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Luke 7:9 When Jesus heard these things, He marvelled at him, and turned around and said to the crowd that followed Him, “I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!”
Have you ever heard someone say something which has made you marvel at their faith or their belief in something?
I do love to hear testimonies from other people where they get to share something from their lives that God has done for them.
When we get to hear the experiences from other people we get to trust more in what has happened in our lives and get to understand a bit more about how God can work in our lives.
God is still performing miracles in this world; far too often we choose to ignore them!
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John 1:50 Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”
I can imagine how Nathanael must have felt when Jesus told him he was sitting under a fig tree before Philip called him.
What would you say to someone who knew exactly where you were before they met you? I can imagine Nathanael finding a quiet spot to do his prayers or to have a quiet moment with God; and then being told by this person that is exactly where he was!
God knows us, all about us, yet He does not force us to do things; instead He waits patiently for us to make the right decisions in our lives!
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Ephesians 4:15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—
Our aim, according to the Apostles writing to the people of the church of Ephesus, is to make sure we try to live righteously to be imitators of the head of our Church (Jesus Christ.)
Christ continued to make an impression upon the disciples which would last long after He died and rose again.
We need to take a leaf out of their books and do likewise, following God’s will in our lives to become more like disciples and even teachers of our own disciples.
But never forget that Jesus Christ is the head of our church and the one we should be glorifying; not ourselves!
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Ephesians 2:21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
One thing which struck me when I read this today was the idea we are a church built together for the Holy Spirit to indwell.
I have always thought we are not big enough for the Spirit to come and take up residence within our hearts; but as a church we are a whole lot bigger!
God has purpose and the Spirit has purpose; He does not need us but wants us to help spread the Gospel.
Be purposeful in your life and sow the seeds as far as you can!
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1 Peter 2:5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Imagine what it would be like to have living building blocks! I love building things with LEGO (T) and enjoy the new themes they come out with.
But to be able to have something build itself because it is living would just be awesome.
God has created us as living blocks, living stones where we are able to build things ourselves, our spiritual souls are building blocks.
Enjoy living with God as He guides you toward a better and more beautiful future with Him.
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Philippians 4:18 Indeed I have all and abound. I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God.
It is not just what we should be doing for God and our attitude toward what we can do for Him; it is what and how we do things for others too.
Loving others does not just mean buying them presents or giving them a surprise, it is all about supporting them all the time.
God continues to do so much for us all the time; take a page from His book and apply it into your own life, making others happy!
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2 Corinthians 8:12 For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.
When you have a job to do, how do you go about it? What sort of attitude do you have during that work?
When you want to give something back to God, how do you go about giving it back? What sort of attitude do you have during that act?
If you want to be able to please someone you should do your best to please them and not just enough to get through.
Do your best and be your best!
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John 20:4 So they both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first.
When the disciples ran to the tomb they ran as fast as they could, John out-running Simon-Peter because he was younger and fitter.
When you get to hear something about Jesus, what do you do and how quickly do you react?
We should be running round like John, fastest and quickest to give our best for Christ.
But John did not go into the tomb, stopping outside and waiting for Simon-Peter to catch up and go in first…
Be first. Be bold and run the race to completion!
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1 Corinthians 9:24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.
What happens in the Olympic games? Do all the runners jog slowly round and cross the line together in harmony?
Certainly not; this is an all-out battle to see who can physically run the fastest, jump the highest and all manner of other sports! Only one person or one team get the gold medal!
We are reminded here we are in a race and we need to do our best to be as good as we can in this race.
Show your love for Christ by being the best you can be all of the time.
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John 20:4 So they both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first.
How do you react when you get life changing news? Do you try and tell people quicker than anyone else or do you simply hide it?
I think we all try to tell everyone when we receive good news, but when we receive bad news we try to hide it. How did the disciples react?
They rand back to their own little group to try and figure out what had happened. Mary was convinced He was alive, but some disciples were not so convinced!
If you hear of something Christ has done, tell it to the world, don’t hide it and try figure out how it is possible; just tell people!
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Luke 23:52 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
Why on earth would you go to the governing people and ask for a dead person’s body?
Well Joseph was a man who was probably well known in the Jewish circles because he was fairly rich, was a member of the council and already had his own tomb bought and paid for.
His plan was to give what he had to Jesus to show his support and love for God. He was doing this in spite of the fact he was probably going to be mocked for doing that.
How far are you willing to go to show your love and support for Christ nowadays?
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Luke 23:42 Then he said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.”
What would you ask Jesus if you were face to face with Him? Would you ask for healing, wisdom, grace, mercy? What?
You may not be physically face to face with Him but you are face to face with Him right now!
Jesus wants us to know Him as a friend and as being right here right now with us in every situation.
We may find that hard to accept at times, but He knows our hearts. Be honest and open with Him.
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Matthew 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” And He left them and departed.
When we stop trusting in Christ, give up on our faith and allow the doubts to build up in our heads we leave Christ out of our lives.
Just as these Pharisees and Sadducees were being told the only signs they would see would be what was told them in the past, so too Christ is warning us.
Not trusting in our faith means we are only left with what we have seen in the past; there will be a time when nothing new will encourage us.
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Matthew 16:2 He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’;
We seem to rely on many things in our lives, many of which are nothing more than old wives’ tales; yet we choose to ignore many truths from the bible!
When Jesus was confronted with this He referred back to the scriptures written many hundreds of years before.
God’s Word continues to stand firm and true throughout history; take it in and apply it to your own life.
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Isaiah 7:11 “Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; ask it either in the depth or in the height above.”
How deep would you say your faith is? Do you think it will stand up to questioning? Do you think it will stand up to physical tests?
Our faith should not be measured against physical limits or tested against what man can do; instead we must simply trust in our faith!
It is not up to us to test other people’s faith or test God’s faithfulness. Instead we must demonstrate our faith so others can be empowered and encouraged by it.
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Romans 9:15 For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.”
God is not under any rules or regulations as to whom He should love or show His mercy to.
He has the choice to do what He wants. He is God!
If we were to show love and respect towards only the people we wanted to our circle of friends would probably shrink quite quickly!
God wants us to get out there and love the people He has given to us in our lives; to respect them and show them mercy and support. Just do it!
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Ephesians 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us
The one thing I find hard to explain to people is just how merciful God really is. People get caught up in self-pity or self-guilt and they cannot see how God can every forgive them because they think they are the only ones who know what they have done!
God knows exactly what we have done and still He carried on forward to the cross!
It takes a person who has gone through a whole lot of evil and been forgiven to explain just how awesome God is.
Love God. Love mercy.
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Titus 3:5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit
No matter how much you think you can do you cannot do enough to get yourself to heaven!
God knew that from the beginning and so He prepared a way in which we can get o heaven; through and with Him.
Though we cannot hope to get near to God because of our wicked and sinful ways, He supplied an advocate who gave His life so we would be made absolutely not guilty.
I love my God and I know He loves me!
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Ephesians 4:23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind
What do you think you have in your mind? Some of us will say we have a whole lot of knowledge or wisdom whilst others will say “not a lot!”
When we have a right relationship with God we are told from God’s Word we have the Holy Spirit indwelling us. In other words we have the Holy Spirit in our minds.
Are we going to allow the Holy Spirit to guide us or will we fight Him all the way?
Stop fighting God and allow the Holy Spirit to renew your mind for His work and His glory!
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1 Corinthians 3:3 for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?
For as long as we keep focusing on the world and worldly things we will find it hard to focus on God and on His word.
As Christians we are so much more than mere men and women, we are children of God and have a bright and eternal future with our Saviour!
Why should we want to behave like everyone else when we can be different and give glory to our awesome God every moment of every day if we choose?