DATE POSTED: Thursday, June 20, 2024, and I was blessed to be at Advent Christian Village, Dowling Park, FL when God inspired me to prepare this devotional. My Footnote will tell you how to find, read or listen to any and all episodes that I have shared over the years.

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE FROM THE New Living Translation (NLT) IS FOUND IN Luke 24:5-9

THE BIBLE TEXT IS: The women were terrified and bowed with their faces to the ground. Then the men asked, “Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive? He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Remember what he told you back in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and that he would rise again on the third day.”
Then they remembered that he had said this. So they rushed back from the tomb to tell his eleven disciples—and everyone else—what had happened. 

APPLICATION OF THE WORD: Hopefully many who will read this devotional are habitual Bible scholars, devoted followers who attend church regularly and disciplined to spending time in the Word, and in prayer, daily. For those who are not, I pray that you will catch a glimpse of the connection that helped relieve the minds of the first visitors to the tomb of Jesus and discovered that His body was no longer there. Friends, your concern may not be that of an empty tomb or a missing body, but many of us have family and or loved ones who might need reminding of who Jesus is, and what He has already placed in His Word for their benefit. For example, some are sitting at the bedside of a close relative deeply concerned about their health, and they could benefit from the reminder of how Jesus healed the crippled man, the lady with a blood issue, and gave sight to the blind. Yes, the same Jesus to whom they and you are praying for healing of the ill relative in that hospital bed. Some are concerned where their next meal will come from, as their income has been spent for the month and supplies are getting low at the local food banks. But for those who recently read the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 plus followers on the mountainside, you can remind them that nothing is impossible with God, and that little is much in His all-powerful hands. After all, He fed the multitude from one little boy’s lunch box! Some might use the excuse of not knowing the language of those who need to know the Lord, until you remind them of the large numbers who spoke in different languages on the Day of Pentecost, that also resulted in many being saved. Many of us may have lost our urgency to see lost souls saved, but perhaps if we remember the day of our salvation, we will be remined of the very special folk that prayed for us and those who led us to the altar where we sought forgiveness of our sin. As we ‘REMEMBER’ dear friends, perhaps we will do like the women, the first visitors to the tomb, we will be overfilled with hope and move into action to tell the world about our awesome Savior who is anxious to also receive them unto Himself.

PRAYER BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT OF TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: The first visitors to the tomb of Jesus was reminded of what Jesus had shared with them while ministering among them, and their hearts were renewed in this time of awe, disappointment, unbelief, and apparent loss. I believe that if we are faithful in our commitment and devotion to You Lord, we will constantly remember the awesome God that we serve, and be renewed in our spirit, to go on, knowing that there is nothing like our God, the Creator of all things! Lord, You know how hard we strive towards earthly success and gain, please stir up within us an even greater desire to know You, have relationship with You and have a deliberate yearning to know more about You. You created us for Your purposes, and we were intended to seek You in all aspects of life. Please renew a right spirit within us and help direct us to Your intended purpose, so that we might lift you up in all aspects of life. Teach us to ‘remember’ Your love so freely poured out upon us in everything You did for us. AMEN!

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