Did you know...?? Your Savior has a “menu” of sorts (yes, you read that right!) and it's filled with
the very best of His abundant provision and served up to you.
In this excerpt from Sip, Savor, & Drink Deeply (found in both the Bible study book and the devotional), you will receive a selection from The Savior’s Grace Place menu by way of the description of one popular coffee shop beverage. Other selections include: Mocha Mercy, Cappuccino Comfort, and Latte Love, to name a few. And guess what?! Your cup overflows with an endless supply of each menu item, poured out in abundance by His grace and generously served up to you today and every day. Enjoy...
In this excerpt from Sip, Savor, & Drink Deeply (found in both the Bible study book and the devotional), you will receive a selection from The Savior’s Grace Place menu by way of the description of one popular coffee shop beverage. Other selections include: Mocha Mercy, Cappuccino Comfort, and Latte Love, to name a few. And guess what?! Your cup overflows with an endless supply of each menu item, poured out in abundance by His grace and generously served up to you today and every day. Enjoy...
BREVE BLESSINGS
Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ
with every spiritual
blessing. Ephesians 1:3
A
breve is perhaps the least known beverage on a coffee shop menu. This
delicious drink is created simply by substituting half-and-half or light cream
for the milk in any espresso-based beverage. Take your latte, cappuccino, or
mocha, and simply replace the steamed milk with a creamier option and—voilà!—you
have a breve. If you’re thinking, But I’ve always added cream to my
coffee, keep in mind that a breve is more parts cream than
coffee. It’s really rich.
Today’s
blessings that fill our cups may have a new look, a different flavor than
yesterday’s blend, and we may not yet recognize them to be the blessings that
they are. Maybe they’ll appear through new means, revealing God’s continued
provision in a different way.
One
day, while waiting in line at my local coffee shop, I was startled as a woman
appeared suddenly and grabbed me by the arm. With a smile larger than my grande
breve, she exclaimed, “Can I pay for your drink? I am so blessed today, I
just want to share my joy!” By God’s grace, this woman recognized His rich blessings
in her life and let them overflow onto me.
Praise
be to God, our cups of Breve Blessings are brimming over! The Lord’s
blessings really do spill over from our cups of plenty; our cups overflow (Psalm
23:5).
Dear God, help me
to recognize Your rich blessings as they flow into my life, sometimes through
unexpected means. May I give You glory as I acknowledge and praise You for each
and every one. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Drink Deeply: God is the giver of every good and perfect gift - every blessing - both physical and spiritual. All that we have comes from His hand. Read Ephesians 1:3-14, which begins, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." We "bless" or praise our triune God - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit - for His countless blessings, beginning with the spiritual blessings in Christ we read about here.
1. According to verse 3, you are blessed in Christ. Find and mark every "in Christ" or "in Him" across this passage. Why is "in Christ" so significant?
2. Because you are "in Christ," united with Him in your Baptism, you are a recipient of every spiritual blessing from heaven. Read the passage again, looking for some of the countless spiritual blessings you receive by His grace.
3. According to verse 6, the blessings you receive "in the Beloved" - in Christ, the one He loves - are the result of what? [The blessings we receive are the result of God's grace, not something we earn or deserve.]
From Sip, Savor, and Drink Deeply Bible Study and SSDD Devotions by Deb Burma © 2017 CPH.
Reprinted with permission
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