Apostle Paul prays that his fellow Christians would experience the sanctifying presence of God’s Spirit giving them the grace and power he had experienced thru Christ. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s3" style="color: #fb0207;"><i> </i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">=========<span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s4" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Ezekiel 36:26-27 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+36%3A26-27&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… God’s promise, thru Ezekiel, that He will put a new heart of obedience in those who are faithful to surrender and follow the Lord. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … John 14:20-21 [NLT] … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+14%3A20-21&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Jesus teaches HIs disciples in the upper room that He will live in all who faithfully and obediently follow Him. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Romans 8:7-9 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+8%3A7-9&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK </a>…</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… Paul teaches fellow Christians that those who surrender control of their (our) hears to God’s Spirit will experience His enabling grace.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … Hebrews 13:20-21 [NLT] …<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+13%3A20-21&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK</a> … </b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Author of Hebrews prays that God’s Spirit will reside in the hearts of surrenders believers and give the (us) all they (we) need. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Reference Passage</b></span><b>: … 1John 4:16-19 [NLT] … <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+4%3A16-17&version=NLT">USE THIS LINK </a>… <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">… The Apostle John teaches fellow Christians how we can live in this world with confidence when we have God living in our hearts. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p6" style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Devotional Journal</b></span><b>: </b>Today’s <b><i>Our Daily Bread<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b> Author, Patricia Raybon -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b> <a href="https://odb.org/2024/03/04/he-dwells-within">AT THIS LINK </a>-<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>told of the author’s widowed mother who moved in with her family after a blizzard; and her presence blessed the entire family with her wisdom and engaging personality. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And my own family had a similar experience, moving in with an elderly widow, who invited our family to live with her.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Her name was Maude; and she became like a third grandmother to me as she became part of our family for more than two decades until her passing to be with God. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p7" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">And I pray that all reading here with me have invited our Lord, Jesus, to live in our hearts <b>(see photo)</b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I sure have; and His presence is changing my heart to surrender and to follow the will of God’s Spirit, leading me homeward to be with my Savior in glory forever.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>How about you; … is our Lord residing in your heart?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>if not, email me @ <a href="mailto:blilb13@icloud.com"><span class="s1">blilb13@icloud.com</span></a> and I’ll do my best to show you how He can - and will - live your heart forever, inviting you to be a part of His family.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p8" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My THANKFULNESS</b></span>: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for residing in my heart day-by-day and helping me to become more like You. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>My Prayer Today</b></span>: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to invite You, Lord, into our hearts … Amen</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">=============</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b>Blogger Note</b></span>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled <i><b>“Our Daily Bread,” </b></i>distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you <b><a href="http://www.odb.org/">GO TO THIS LINK</a></b> 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.</span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655975637760599048noreply@blogger.com1