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James 1:22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
How well do you listen to God’s word? How well do you sit and listen in church when the preacher is talking? How much do you study your bible?
I guess the answer to all of these questions for all of us is “not enough!” but what happens afterward?
It is one thing to look, listen, study and meditate on God’s Word, but another thing to do what it says!
We are reminded here by James that God wants us to be doers or His Word – go out and do what it says!
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1 Corinthians 3:18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise.
We like to think we can serve God through all the stuff we do and all the stuff we get others to do – but where is that coming from?
Is it coming from the need to fulfil certain tasks in order to gain a blessing from God, or is it coming straight from your heart because you love Christ?
It is a hard one to admit to doing wrong – but if you can get over your need to do things for God and start loving Him and following out of love, then your relationship with Him will grow deeper and stronger!
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Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Can God actually see into your heart? Yes! Do we really understand what is in our own hearts? Not really…
God is able to see the potential, the real depth of our hearts. We only scratch the surface and in doing so we get a whole lot of things messed up!
But God concentrates on what he knows is there and what He knows can come out of us – it is the hidden potential to worship Him He is after.
Allow God to bring out the best in you and shut off the things we cannot control…
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Proverbs 15:11 Death and Destruction lie open before the LORD— how much more do human hearts!
Nothing is hidden from God. He sees all and knows all. And yet we still struggle with things because we do not remember just how much He loves us!
He was willing to allow His only Son to die on a cross for us – yet we still refuse to see His love.
Stop worrying about the things in life you have no control on and give them to God. He is watching and waiting for you call for help. He wants to help! Call out now!
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Psalm 55:23 But you, God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of decay; the bloodthirsty and deceitful will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you.
King David continued to trust God to bring down his enemies. He knew he would have a very hard time coming up against them and he knew there would be a lot of lives lost in trying.
But he also knew God would not allow them to live in their deceit, hatred and pride for very long.
Don’t try and bring down the evil ones alone, rather build up your army in God and allow Him to guide you through your battles in life, whatever they may be!
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Jeremiah 17:11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay are those who gain riches by unjust means. When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them, and in the end they will prove to be fools.
Mankind is not alone in trying to get rich from other people. The animal kingdom has its fair share of animals which do the same.
God warns us there is no gain in doing evil to try and gain from it; the best way forward is with truth and honesty as your guides.
God is watching over each one of us, and just like the animals lose out when they try to gain from others, so will we lose out; maybe not from God’s direct intervention, but mankind’s intervention!
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Luke 12:20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
Let us never forget that we are fully and wholly accountable to our creator God! Whatever earthly things we manage to do here on earth are of no consequence in Heaven.
God alone knows our time of birth and death; He alone knows where we should be to give our best… so listen and obey!
There may be times when we do not understand why we are being asked to do something and times when we just don’t like what God is asking us to do – but those are the time when we need to listen closer!
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James 2:5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?
If you have not noticed the assortment of people in your local congregation, then I fear it is not a true representation of the church.
Christ chose people who were poor in earthly terms to make the biggest contributions to the church in spiritual terms – this was not by chance.
We set our minds on earthly goals and ways, forgetting that God crosses all boundaries and chooses people who are going to be faithful.
Give up chasing the world and follow God with a good conscience!
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Deuteronomy 1:17 Do not show partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it.
When we are looking to pick leaders or trying to be a leader ourselves, we need to have a look at how the Bible describes a few simple rules about leaders.
Final judgement is God’s and we should not forget that, but in order to help in earthly judgement, justice and fairness, we need to look at a bigger picture than just our friends.
We need to look at everyone involved and not to take sides based on our friends, circle of influence, upbringing or any other personal stuff.
Justice belongs to God and whatever we do is watched over by Him very carefully!
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Exodus 23:2 Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd,
When God got Moses to write down all of the laws (not the 10 Commandment which God wrote on tablets) He made sure they would be understood.
Yes, many of the laws seem hard to keep, but so many of them make sense when we read them now and we see how our modern societies are built on such laws.
You do not have to follow the crowd, you can stand up and say no – that is what God wanted right from the start!
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3 John 1:11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.
Much of the time in our lives it is easier to mimic the evil and bad things in life because they just seem easier to do or we see many people doing them.
But where does doing evil lead us? It stops us from doing good. It stops us from showing God’s love and light. It takes us further away from God!
God wants us to walk close to Him and do the things Jesus has taught us to do; following and obeying Him is a good first step to take. People will see the difference and follow on.
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John 3:19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
We may look at various things as being the light of our world – the central focus from which we can see all things; but in reality, the only true light of this world is God.
Jesus came into the world to spread this light, to inform people of God, to encourage people to believe, and to love and support them in their decisions.
We tend to hide in the darkness when light comes in because we want to hide our sins and mistakes, but Jesus wanted to show people how to forgive and move on with Him.
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Romans 13:12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of light.
To the Jews, we are living in the time of the night. This is the time when we are faced with dangers we do not see and fears which are unfounded.
Soon we will be coming to the dawning of day, the time when we are delivered from darkness and no longer need to fear.
We do not have to keep hold of the fears and things of the dark because we have salvation through Christ, giving us the hope we find in daybreak and the pleasure of living a day with Christ!
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Isaiah 59:17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head; he put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.
In these words we don’t have a description of man putting on the right stuff to go to war, but of The Lord doing so to fight evil.
When Christ comes forward to defend us. He does not come forward as a simple man but as a warrior, ready to fight for everything and against anything.
God is our protector and our shield, He has also given us all we need to know in order to fight with Him to bring people to know more of Him.
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Ephesians 6:17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Once we accept Christ into our lives and allow Him control rather than fighting Him every step, we will find what it is like to want to share the Gospel as Jesus did.
When a warrior goes out to war, they make sure they have the right clothes and equipment to give them the best chance at staying safe on the battle field.
We too need to make sure we have the best chance on our battlefield by making sure we are prepared too.
God does not want us to lose, He wants us to win!
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Isaiah 49:2 He made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me into a polished arrow and concealed me in his quiver.
Do you back off from sharing God’s word because you don’t know what to say or are worried about what you will say when asked a difficult question?
Isaiah found out just how much God is willing to help because he knew God was putting words in his mouth; he knew he could not speak that well.
If you are willing to trust in God and willing to give Him control of your mouth, you will be amazed at what comes out of it too!
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Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
The bible is one book which I don’t have much difficulty reading – most other books I either do not finish or take so long to finish I cannot remember what the start was about!
But God’s word continues to work in your heart and mind long after you have read it once; hence reading it over again gives you so much more.
Many books may make you cry or very emotional, but you soon forget what it’s about. God’s word continues in your heart.
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James 1:6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
What happens when we doubt? We always look for the failure point and never reach for what is possible.
Does this mean we must all be optimists all of the time? No, actually we do need to take life seriously and know the limits, but through God everything is possible!
Don’t let life toss you about just because you doubt God can make the difference! Step up and ask God for the help He is offering. Step up and know He is going to make a difference!
Just do it!
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Matthew 21:21 Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done.
Doubt is something which is holding every one of us back from a fulfilling relationship with Christ. It is the doubt which trips us up at the last hurdle, the doubt which stops us asking for the final step.
Jesus wants us to know He is always here for us and wants us to walk by His side every day knowing we just have to ask for things.
I know it is one thing to stand up and talk about not having doubt but another thing entirely to actually have no doubt – I am as guilty as anyone…
But when we do manage to put our doubt aside, we will find out just how much we can do with Christ!
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1 Timothy 2:8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing.
How many times have you arrived at a church service all wound up inside because of an argument or other matter where you got cross with other people?
God wants us to come to Him without all the baggage. Jesus told us to bring all of our burdens to Him and not to try and carry them around with us.
This reminder here is Timothy’s letter should make us stop and think about how we conduct our own lives. Give situations up to Jesus before they consume you. Give your burdens away before you try and worship God – they will only hold you back!