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Hebrews 12:12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.
Each one of us grows weary under the stresses and strains of our lives or of those around us; God wants us to be strengthened.
The more we get tired of doing things the less we want to do; God wants us to do more each day for Him.
So how do we do more without getting even more tired? How do we do anything without burning out?
We give our worries and our burdens to Christ; this means giving them to Him and trusting He will do something with them… not whipping them back as soon as we have given them to Him!
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Numbers 14:14 And they will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, Lord, are with these people and that you, Lord, have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
Ever thought about why certain things have been written down for us to remember? God wanted them written down for future generations to remember what He has done!
God wanted all the people who came into contact with the Israelites to hear about all the things God did for them; that way they would write stories about it too… so it could be remembered!
God wants us to know our past – look it up and be amazed with what God has done for us over the ages!
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1 Corinthians 10:1 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea.
How often do you go back through your bible and think about the stories we can read? How often do you wonder at the awesomeness of God through what you hear?
Every day new stories are being made because of the things God does in our lives and the way He looks out for us.
Don’t wait for something special to have to happen to you before you believe – trust the stories we have written down in our bibles about a God who cares!
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Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us
All around us are people. People who are watching and waiting to see what we do. No, they are not all stalking us, but they do watch to see what Christians get up to.
We are examples working out our lives in front of a vast audience to try and show people a way to Christ. If we don’t make a good example of things, they will not be able to see a way forward to Christ.
Give your burdens to Christ so you can focus on the way ahead for Him and with Him instead of trying to make life work for you. Christ is here to help!
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Genesis 4:15 But the Lord said to him, “Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.
Many of us think we are too far gone or have done too many bad things to be used by God. Quite the opposite is true!
God is going to use whoever He pleases to make sure His word is spread. Take Cain for example. He murdered his brother through jealousy over their offerings; but God still wanted to do things with him.
God protected Cain and made sure people knew the consequences of what happens when they work against Him – but God gave him time to repent…
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Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.
Lessons need to be learned from history; why should mankind have to go through the same thing over and over again?
God has given us enough of our history to learn from other people’s mistakes so we can hopefully get it right – and yet we still choose to forget history.
I know some history teachers are utterly boring, but it is the subject we should focus on and not the teacher. Read God’s word and see what the original author wanted you to learn…
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1 Corinthians 12:31 Now eagerly desire the greater gifts. And yet I will show you the most excellent way.
No matter what gifts we have from the Spirit, no matter what physical abilities we have or even mental capacity… God can show us a better way!
God wants us to be able to use the gifts we have for the betterment of His church – if we are going to hold back on anything we will not find out just how great things can be.
So, no matter what state you find yourself in today – God can use you to do something rather special which will make people stand up and think!
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Hebrews 13:16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Those of us who love going to church meetings do so because of a variety of reasons from the worship, to the learning to the quiet times… and God is pleased we do gather together.
But God is also pleased with the stuff we do outside of those meetings, whether it is helping in our local food bank, helping people on the streets or giving to our neighbours who need something.
Do not hold back just because you are not in a church building, be out there showing the world our church lives in this world and God is the head of our church!
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Galatians 2:10 All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.
When the disciples agreed they should be reaching the Jews and Paul the Gentiles, the one thing they asked was for Paul to always remember the poor!
How often we forget about the poor and needy when we are focused on either expanding our church or getting money in to do things with the church!
The poor will always be there, but they probably have a much greater chance at facing death that the well off in society; simply because of their standards of living.
Look out for those who are in need, because they may disappear quicker than you imagine…
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Galatians 2:7 On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.
At first the disciples would not accept Paul as being sent by God because of his willingness to go out to all the non-Jews; they probably thought this was against Christ’s teaching.
But when they finally accepted the truth, they knew the gospel was meant for the whole world even though their focus was on the Jews.
Christ gives each of us a place to go and tell someone about Him. Where is He telling you to go?
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Romans 15:8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed
Jesus was sent by God to save the world. The world, as spoken of in the bible by the Jews, was Israel. Here Paul is reminding us of Jesus’ words when He said He had come for the lost Jews.
So what about the rest of us? Jesus was actually sent to the Jews as proof of a Messiah being sent. Their belief is what has spread as Jesus told them to go out and spread the gospel.
God’s plan was very specific and targeted. We should have a plan to work for Christ which is equally specific so we can focus on that plan!
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Matthew 15:24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
How many times in Jesus’ ministry do you think the disciples got to the stage where they thought they were better than everybody else? I’m sure Christ would have said something each time…
We all get to the stage where we think more of ourselves than the people around us, sometimes rightly so, but mostly just out of pride!
Jesus did not come to make the church a middle class society, Jesus came to get people out of the gutters and bring them into a loving, caring church.
It would be wise for us to follow His example!
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Acts 10:38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
When Jesus went about His ministry on earth, He did not choose the rich and famous to do miracles for; He chose the poor and needy, the sick and the lame.
We must do likewise with our lives before God. We need to reach out to the people around us and not be selective based on earthly belongings.
It is God who works the miracles through us. It is God who chooses where we should be to do His bidding. Follow God faithfully and carefully!
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John 3:2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
Nicodemus was a member of the Jewish council and as such would have upheld the laws as recounted by Moses so many years ago – but He also saw something in what Jesus did!
If it were not for what He saw Jesus do, he would have continued to struggle in believing a man could call himself the Messiah.
He saw what Jesus did and he knew there was no way a mere man could do such things without God being totally behind him. So He believed Jesus!
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John 10:38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.
When it comes down to it, some people are not going to believe you no matter how hard you try to explain things – that is where the miracles come in!
Jesus knew there would be people who would not believe what He said but would believe in what He did in from of their eyes!
Don’t give up just because you cannot explain things in the way others want to hear it – trust God to give you the right things to do so they see the truth in you!
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Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
Isaiah was a prophet telling people of the hope and peace they would have one day through the Messiah. Many people chose to believe in this event. But many rejected Christ when He did come.
Listen carefully to what God has to say and act on it because it will give you peace – a peace He has promised us for a very long time… but we need to accept it as the truth.
Don’t just accept it, but keep it in your heart, ready and willing to share with the people around you. That is when your peace shines the most and gives others more hope!
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Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
When we get to know God, we get to realise the hope He is giving us. Before we know Him we seem to drown in the dejection of this world.
God wants us to know He has given us the Holy Spirit so we can go out and be brave in this world, not just knowing the hope we have but being able to share this hope with the people around us.
If you want to make a difference then start by showing people you have hope and explain to them how they too can have this hope. Christ has given it freely to us all!
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Acts 2:13 Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”
When the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit, they started behaving in ways no people had seen them behave. They were talking in other languages and probably loud about it too!
So, naturally, the people of the world thought they were drunk because that is all they could relate this way of behaving to.
When God fills us with His Spirit it gives us courage to do things we have not done before. It gives us power to boldly do things in Christ’s name.
Don’t hide the Spirit, let it shine!
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Acts 3:1 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer – at three in the afternoon.
Is there a time you set aside for your prayers each day? If not, why not? Throughout the bible we see mention of people setting aside time for prayers and it is an example for us to follow.
We should probably not be stuck to a religious time and day when we always pray because we will just get into the habit of it instead of being earnest about it.
God wants genuine prayers from the heart where we show Him we mean what we pray and we expect Him to respond.
But be regular about it and not just once a month or once a week!
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Psalm 55:17 Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.
When do you pray? Do you make it a regular event or do you only pray when you need something?
Talking to your parents as a child is something you do all the time in amongst the asking for things and the complaining about stuff.
God wants that sort of interaction from us too. He wants you to share things going through your mind, not just the stuff we need or the thanks we need to say.
If you need to complain about something, take it to Him and complain… but listen afterward!