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1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Paul was one of the zealous Jews who would persecute the Christians at every opportunity – until he heard the truth for himself.
Once we heard the gospel truth, we know in our hearts it is the truth and we find out more!
God does not turn people away because they have done things wrong or have persecuted Christians…
God turns people away because they refuse to believe in Him!
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Mark 6:56 And wherever he went – into villages, towns or countryside – they placed those who were ill in the market-places. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
Wherever Jesus went, crowds of people followed bringing their sick family, friends and neighbours to try and be healed by Him.
Because of their faith, they just had to touch the edge of His cloak to be healed.
This is the faith Christ continues to ask for, a faith which is as absolute as we can make it – we have to display it!
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Psalm 84:10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
Have you ever had to spend the night in a hostel, hotel or other place which you absolutely hated?
Sometimes we get far to used to the luxuries in life and we lose focus on what we do for God because we are so busy doing things the way of the world!
God wants us to think about what we do and why we do it – we really do need to give God the glory for all we have (or have not!)
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Psalm 37:32 The wicked lie in wait for the righteous, intent on putting them to death;
We may not think of it when we say bad things to others, but we may well be hurting them a whole lot more than we realise.
All it takes is a word out of turn to twist someone’s heart beyond their breaking point.
Think careful before you start to gossip or tell things to people you know they do not want to hear!
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Psalm 106:39 They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.
We have to be careful how we live our lives; it is far too easy to live according to the ways of the world and separate ourselves from God by doing so.
The more we go with the ways of the world, the more we let ourselves down and the more we walk away from God.
Turn back to God and invite Him to walk closely by your side – remember He is there and act like He is watching your every step!
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Psalm 81:10 I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
Have you ever tried to feed a baby who was more intent on making a mess than eating? It doesn’t end well!
Even when we are fighting a losing battle with a wayward baby, we still continue to get them to open their mouths so we can feed them!
God has to continually try to make us open our hearts to what He has to tell us, just so we can get to grow in the truth and flourish with Him!
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1 kings 13:33 Even after this, Jeroboam did not change his evil ways, but once more appointed priests for the high places from all sorts of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest he consecrated for the high places.
When I was asked if I wanted to go and train to be a priest, I rejected the idea at first because I did not believe God was calling me to be a priest at that time!
If we simply do what we want to do, we may be working against God’s wishes – even if we are doing something we believe God would approve of!
If we wish to please God we should listen to Him and obey Him. We have a long history written about before us where we can see how horribly things went wrong when people did what they wanted instead of obeying God.
Think and Listen!
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Jeremiah 17:7 But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.
Jesus lived out the scriptures. He did not make new scriptures but rather fulfilled them by loving us like God does.
The scriptures are full of places where God was blessing the poor and needy, those who were willing to trust in Him for everything.
If we continue to trust in God, we too will see these blessings and comfort fill out lives!
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James 1:6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
When you doubt, are you doubting what God can do, or doubting what you can do for God?
We are human and we do doubt ourselves; this is what prevents us from succeeding when we need to. But this is very different from doubting God!
We should never doubt God and what He is asking of us. Nothing is impossible with God and nothing too difficult for Him.
We are the weak link in the chain – trust God to give you strength to hold that chain together!
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Psalm 94:12 Blessed is the one you discipline, Lord, the one you teach from your law;
When I look back on my life I see many places where I was disciplined because of the things I did wrong; and I learned from them all!
Sometimes I wonder at why modern society does not focus on discipline much any more – but it is my view and not what is actually happening.
Jesus wants us to listen to what His Word has for us, learning from it, obeying it and becoming better people as we try to emulate how Jesus lived His life.
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Mark 8:22 They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
When we are at wits end, sick, poor or feeling trapped in any way, it is easy to call out to God and ask for help.
When we read stories like this in the bible, do we think about the helplessness or the person affected, the hope of the people around, or the amazement of those onlookers?
What we need to do is to think of this more as an every day occurrence, always knowing our faith in Christ will give us miracles and blessings...
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James 2:8 If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, ‘Love your neighbour as yourself,’ you are doing right.
How many times have you complained about your neighbours? How many times have you supported your neighbours?
What is the reason for the discrepancy between those two numbers?
Jesus wants us to be open and honest with our neighbours – this is how we can start to love them...
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James 2:26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
God created us to be in three parts like He is, our immortal souls, our mortal physical bodies and our spiritual beings.
We need our spiritual side to fill our physical bodies and make us whole.
Our faith in God is not whole unless we have trusted Christ for our immortal lives, live our lives trying to do what is best physically and fulfilling our spiritual needs.
Be whole with Christ.
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Psalm 12:1 Help, Lord, for no one is faithful any more; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
How many times have you looked around you and had similar thoughts to this?
We can look at the negative people and wonder where all the good and righteous people have gone, or we can focus on the good and righteous people and wonder what all the fuss is about?
Our outlook, or how we see the world, can affect our own lives just as much as other people can…
Look to God in everything!
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Psalm 65:12 The grasslands of the wilderness overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness.
Have you ever looked around you and wondered why the world around you is not calling out to God? I’m not talking about the people by the natural world!
God created the natural world and it exists because of Him, not in spite of Him.
The world lives with God and knows God as creator.
If we act more like the natural world, we will see a whole lot more of God!
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James 1:9 Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.
I used to struggle when people would say I have a high position in God’s Kingdom because I would always see others as being above me!
God may allow something in your life to lift you up to a position which you may have thought unobtainable in the past!
You may not be comfortable getting there and may not enjoy what you go through to get there – but God has you firmly in His grip!
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James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
How many times has your pride got you into trouble? How many times have you got out of trouble by admitting to things before they went too far?
If we are willing to open our lives to the truth and allow the truth to guide us, we will get a whole lot further than fighting it and trying to live behind lies.
God wants us to admit out fault but not to dwell on them so much they suffocate us or destroy our spirit.
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James 4:17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.
Have you ever said you were going to do something and never got round to it?
How many times have you boasted of doing something and never actually done it?
God wants us to be good and faithful people – He also wants us to do what we say we are going to do, otherwise we are nothing but empty vessels!
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Psalm 49:12 People, despite their wealth, do not endure; they are like the beasts that perish.
We often think having loads of money will be able to get us out of situations or help us on our way to happiness…
If we do not have the wisdom or understanding to use that money well, then it is nothing to us and we will not gain what we think we can by it!
Don’t set an unrealistic goal in your life based on other people’s experience – set a goal which you will be able to achieve, even if you need help along the way...
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Psalm 103:6 The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
My heart goes out to the people of Ukraine at this time, knowing a foreign tyrant is waging war against them just because they want to be different!
God hears the calls of the people in need and He answers! We may not think so, but He knows what is best for us and will answer when the time is right.
In the mean time, lift up your prayers and plead with God for justice to be done.