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Psalm 78:2 I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old
Jesus came and taught in parables, not to confuse us, but to make us stop and think about what we are hearing – to meditate on His Words.
God wants us to be aware of what He gave us – which means thinking about it and digesting what we read and hear.
Don’t be put off by big words or long paragraphs, ask God for guidance as you read through His word and He will explain things as you read... Just as He has done from the very beginning!
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Psalm 25:4 Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.
If we do want to try and live a life for God, then we should be listening to His advice before we go ahead and break things!
God wants us to listen to His advice so we can have a better chance at getting things right and living the life He wants us to.
How do we listen? We read His Word and inwardly digest what it means to us and in our lives. Applying what we read will lead us forward in a life with Christ!
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Psalm 42:1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.
What do you focus on in life? Is it your budget, your finances, your car, your family, your house, your computer... what is it which is at the centre of your life?
God wants us to be able to get fed every day with the right food, not from your local health-food shop, but from His Word!
God wants you to be firmly reliant on His guidance in your life – guidance which will ensure all the other worries are worked on at the right time in the right way.
Yes, it’s hard!
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John 2:22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
Sometimes it takes a complicated thing to happen in our lives before we will believe the simple truth which Christ is trying to get us to accept.
I have always been one who looks for the most complicated answers just because it seems to be more worth while...
But Jesus gives us the truth in its most simple form; we just need faith to believe it and accept it as the truth!
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Psalm 103:12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
It is a hard thing to accept Jesus can wipe our slates clean by forgiving us of every sin we have done in our lives.
Many of us get hung up on the sins we have done and we cannot let them go because of the gravity we assign to them.
Christ’s life is worth so much more than anything we could do in our lives!
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Matthew 21:43 Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
Be careful with everything God gives you – it is for His work and His will He gives us so many things...
If we waste what He gives us, or abuse what He gives us, we may find He takes it back and shares it out with others who are willing to do it right!
God knows what you are capable of and has given you these things because of that – step up and trust Him in His judgement!
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Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,
Is there a difference between how people should act in the Old Testament as opposed to the New Testament?
God’s Word has not changed. It remains what we need to come to know Him and also how we should behave as followers of God.
God will always bless those who follow His will in their lives. He is Just and has promised us He will look out for us!
Do something God approves of today!
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Psalm 31:24 Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.
God has given us many promises and has made sure we see how we can depend on those promises!
He wants us to have faith in the promises which are still to be fulfilled because we have seen how the promises of old have come true already.
He gave us hope and have supported that hope through actions.
Take a step forward and show God how you appreciate His promises!
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Matthew 23:13 Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.
Oner of the hardest things I have had to deal with during this pandemic is not being able to meet together as church all the time!
In the Western world we tend to take meeting together for granted – we view it as the normal.
Now try to imagine what it is like for people who are persecuted just because they want to be able to meet in Jesus' name but their countries will not allow it.
Pray for more freedom around the world for God’s Word to be shared in person, freely!
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Luke 6:27 But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you
Jesus wanted to make sure the disciples had no pre-conceived ideas about who was worthy to enter God’s Kingdom.
To this extent He persuaded them to love their enemies, bless those who mistreated them and to give more than people wanted to take!
These are hard commands to follow when we face evil enemies, bad people and those who seem hell-bent on mistreating us.
God is asking you to do this for Him, so they can know God’s grace.
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Mark 8:33 But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
Can you imagine Jesus turning round and calling you a bad name!
For Jesus to speak up like this meant He was getting quite upset by what the people were doing, especially Peter!
Christ came to save us all from our sins and was willing to lay down His life for us all. It is our lack of belief or faith which will stop us from taking this promise and making it our own.
Just take God’s Word for what it is – the simple truth – and believe it!
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Psalm 119:11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
What do you use as your ‘benchmark’ to measure your life against others?
Yes, that’s a loaded question because the answer is “don’t compare yourself to others!”
We simply need to see what God would want us to do in our lives and to act accordingly – seeking His will and His favour at all times!
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Isaiah 40:1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
God continues to give us messages through messengers in our lives. He continues to try and show us the right path to follow in life.
Part of that is to share the love and mercy He has shown us with the people around us.
We may think they don’t deserve it, but we are limited in what we see.
God wants us to be more like Jesus and to show the people around us the love of God in everything we do!
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Psalm 138:1 I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; before the “gods” I will sing your praise.
How far are you willing to go to show others whom your God is?
Are you willing to show other gods who God is? Will you stand up for God in front of businesspeople or royal households?
God wants you to be willing to always show others, no matter what position in society, that you praise the one true God, and Him alone.
Yes, God is a jealous God. Show Him your praise and worship Him alone.
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Philippians 3:14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Even though Paul is seen as an amazing apostle who went out to bring the gospel to so many people outside of the Israelite community, he was still humble of His calling.
He knew he was nothing without God. He knew God was everything to him. He knew he had to listen to and obey God.
If we are willing to take a leaf from Paul’s page and follow what Christ is teaching and calling us to do – we will go far and we will allow others to get to know Christ personally!
Give God the glory!
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Isaiah 55:8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.
How many times have you rejected something just because you could not understand how it could be done or because it sounded too good to be true?
God is not limited by our thought or our abilities – He can and does do anything, everywhere!
Even though we have bad thoughts – no matter how good we are – God does not! He continues to be perfect and continues to love us no matter what happens in our lives!
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Psalm 19:14 May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Who was the biggest influence in your life when it came to learning how to behave in society?
What would it be like if we all turned to God for learning how we should be living?
What would life be like if we were all obeying God and reaching out to the people in our communities with open hearts and minds?
Look to God for your guidance today!
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Mark 1:9 At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
When Jesus came to be our King, He could quite easily have levelled all the horrible things in life and made it a second garden of Eden... but He didn’t!
He stepped forward as an example for us all, accepting God as father of all, living according to God’s laws, obeying God, talking to Him continuously and even being baptised as a symbol of His devotion to God the Father!
Take a moment today to think about what you can do to show God you are devoted to Him...
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Isaiah 58:3 ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?’ “Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers.
How often do you complain to God because you think He has not noticed what you have done?
Far too often we get caught up in demanding responses from God for the things we are doing... does this mean we are doing things for God’s glory, or for our own desires?
It is a fine line we tread through our lives and one we have to keep ourselves in check from – we need to do things for and with God as He tries to guide us into the best positions in our lives.
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Isaiah 58:1 Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.
Jesus did not teach people to simply talk about God but to reach out to people and allow God to move in their lives.
God wants us to bring people closer to Christ so they will understand, themselves, how important it is to know Christ.
This is what it is to make disciples, not Christians. We need to get people to come and join in what God wants, not to just sit and listen!
So, shout all about it; but also encourage people to get down and do stuff with Christ themselves!