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Psalm 147:5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.
What are the things in life which make you stop and think about how amazing nature is or how amazing people are to be able to build, create and style stuff the way we do?
I cannot help but relate this all back to how great God is who has made us the way we are. We would be nothing without Him. And yet He allows us to be great.
Add all the greatness of people together throughout all the ages and we begin to see just how great great can be – and yet that is what God is giving out all the time!
How great is God? Beyond our imaginations…
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Job 36:5 Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
When Job’s friends came to give him advice they did say some pretty awesome stuff.
When we think of someone being strong we do so because they hate their enemies; that is not what God is about. God cannot abide evil. He can see the good in every one of us because He created us!
Oh yes, did we say He is mighty? His strength goes beyond our imaginations and He is able to do all things.
We just need to believe this is all possible and He will continue to make it all possible!
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Luke 8:50 But when Jesus heard it, He answered him, saying, “Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be made well.”
How many times have you been let down by someone who has promised you things but never delivered on the promise? How does that make you feel?
It is hard to believe stuff if you have lived most of your life with people not carrying out promises or going against the rules.
Jesus upheld the law and He upheld every word He spoke. When He told the temple ruler to believe it was not “trust me I’m a doctor” but “trust me I’m God!”
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Genesis 18:14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Having children when you are almost 100 years old may well seem impossible for us even with the advances in medical ways and technologies. But nothing is impossible for God!
Being brought back to life is possible but not when someone has been dead for a few days. But with God, anything is possible!
Facing 1000 people and being able to default them by yourself without any modern weapons is more than hard work. But with God, Samson made it sound easy!
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Daniel 3:17 If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king.
The men were willing to place their lives in God’s hands and face the heat of a furnace rather than giving in to worship any other gods.
It is very hard to place your whole life into the hands of anyone else and to some even more difficult when they cannot see the person.
We also have to be confident God will bring us through whatever we are facing; but listening to Him to make sure we go about it the right way is hard.
We should not have to fear people who do not follow God and His ways!
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Matthew 22:21 They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
When we owe things to the world and the world demands those things from us we owe it to the world to pay those things back.
When we owe things to God we should not be surprised to find out He may require something from us.
But God’s grace and mercy go far beyond anything we can imagine meaning we do not get to see it in that light.
Being willing to give time and energy to God is something we ought to take seriously.
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Proverbs 17:11 An evil man seeks only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Sin is rebellion against God. It is an utter contempt for God’s laws and ways and the breaking of those rules.
Breaking man’s laws or the law of the land will attract retribution of some kind whether it be from the law enforcement people or others.
When we continue to sin God is going to let someone or something into our lives to jog our consciences into seeing just what we are doing wrong.
Being evil is going to attract people who do not care for our safe being but rather want to see us locked up.
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1 Peter 2:13 Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme
God wants us to show Him reverence and respect, but He also wants us to show our leaders respect as well.
When we show our leaders respect, other people around us will notice what we are doing; they may not agree with what we do because they do not yet understand why, but they will notice.
We do not have to agree with our leaders because they may not be getting things done the right way; that is not the point being raised here.
Respecting others in our lives goes a long way toward building trust and relationship; that is what God wants us to show outwardly.
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Proverbs 24:21 My son, fear the Lord and the king; Do not associate with those given to change;
When our bibles tell us to fear God it means we ought to love Him, look up to Him, have faith in Him, submit to Him and worship Him.
Kings and Queens are in power because God allows them to rule over countries. It does not necessarily mean God has chosen them or put them in power.
People who continually change their minds or speech are very hard to follow and believe in; God instructs us to avoid such people as they continue to cause chaos and division.
Leaders who continually change their minds are very hard to trust, obey and follow; God does not change His mind!
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Ephesians 5:21 submitting to one another in the fear of God.
Have you ever thought about why you obey some people and not other people? God gives us clear instruction about how we should be living with other people, loving them and treating them well.
Submitting to one another also means submitting to parents and guardians; God wants us to live in peace whilst here on earth.
This does not mean we have to believe everything our church leaders say to us, nor that we have to obey everything they say.
What is does mean is taking into consideration what they are saying and following God’s will and instructions in your life; don’t forget they probably know the bible more than you do!
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James 4:7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
We need to remember the things we have whilst here on earth can always be attributed to God. So we should be content with all God allows into our lives.
It is not ours to question why we should have more or less that other people. It is not ours to question why things can go wrong – they just do.
One thing we can do though is to make sure we do not have anything to do with the evil one; by excluding him from our lives we can learn to grow with God and with His people around us.
Once we make a stand against evil with God on our side we can be sure evil will flee from our lives!
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Matthew 4:10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’”
At first during the temptations Jesus is fairly pleasant in dealing with Satan’s temptations, but each time Jesus rebukes him with something stronger until Satan gives in.
We need to be persistent in the way we deal with getting rid of sin in our lives just as Jesus was here; getting stronger each time.
Jesus reminds the evil one we should only ever be praising and worshiping our Creator God.
It is no small thing this was the first commandment – that we should worship God alone.
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Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
If you had two bosses and they always agreed, following them would not be a problem. But when they disagree it can be difficult how to remember which boss to follow and which to ignore!
Following two leaders in your country can be very hard work. Continuing to try and follow both of them as they try and go their separate ways is impossible.
It’s bad enough trying to recognise which songs are good and bad rather than trying to remember all the rules about following good and bad.
So God does not ask you to remember them all but gives you a bible which allows you to grow a little bit more at a time.
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2 Kings 17:34 To this day they continue practicing the former rituals; they do not fear the Lord, nor do they follow their statutes or their ordinances, or the law and commandment which the Lord had commanded the children of Jacob, whom He named Israel
How many people reject God just because there is a few more fun things to do around them instead of commending their lives to Christ?
No longer do people fear God with a humble and healthy respect. No longer do people lift up the name of Christ instead of lifting up the signs and wonders of the world.
No longer do people read their bibles and obey the words written down. Too many are living a life which does not reflect the life Christ offers to us.
The people of Israel were just as guilty as us nowadays in that they went their own ways instead of following Christ!
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Micah 4:5 For all people walk each in the name of his god, But we will walk in the name of the Lord our God Forever and ever.
Until people are shown something is wrong they will continue to do what they have always been doing. If that is worshipping something other than God, then that is exactly what they will continue doing.
We need to stick with our Lord and Saviour, making sure we follow His will in our lives. This is not always easy, but always profitable.
No matter how many other gods you wish to look up, sign up for, worship or whatever; none will compare to knowing and loving the one true God!
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Colossians 1:10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Walking by faith, following Christ and His teaching will allow us to grow into people who will please God because we are more likely to want to give Him all the glory.
But Christianity is not just about giving God the glory; Christianity is about living out lives with an earnestness which enables us to go forward and share God’s Word with others.
As we grow we will also learn more and be able to apply more into our lives and our walk with Christ.
This is a constant growing as we learn more from our Bibles.
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Luke 8:15 But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.
What makes a noble and good heart as described in this verse? The symbolism of the good and fertile soil as opposed to the thin soil with rocks goes a long way to describe how we should be ready to receive God’s Word.
If we open our hearts, keep them humble and willing to accept the Word of God as the truth, we will be able to grow with confidence.
This does not mean we just accept anything that comes our way; it means we accept the good seed, God’s Word, and nurture it so it will grow strong in our lives.
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Luke 8:14 Now the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
How many times have you had the good idea and moved forward with it only to stop after some time because events in your life overtook things or you just got bored with it?
The trimmings and temptations in this world are hard to get past when you are flooding into your life.
Satan is going to use whatever means he can to make sure you do not grow as a Christian. If he can stop you before you accept Christ into your life then he has won. Any other time is just him trying to break you!
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Luke 8:13 But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away.
How many good ideas have you had in your life where you had every intention of starting something only to find the idea was put aside and forgotten?
Just because we come up with the ideas does not make us the people God would have us to be; He wants us to carry out those ideas and not just to think about them.
When God says He wants us to do something it is not just a happy thought to get us through the next day or week. He wants us to set time aside and move forward with the task He has given us.
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Luke 8:12 Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
There are going to be many who will hear God’s Word but will not have time to digest what they hear or think too much about it before someone comes along and distracts them.
How many times have you set your mind to something only to be distracted and find you either totally forget what you should have done or you end up upsetting many because it is not done?
The evil one has many ways of getting us to forget or to be distracted away from God’s Word; but the closer we walk with God the harder it is for the evil one to distract us.