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1 Corinthians 13:13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Love is an amazing thing which will allow you to go so much further in your life when you keep it close.
When we leave love out of it and focus on the things such as practicality or affordability, we lose sight of the things God wants us to watch out for.
Never leave out your faith either, because we need hope in our lives and our faith gives us direction toward that hope.
The hope that Christ gives us is firmly based on love, His love toward us. Unbroken. Unending. Pure.
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Romans 12:16 Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.
How many times have you watched someone else mess things up and wondered how much better you would be able to do what they had set out to do?
How many times have you thought you could do so much more than you could actually do, finding out the hard way it was just a dream?
God wants us to be able to do the best we can guiding us and giving us strength and wisdom to do so much more than we can by ourselves, but we must know our own physical limits.
Do not limit God, but know your limits.
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Psalm 50:8 I will not rebuke you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, which are continually before Me.
Do you like giving presents to other people? Do you like getting presents? Do you prefer expensive presents or ones which come from the heart?
To me it is always a great pleasure to receive something small which has been chosen carefully or handmade than to receive anything expensive. Spotting the difference can be very easy!
God does not want us to go out and buy the most expensive sacrifice we can afford to give to Him; He wants us to give from the heart and willingly.
I don’t always buy things like flowers on birthdays; I prefer to wait until I really mean it and give what I can.
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Matthew 25:6 And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’
If you want to be prepared for an event which you know is going to happen on a specific date, you try to organise things so you are ready before or on that date.
But what happens when you do not know the exact date, like a birth of a child? You start to get ready when the date gets closer and remain prepared.
The Jews did not know when their Messiah would come. We do not know when Christ will return. We do not know the date at all.
What we can do is to get ready so no matter what date, whether during our lifespan of after it, we will be ready to enter into God’s kingdom with Christ!
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Proverbs 20:4 The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.
What excuses do you make so you don’t have to do something that may be too much like hard work?
When hard work is knocking at our door we need to step forward and embrace it while we can because it will not be there for long.
If we open the door and find the work has moved on we will miss out on the fruit of the harvest, but if we open up on time and get to work properly we are going to find our silo is full when winter comes.
God is going to be the one who knocks on your door to see if you are awake and ready for the hard work. If we are not ready we will miss out.
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Exodus 16:27 Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none.
When God wants us to do something He is going to provide for us according to what He has asked us to do. If we run off and try our own thing we may well find ourselves a bit stuck!
The people of Israel were given strict instructions to gather enough Mana on the sixth day so they would not have to gather on the seventh day.
When some ventured out on the seventh day they found nothing because that is not what God wanted them to do.
Be careful to listen properly to God to find out the instructions He has given you and not to follow your own will.
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Exodus 20:8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Have you ever wondered why this commandment does not simply say “keep the Sabbath holy” but starts with “Remember?”
The answer stares you in the face. We know the Sabbath is holy and we know it should be a time of rest. We just need to remember it!
God wants us to keep it holy, yes, but the first step is our remembrance of that fact.
Unless we first remember this commandment, we are not going to keep it. Sweeping it under the banner of modern world or any other excuse is not remembering it in the spirit.
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Leviticus 19:11 You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
Some of the laws in the Old Testament are difficult for us to understand and live by in our modern ways, but who can say they do not understand this verse?
I have been to job interviews in the past where it became very clear very quickly the agent who put me forward did not tell the truth about what I had done in my past. What did I gain? Nothing. The agent? Disrespect!
Dealing properly and honestly with others should allow us to gain more, not because we aim to gain more but because others will respect us more.
Dealing with youth in my job means being open and honest to show them they can be too – they need role models not lies.
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Colossians 3:9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds
What is the easiest thing to do when things go wrong? Do you crawl up in a ball and say nothing or do you start telling lies? What do you do?
It is very easy to make up an answer here which will suit your circumstance and say that everything is OK, but this is not what God wants us to do.
When we turn to Him He wants us to turn away from those easy options and start living with the truth in our lives.
It is not always easy to live as a Christian but we need to try – ask God to help you along the way…
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Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.
Oh for a world where we would all be able to know the truth of Christ and to know how much God loves us.
Instead we seem to want to do all we can to try and lift up our own ways and our own wants before lifting up the truth.
It is not all about what religion we belong to nor which church building we attend nor which day we go to worship God on.
It is all about knowing Christ came to seek and to save the lost. It is all about knowing Christ is our Saviour. It is all about knowing Christ!
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1 Corinthians 2:4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power
What is it you think would make you wise? Is it the gaining of superior knowledge or the demonstration of said knowledge?
I think the ability to demonstrate your knowledge is very important, but would learning and demonstrating all the wrong things be any good?
We can teach each other things, but when we get to the end of our knowledge, we cannot pass anything on.
What God can do is to open up our souls to new things each day and to levels of wisdom we cannot comprehend!
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1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.
I marvel at the number of different ways in which people say Christ is telling them to behave. I marvel at how many will use the name of Christ for their own good.
Christ came to seek and save the lost and not to make sure everyone was following the right ritual at the right time!
We need to live for Christ by taking the gospel and sharing it with others. Doing deeds may well support the people and the church buildings and other human stuff, but what about Christ?
Christ gave His life for us. We need to remember just what He has done and do things because of that, not instead of that!
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1 Corinthians 3:4 For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal?
Do you have to have your say about everything? Does everybody need to know what you think about things?
It is good to talk and it is good to discuss things because we will not be able to get to the truth unless we are open to discussion.
It is no good us forcing our ways and our minds on to others all the time because we will always think we are the ones who are right and not leave room for the truth!
God has given us enough in the bible to get us talking and discovering so we can find the truth through Him and with Him.
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1 Corinthians 3:2 I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able;
Teaching people about Christ can be a bit of a minefield because every one of us has a different way of thinking of others.
When we first learned to read we were not given Shakespeare’s letters and told to get on with it but rather given simple reading material so we could get to hear more and learn more.
As we grow in knowledge and understanding we get to learn and understand more about God, but we continue to learn more each day we walk with Him.
Our learning curve continues to expand every step of the way!
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Luke 22:32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.
One of the amazing statements Jesus said that should shake any doubt out of our heads!
Satan wanted to try and make the faith of Peter to no effect by breaking away at the foundations of Peter’s belief, but Jesus prayed for Peter!
If we have a God that is praying for us even when He knows we are about to reject Him – what reason do we have to doubt His love?
Take your doubts and recognise them, but never let them bring your down because you know Christ is praying for your strength!
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Psalm 145:14 The Lord upholds all who fall, And raises up all who are bowed down.
One of the best things in life is to be forgiven when you know you have done something wrong against someone else. Just knowing they are willing to put that act behind them and move forward is fantastic!
Christ taught us we need to try and continually forgive one another for the things we do wrong to each other – as hard as that may seem!
When we do fall, Christ is more than willing to forgive us when we come back to Him humbly.
Thank you God daily He blesses you always!
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Isaiah 55:6 Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.
When is the best time to look for something or someone you have lost? Is it best to look as soon as you know they or it is missing, or to wait a long while?
When someone is close by you can be fairly confident in knowing where they are even if you cannot see them.
When we spend time each day praying to God and reading His word we find it easier to pray and listen; but when we start missing out on prayers and reading we find it more difficult to follow God.
Jesus spent much of His time getting people to be friendly so they could get to know Him better. Spend time every day getting to know God.
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Jeremiah 3:1 “They say, ‘If a man divorces his wife, And she goes from him And becomes another man’s, May he return to her again?’ Would not that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; Yet return to Me,” says the Lord.
It is a life of varying degrees of faithfulness which we believe. We tend to set the standards higher for the ones we love.
But as soon as we focus on something else in our lives, a new target has been set and will remain our focus until we turn back to focus on God.
God would prefer it if we were able to stay focused on Him more in our lives than staying focused on the people around us or on earthly treasures.
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Hosea 4:12 My people ask counsel from their wooden idols, And their staff informs them. For the spirit of harlotry has caused them to stray, And they have played the harlot against their God.
Our relationship with Christ should be complete. A complete relationship means not needing others to fill the gaps we perceive in the relationship because they do not exist.
A complete relationship means not seeking other inputs or fulfilling needs from others because your needs are met already.
But it is not as simple as that because if we do seek others instead of the one we are in a relationship with then we are in effect committing a form of adultery in our hearts.
Seek to fulfil a full and proper relationship with Christ.
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Hosea 5:4 They do not direct their deeds toward turning to their God, For the spirit of harlotry is in their midst, And they do not know the Lord.
Hosea’s word for Israel and Judah from God was quite strong but needed to be said. Israel and Judah had continued to turn away from God for far too long and everything they did did not indicate any remorse or turning back to Him.
If we have done wrong but we recognise the fact and approach God with a contrite heart, He will accept our apology and forgive us; but continued turning away from Him will not lead to forgiveness.
God wants everyone to be able to accept forgiveness! We are the ones who have to do something about it so we can accept His forgiveness.