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Jeremiah 31:25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
When we get to learn we are sinners and in need of forgiveness, our souls become heavy and we don’t always see the way forward until someone is kind enough to explain.
Christ will send someone your way or will plant the seeds in your own mind so you can move forward with Him.
It is the love of Christ that shines through everything around us to give us hope of the future with God in heaven.
That hope fills up our hearts and the love and joy spill over for others to see.
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Psalm 107:9 For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness.
When we are willing to listen to God and obey Him we find He is more than willing and faithful to supply our needs and fill us with joy and peace.
This is not to say we will all have an abundant earthly life if we just believe in God but rather our souls will be filled with all of our needs.
We will also find He does look after us and does supply our needs in earthly ways which would otherwise seem improbably or even impossible.
I personally enjoy seeing how much God does in my life as a live a life depending more on Him each day. It is not always easy, but very fulfilling!
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Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.
The righteousness expressed here is not the doing and being good we normally associate with the word but the justifying righteousness of Christ alone.
We receive the from Christ through our faith, our believing in what we cannot see or fully understand; our simple belief.
To hunger and thirst after this gives us depth of our need for this righteousness and perception of how important it is to us.
God will fill us with this new righteousness in Him. The joy and peace that comes with it will stay with us as long as we choose to accept Him and stay with Him.
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Proverbs 21:21 He who follows righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honour.
What is the difference in your own feeling between when you do things right and when you do things wrong? In order to feel better we should aim to continue to do what is right because that will fill our spirits with good feelings.
This does not mean the end of all is through doing good but rather we will find we can draw closer to righteousness.
It is going to be easier to find God when we are amongst righteous people who are close to God than when we are amongst unrighteous people flooding their lives with the world instead of with God.
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Proverbs 21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; How much more when he brings it with wicked intent!
Just doing something because someone says it has to be done is not always right. Those people in charge should not be asking others to do things that are not right.
God asks things of us. In the beginning it was love, then sacrifice when we messed it up. Now He wants us to realise what it means to sacrifice and love.
Are you willing to give things up just because you love others?
Are you ready to give things up just because God loves you?
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Genesis 4:7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”
When thing go wrong for us we almost always get into a bad mood and more things tend to go wrong. But when we do things right to start with we are encouraged to continue doing better.
When we get down we lose that encouragement to do better and we just go with… whatever…
God wants to encourage us to do right and to enjoy our lives with Him but if we sulk away from Him it is harder for Him to be heard.
Don’t give up on things that go wrong. Change the game and try something different asking God for encouragement…
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Jonah 4:9 Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “It is right for me to be angry, even to death!”
Do you ever get angry with God? I know that I do get angry with Him at times, but I also know I should not be getting angry at Him but rather at what I have done or what others have done…
God was showing Jonah who was in charge of all nature and not just some of the chosen people!
If we do not take notice of what God is doing around us, with us and for us, we are never going to be able to grow with Him properly.
Listening to God and serving Him from our hearts and with humility should be our aim!
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Numbers 14:18 ‘The Lord is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.’
If you have got someone trying to convince you that God is full of love and grace and has abundant mercy and we can get away with anything… get them to read this verse!
Yes God is full or grace and mercy, but He is also just. That means He will not turn His back on the law. If something is wrong, it is wrong!
If we go off and do something wrong in front of Him just because we know He can forgive us we are being evil by not just testing God but also telling lies to Him and everyone around us.
Don’t test God because you will come off second best!
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Psalm 86:15 But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.
Just as precious as a child is to their parent, so we are to God. He cares for us with tender loving compassion.
We can describe His mercy toward us as being rich and plentiful because there seems to be no end to it and it is refreshed every day.
When we do go astray He will try to persuade us back time and time again just as a true friend would do.
This is all so because God has chosen it to be this way!
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Exodus 20:5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Would you dare tell a policeman that you are innocent if they have just caught you read-handed breaking the law?
Sadly we live in a world where that sort of thing is encouraged by lawyers who work to get guilty people set free – sounds a bit like Jerusalem during Christ’s captivity!
God is a jealous God. He knows when we do wrong. He knows when we lie. He knows when we follow others instead of Him.
Don’t try and cover up things before God. He already knows the truth. Admit it to Him.
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Exodus 32:4 And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a moulded calf. Then they said, “This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!”
When you look back at this story, do you think how ridiculous it must have been to see it happen? We do believe some pretty stupid things in our lives until they are set right, so we should not think it that silly.
God knows us and knows how we will react to the world around us. He knows we like to see something physical so we can believe what we see.
That is why He sent Jesus to be with us. That is why He has done many miracles over many years. That is why we have a beautiful world around us.
To allow us to see God is real! Don’t make up your own stories…
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Luke 15:30 But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.
What would you do if someone you loved walked all over you and mistreated you? Would you walk all over them or even walk away from them?
There are times in our lives when we will be faced with strange actions and reactions from people just because of what is happening in their own lives…
We do not always see the big picture or understand why people do the things they do…
Love is about giving, not taking. Give and be patient.
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Deuteronomy 25:3 Forty blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with many blows above these, and your brother be humiliated in your sight.
When does punishment turn from being fit for the crime into something that makes others despise the one being punished?
So many people look down on others just because they have been punished for doing something wrong. That’s called judging people!
If someone learns from their punishment they are quite capable of fitting back into society, maybe even more so than others!
Don’t allow people’s pasts to taint your love toward them – Christ showed us all His open love!
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Luke 12:47 And that servant who knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Jesus warns us about trying to pull the wool over His eyes in many places, and this is one of the places where punishment is described for those who do not follow!
If we call ourselves Christians or followers of Christ and do not do things according to God’s will, then we deserve to be beaten.
Can you imagine what the world would be like if there was such a harsh punishment dealt out for so many things in our lives?
I think many things would get sorted out a whole lot better!
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1 Timothy 1:13 although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
Jesus did not go round trying to blame everyone for doing anything wrong; instead He tried to come and look for the lost people and make them whole again!
Trying to blame other people when we are to blame ourselves is not going to help anyone. It will stop us from living our lives fully with God.
We end up doing what we can in the time we are given; and that is what God requires us first of all.
Live a full life with Christ and not half a good life without Him!
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Hebrews 5:7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear
Have you noticed how Jesus acted towards God the Father? Have you stopped to think about the example He set down for us?
Jesus is the Son of God and yet He would still kneel before God and offer up cries and prayers. God does not need to know what was going on, but He needs to know we know our hearts.
When we cry to God it is us opening up our hearts to God. When we pray it is us making known our wants and needs.
When God answers we then get to see how much He cares because He answers our deepest needs openly.
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Psalm 31:22 For I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before Your eyes”; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications when I cried out to You.
How many times have you said that God is not listening to your prayers? I know I have said it before and I will probably say it again.
When you get down and God does not answer your prayers immediately you begin to doubt again. That does not mean God is not listening… It just means you are doubting things again!
Take time out to stop and listen to God. Don’t rush forward and think He is not listening.
And if you think He is not listening, then lift up your complaint to God. Be real!
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Psalm 6:9 The Lord has heard my supplication; The Lord will receive my prayer.
No matter how tough things get, God is always going to hear your prayers; and that is a tough thing to understand when you feel like He is not listening!
No matter how hard you try to tell some people they will just not believe that God is listening!
Our prayers need to be genuine and from our hearts; but if we just focus on what we can get God to do for us we may find our prayers seem to go unanswered.
If we focus on God and the fact that He is just and holy, our prayers may well change…
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Isaiah 41:6 Everyone helped his neighbour, And said to his brother, “Be of good courage!”
When was the last time you saw a good football or rugby game where the whole team worked together and triumphed because of that?
When was the last time you saw a whole neighbourhood work together to bring joy to a few people?
Sadly our modern society does not lend itself toward working together because of so much focus on the self rather than the community.
So let us buck the trend by working as Christians ought to work – together and with Christ!
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Psalm 26:2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart.
Are you really willing to allow God to check you over and make sure you are following Him as you should be?
It can be a difficult step to take because most of us know we fall far short of the mark even though we call ourselves Christians.
But it is not all about proving that we are doing everything correctly because that would be more like us proving we don’t need Christ!
Allow God to guide you each day and correct your footsteps. Allow God to direct you and to protect you. He is your aide!