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Psalm 139:13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Our God created us for better things than we have currently achieved! What a statement!
No matter how far we think we have come or how far we can see ahead, God created us for a good here on earth and good for eternity in heaven with Him.
He did this even before we knew it. How else do we come out alive and knowing certain things even before we have learned them?
Yes we do learn a lot more as we perfect things in life; but God created the good in us!
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Job 14:16 Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.
Job was keeping in constant contact with God and had learned so much from Him over the years; his friends were not helping other than to allow Job to see just how much God did…
Don’t focus back on the world when things go wrong in your life – keep a firm grip on all God has already done for you and you will see how much more He can still do for you.
Job recognised this and here says how God has been watching every step of the way, but has not blamed him for each of the sins he has done against God.
God sets us free in forgiveness!
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Job 14:5 A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.
God is our creator and we must never forget that! Job had not forgotten this, even though so much of his life on earth was broken and gone!
How often do we turn back to the world when we don’t get our own way, thinking God has forgotten us or has somehow left us behind?
The truth is that God is walking through these lives with us every step of the way; we just get used to it and start taking Him for granted.
Keep God constantly in the front of your mind and He will always be able to do things with you!
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Psalm 102:17 He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
One of the biggest joys I get out of doing youth work is when one of the youth pray out loud for the first time.
God listens to all prayer and loves it all. No matter what state we are in and no matter how bad we think we are at praying, when we do pray, He listens!
We may reject others just because of the way they dress, walk or talk; Christ wants us all to come to Him and offer up our prayers, no matter how long, short, cryptic or verbose.
Just pray!
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Psalm 72:12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help.
God continues to look out for people who slip through the cracks and fall down the holes in life. He continues to lift us up in hope and with grace and mercy.
That in itself deserves respect from us, the poor and needy, the broken and fallen…
But it also deserves so much more from the rich and famous, healthy and generous, kind and thoughtful; because they should know God has given them more than enough!
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Psalm 72:11 May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
God does not require a civil glorification with all the pomp and ceremony which kings and queens require from their subjects – instead He wishes to have a deep and meaningful relationship with each of us on an honest and spiritual level.
When the end times do come, all people will have to bow down before Him because He is God; until then we should be lifting Him up in ways which build us all up!
Whether Jew or Gentile, we all need to worship God on a special level!
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Isaiah 60:3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
No matter how grim things get and how much we think there is no hope, God is our hope through Jesus Christ!
For thousands of years God has been trying to get mankind to understand they need a Saviour who is here to save them and not destroy them.
The Apostle Paul picked up on this passage when he was going out to teach the gentiles – something which has stood for many years and continues to stand for us.
Be the light. Share Jesus.
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John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Many Christians may be able to recite John 3:16 because many learn it for confirmation and other rights within the church, but how many know the following verse?
The whole reason for Christ coming to earth as a human was so He could give His life for us, not to try and make us feel guilty but to free us from that guilt!
God sent Jesus as a mere human being to live amongst us to save us from our sinful ways. He did this because of His love for us!
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Acts 26:18 to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
When Jesus told Paul to get out there are tell others about Him, it was not a comfortable easy request; it was a command!
Don’t be shy about getting ready to tell people about God. Don’t be shy about encouraging others. Don’t be shy about your faith…
God has a way of getting us to do the right thing when we persistently ignore Him or we go the other way. Why not listen now and show God you are willing!
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Romans 10:14 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
Are you still waiting for the invitation to go out and tell people about Christ? If you are, then you may not be hearing from others in the right ways…
Our churches need to give out the good news. They also need to impress on Christians the urgency of getting God’s Word out to others!
Be a part of the movement. Encourage each other to step forward and tell someone else about Christ.
Take the power out of this world and allow God to shine!
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Romans 10:14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?
How is anyone going to get to know about Jesus, God or the Holy Spirit unless we speak up about them? This world is like a honey trap, encouraging people in and then trapping them in a deep hole.
Christ wants us to be able to be free from the ties of this world which means we should be telling others of this good news.
Don’t keep the bible to yourself, take what you hear and pass it on to others. Yes there will be people who reject it, but there will be other who do not!
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Joel 2:32 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the Lord has said, even among the survivors whom the Lord calls.
Joel laid out many warnings of what would happen to the people but also gave hope by reminding us we have a choice to make.
If we choose to continue following the world, then the only reward we shall ever see is of this world.
But if we choose to follow Christ and His will, then the rewards we will see are not limited to this world but of the great things to come when Christ returns.
Set your sites up toward heaven.
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Romans 10:12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him
Moses lead the people God chose to be His special people; the twelve tribe who make up the Jewish people – the people of Israel.
Jesus came to show us we all have a place in Heaven. Moses and the laws were written for the people of Israel to be an example for us all.
Christ taught amongst the Jews and sent His disciples to teach the Jews; but He also sent others such as Paul to reach out to everybody else.
We have a place in His heart just as others do. Trust Him and Believe!
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Romans 10:9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
God showed us, through Christ, we have a way to be with Him in heaven even though we fall short of the mark – we have all fallen short of those laws written down by Moses!
If we are willing to accept in our hearts that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He died for our sins and has been raised from the dead, then we will have the same treatment from Christ.
God wants us all to be with Him in heaven. Our sin stops us from getting there. But Christ is willing to wipe the slate clean if we are willing to accept He can!
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Romans 10:5 Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”
Moses wrote words from God. These words say we need to follow God’s instructions and to carry them out in our lives.
But everything we know shows us how living by those laws is not possible for us; no matter how close we are to God.
Jesus was exceptional because He had absolute faith in God the Father; we lack in faith, belief, conviction and many other things which prevent us from fulfilling the law.
That is why God allowed Jesus to come to earth…
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Deuteronomy 6:22 Before our eyes the Lord sent signs and wonders—great and terrible—on Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household.
These are the chronicles of the time written down and faithfully copied by scribes time and time again. Today we use computers and printing presses to reprint or re-publish God’s Word.
Why should these words be any different from the words written in text books we learn from today?
Man has studied these words and found them to be true. Man has copied and dissected the words and learned to trust them.
We should too!
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Psalm 106:18 Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.
When we turn our backs on our friends we should not expect any help of support from them; the same could be said about God as well.
And yet we still find so many more places in our bibles which talk about God’s forgiveness and mercy rather than His wrath and fire (as in this verse).
God continues to try and turn us away from our evil ways and place more faith and trust in His righteous ways – but in order to benefit from those ways we do have to turn toward them!
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Numbers 16:35 And fire came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
Many people remember this once instance and quote it as the Lord being unfair, but time and time again God had to carry out His promises because Israel tried to do their own thing!
In this case we have several families who have done their own thing by making an offering they think should be done instead of what God has commanded of them.
What happens? God has to carry out His promise to punish those who come up against Him in the manner promised.
250 people died because they thought they knew better than God’s Word. Don’t think you are immune…
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1 Chronicles 13:10 The Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.
When God got the people of Israel to create the Ark of the Covenant, it was with strict instruction for no person to touch it after it was dedicated.
Unfortunately, Uzzah reached out to steady it as it went over rough ground and broke that single law.
Was God right to carry out His promise? Well, He had not choice because He had made the promise. Now everyone knew it was a promise!
God will not put up with people doing things wrong for much longer…
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Hebrews 12:5 And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says, “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you”
Just as He wants us to do more and more for Him each day, He wants it to be done in the right manner.
If we run off and try to do things our own way, we are going to fall short of His wishes and eventually come up against Him!
God is not going to stand idly by and watch us do things wrong over and over again; He is going to discipline us before too long; just as a parent disciplines their children, He will discipline us!
Don’t be put off by this – He is doing it because He loves us!