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Psalm 55:16 As for me, I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
Who do you call out to for help? Who is the first person you think of when you need help?
I must admit to calling out to various people in the past, but my first thoughts for help are normally to God – because I know He is there and will answer my prayers.
Do you have the confidence to call out to Him no matter what? Do you have the expectancy of an answer when you call out?
Try changing your attitude and expecting an answer every time you call out to Him…
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Psalm 69:13 But I pray to you, LORD, in the time of your favour; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.
When the going gets tough, the tough get down on their knees and pray! Christ Himself spent much time in prayer, especially when He knew the troubles which lay ahead.
It is not that we should only pray when we are in need asking God to fulfil our needs; we should be praying as a matter of course!
God knows what is ahead and He knows the best way forward, but until we pray and listen to Him, we are not going to find that way. We may even walk off in the wrong direction instead!
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Psalm 69:2 I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.
We will all face hardships in our lives and the hardships will be very different for each of us. Some will come from natural occurrences such as hurricanes or earthquakes, whilst others come from self-inflicted actions!
Jesus took on the sins of the world by going to the cross – what mess could be deeper or worse?
We may look at our own messes and think they come pretty close to Jesus’ moments on the cross, but they don’t.
Jesus is willing to take on our burdens, take on our problems and take on our hardships – if and when we ask.
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Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
What is your faith based on? Morals? Laws? Miracles? Professions? Doctrine? Promises? Blessings?
If you are clinging to one thing and basing your faith on that single thing, what will happen to your faith if something goes wrong with that one thing?
The evil one looks for weak links in our lives, and basing faith on a single thing is showing weakness.
Look up to God. Look at all He has done. Look at all He has promised. Look at what others have said. Look at The Word. Make sure you see as much of the picture as possible!
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Romans 8:24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?
Our faith is built on the hope we have in Jesus Christ. We have not actually seen Jesus yet and we will not until we meet Him face to face; then our hope will become reality.
Even though our hope is in the unseen, Christ will fill us with love and joy so we know this hope is real.
Let us not hope, therefore, in things we build, things we collect or things we earn. Let us hope in our awesome God alone!
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2 Corinthians 5:7 For we live by faith, not by sight.
Faith is looking for, trusting, believing and seeking the answers from Christ for all He can do in our lives.
Faith is not a single act by which we attain entry into heaven but a continual way of living which supports our entry into heaven.
Christ alone is judge. Christ alone allows us into heaven. It is our way of living which is going to be the example others will see and act upon.
Be the example Christ wants you to be!
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2 Corinthians 4:18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Take a look round you and think about the things you see. If you are at home these are probably things important to you. If you are at work they may be important for work.
But if you are looking at electronics or computers, these things will be out of date within a couple of years.
When we look for God and what He can do in our lives, we are looking for long-term and permanent things (by permanent I mean things which last as long as we do).
God is good and will surround us with the right stuff, if we let Him!
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Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
This is more like something we should find in the book of Proverbs, but it is something we don’t often think too much about.
If we are going to spend all of our time chasing after something or trying to build up certain treasures, then that is probably where our heart is focused.
God would love it if our focus was on Him instead of the things of this world. Far too often we follow what we can see, hear, touch & smell rather than what God is building up for us.
Take a bit of time to focus on God each day and build up the treasures He desires for you!
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Matthew 6:19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
What do you do with your most prized possessions? Do you keep them in a safe place to make sure they are safe or do you use them?
Many people keep things away from others just to make sure they last longer – but what use is it when it is never used for the task for which it was designed for?
God warns us about storing things away when we could be using them, and also about what sort of things we do store up or save up.
He wants us to save toward our eternal future with Him and not the short existence we have here on earth.
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Proverbs 21:20 The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down.
There is so much in this world we strive for, money, wealth, clothes, houses; so many physical goals to aim for – all of which can be gained lawfully and enjoyed!
But if we are simply going to waste them, break them, be foolish with them, then we are not gaining much from them.
Storing things and looking after things will help us to get more enjoyment out of them.
So how much more enjoyment can you get out of the spiritual things which can mean so much more to us!
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Proverbs 21:17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.
What is pleasure to you? Is it all the sport, hobbies, pastimes, music, dancing, technology or what?
If we are simply going to focus on the physical, then the only rewards we will see and enjoy are the physical rewards – we will use what we have to gain more physical rewards…
If we were to drink and eat all our money away, we will probably become unhealthy and end up not enjoying what we thought was good.
The same goes for anything physical – but spiritual hunger goes much deeper and is more fulfilling!
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Proverbs 21:13 Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.
When we turn our back on the poor and needy, we may well find others turning their back on us in our time of need. This is not God punishing you for not being there for the poor, but rather what other people do!
We have God’s rules and laws in front of us, but we do not always obey them. Being told to forgive or to look after is one thing, but doing it is another.
God wants us to be doers of the word and not just hearers or readers. There is merit in taking God’s word in, but more merit in carrying out what we read.
Pray and Obey.
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Matthew 18:35 “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”
This does sound very harsh; Jesus saying the people will not be forgiven if they are not willing to forgive others first of all…
Do we think we should have the right of forgiveness if we are not willing to live by those rules first? Forgiveness has to start somewhere and the best place to start is inside you.
When you are willing to forgive and move on then you will begin to see God in His true colours; His love goes so much further than ours ever can.
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Psalm 86:15 But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
King David is listed as a great man of God in our bibles, and yet he was a sinner who broke some pretty serious rules in his lifetime!
So why is he listed as a great man of God? Because when he did listen to God, he was used by God is a great way. So was David actually great? He was, because God held him up!
God truly is compassionate, loving, faithful and very slow to anger – even though we push Him every day and do so many things wrong every day! Thank God!
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Psalm 36:7 How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
Who has God showed His unfailing love to? To us, mere mortals, sinners, poor, lonely; however you describe yourself, God shows His love toward you – and it is without end.
For those who are full of pride and deceit, God’s love may feel hidden, but it is still there patiently waiting for the person to put aside their own feelings and follow God instead.
It is little wonder then that Christians all around the world put their faith and trust in God, resting themselves under His protective wings just as a chick hides under its parents wings.
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Psalm 23:6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
No matter how far we have fallen, how far we run, how much we get wrong, God’s goodness and mercy will always stretch out to us and allow us to come back to Him.
No matter how long we have been away from God, how long we have not believed or how long we get things wrong, God continues to wait and is willing to forgive.
He wants us to dwell with Him where we are safe and sound, where He can protect and save us – always and forever.
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Psalm 52:8 But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever.
When God plants something, it will always be there. So much of the time we tend to go overboard and break everything God gives us, but the gifts are still there.
God asks us to be fruitful, by sharing the gospel with others so they too can be rooted in His kingdom.
It is not for us to supply all the nourishment the plants need because God continues to do that – we are caretakers, doing God’s work for others to grow with.
Trust in God, in His mercy and grace, forever!
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Hosea 14:8 Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? I will answer him and care for him. I am like a flourishing juniper; your fruitfulness comes from me.
Even before Christ came to be man with us, the Jews were going through turbulent times of choosing to live with God and choosing to make their own gods; just as we do today!
Our gods may not be little statues anymore but we do follow man-made things of this world rather than following God…
There will, hopefully, be a time when we see exactly what we are doing and we choose to follow Christ again, once and for all.
A life with Christ may be hard, but it certainly if fruitful and delightful!
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John 6:40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.
It is not God’s will to leave anyone behind or to lose anyone, it is His wish to have us all safe and with Him in heaven in the end; but He has left the choice to us.
We have to choose whether we are going to spend eternity lost and searching or found and safe with Him.
Sounds like a no-brainer like that, but every choice we make to follow the world instead of following Christ is taking us a step further away from that position.
Be safe – stay with Christ!
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Matthew 12:50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
When Jesus earthly family came to try and find Him to speak to Him, He ignored them and continued teaching the people around Him.
When questioned about ignoring His family, the response was to remind us all that we are one Christian family and we need to act like it!
If we are willing to do come together and stick together as a family, others will see just how good it is to be in a loving family and will be encouraged to join in.
Don’t disregard your earthly family because they need to be encouraged into this Christian family if they are not already in!