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Matthew 8:22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
This must have been a very hard thing to hear for this disciple… how could they turn their back on their family to go and learn more about God?
Jesus always had reasons for doing things and saying things; this would have been no exception!
Maybe Jesus knew they would loose track on things and never catch up with Him – we don’t know…
When we ask God for an answer, we must be prepared to listen to the answer in full!
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Matthew 8:34 Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region.
A lot of people do not agree with what Jesus taught, ergo, a lot of people may not believe you when you talk about the gospel!
When you read this story, do you side with the people because all the pigs were lost, or do you side with Jesus for saving a couple of people?
Jesus gave the demons one last chance to leave the people alone – they chose to run the pigs into the water after they left the pigs…
Jesus did not drive them into the water! Don’t blame God when things go wrong!
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Jude 1:22 Be merciful to those who doubt;
How do you treat people who either say they don’t believe, are doubting their beliefs or have some beliefs which don’t line up with the gospel?
This epistle condemns some for being against Christ, but I love the fact it also says to be merciful to those who doubt!
How can we ever hope to share the gospel unless we are merciful and supportive to people who have some sort of an issue with either the gospel or Christ?
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Daniel 7:9 As I looked, “thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was as white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.
These word describing beasts in heaven can be troubling to people when they read them – and must have been to Daniel as he dreamed them!
The evil beasts will fool some into listening and they will be destroyed by the beasts.
But, as we read through the whole description, we read about how God is going to destroy the evil beasts whilst showing everyone Jesus is given all power and authority.
Follow the truth and you too will endure.
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Luke 21:4 All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.
What criteria do you use to decide whether you are going to give to the poor, help the needy or give to the church?
Are you limiting your outgoings to what you think is a fair deal according to your incoming?
I have found through experience I should be willing to give no matter the income – and God has always helped me through my life when I do this!
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Daniel 2:37 Your Majesty, you are the king of kings. The God of heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory;
No matter how far up the ladder you can get in you business, or how rich you become or how famous; you have nothing which God has not allowed you to have!
What recognition are you giving God for the things you have in your life?
It warms my heart to see our Queen here in the UK praising God and encouraging others to do the same.
Give God the glory for great things He has done!
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Daniel 5:4 As they drank the wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.
What things do you praise in your life? Do you seek after gold, silver, riches, idols, statues, buildings, property, longer physical life or even fitness above others?
God wants us to seek a life with Him, spiritual and true.
God wants us to lift up our praises to Him and allow others to see the riches we will have in Heaven with Him and not the riches built up here on earth!
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Daniel 6:22 My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.’
When Daniel was thrown into the lions’ den everyone expected him to be devoured by the lions; but he was not!
Daniel’s testimony was not to brag about being alive, but to lift up God’s name by telling of the angel who came from God to stop the lions from eating him.
Daniel reminded the king he had done nothing wrong by worshipping God, because God is not a mortal man just as we all are, but is our Heavenly Father!
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Psalm 146:6 He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them – he remains faithful for ever.
What do you think about when you look out over the ocean? Do you feel the vastness and think of yourself as being very small?
Have you watched any films or videos recently about the space trips people are taking and marvelled at the speeds and heights the spacecraft are going?
No matter how much we feel overwhelmed by the vastness of this earth, this solar system or the universe – we know God remains faithful to the promises He made to us, personally!
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Psalm 96:4 For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods.
Have you ever wondered about the gods of various civilisation over history; have you ever wondered who was the god in charge?
In our quest to define authority we always seek to know who is in charge for one reason or another; having many gods leaves us in a quandary!
Our God is real and without Him nobody could come up with their own gods...
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Psalms 25:5 Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Saviour, and my hope is in you all day long.
This is one of those Psalms which give us hope for the future and encourage us to put our hope and faith in our Lord!
It is because of everything God has already done for us we have hope. We can read many stories on how God has given people hope for many years in our past.
No matter how dire our lives are, we can always find hope in Christ – as long as we go looking for it… which is the difficult step to start with.
Help someone today to take that first step!
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Matthew 8:13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, ‘Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.’ And his servant was healed at that moment.
What is your view on the prayers you ask of God? Do you beg Him for something over and over again until you think you can’t ask any more? Do you ask once and go off on your way again?
We each have our different ways of looking at prayers, but they are all the same. They are our words being lifted up to God who is listening and will answer!
If we don’t expect an answer – are we even asking God, or are we just saying the words?
Expect answers to all of your prayers every day!
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Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Once you get to learn just how much God can do and how much He has already done for you, you will get to see the world in a very different light.
I look at the natural world around me and I see an intelligent God who has created so much for us.
I also see how nature has changed things over time.
I also see how man has changed things over time.
But I still see a God who designed things in the beginning – because that is what the world around me shows me!
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Isaiah 25:9 In that day they will say, ‘Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the Lord, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.’
Why does it take miracles or good things happening to us before we recognise what God is doing for us every day of our lives?
Do we really need Him to do the extraordinary before we believe and trust in Him? Seems like it…
Why not look at the world around you today and see exactly what God is doing for us all, not just to us, but for everyone!
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Psalm 118:17 I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done.
When will you step forward and do what God asked you to do a while ago?
Sometimes we just have to accept God’s help and step forward to do what He has asked us to do instead of trying to find our own ways of doing things.
God knows what we are going through, where we have been and what we can do – He will not ask you to do anything He knows you cannot do… Accept His help and guidance!
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Matthew 13:25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.
I wonder if you have ever tried your best to do something right only to have someone else come along and break it all down…
We often find the greed and jealousy of others will make them do horrible things to the things we hold dear in our lives.
Do not take it too personally, they are probably doing this because God’s ways have shown up the shortcomings or rottenness in their ways.
Stand firm in God’s ways and obey His will.
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Isaiah 30:23 He will also send you rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows.
“Not much to relate to here in our modern ways of living” you may think…
But if we look at it in a different light, things change… Think of the words you say as being the seeds, and the ground being the people around you…
When we start talking about Jesus, God will work with those words in people’s hearts, giving them understanding or even a thirst for more.
Think more along the lines of the “Butterfly Effect!”
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Philippians 1:6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
We need to remember we are partners in Christ’s work and not the centre of attention!
We are not even the ones who are going to change people’s hearts for God!
God wants us to faithfully bring people to Him so He can work in their hearts.
Listen to what God wants in your life...
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Isaiah 35:3 Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way;
What happens when you are faced with danger or tasks which you know you cannot achieve by yourself?
We tend to describe that as getting weak at the knees or having shaky hands… because those are the physical feeling we get during those times.
God is saying we need to depend more on Him and stop worrying about the impossible when asking for His help!
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Matthew 18:12 ‘What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?
If we look back on our lives, have we just shrugged the one lost sheep off and said something like “it was bound to happen!”
We tend to go by our physical limitations and we shrug things off when they seem a bit hard to do!
God will always go after the one who has wandered off because He loves us that much!