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Psalm 145:21 My mouth will speak in praise of the Lord. Let every creature praise his holy name for ever and ever.
Have you noticed how birds always seem to be happy in the morning – even when we know the world is falling apart!
Nature will always sing of the glories of God & we should be trying to do the same, no matter what goes on in our lives.
Yes it is hard to sing when you are sad, but by singing, you will feel different about your troubles.
Now, instead of just singing, worship God!
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Psalm 122:1 I rejoiced with those who said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord.’
When was the last time you encouraged someone to come to church with you?
When was the last time you worshipped God together with other people?
Christ wants us to be disciples – people who want to learn the scriptures and take those words out to others and share them.
He wants us to do this to the people around us, not just the people who normally come to church with us!
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Psalm 96:8 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due to his name; bring an offering and come into his courts.
When you give glory to God, what else do you do? Or should I be asking “what else are you willing to do?”
We freely give God the glory for things He does in our lives; should we not be willing to freely give Him time and works as well?
The closer I walk with Christ the more willing I am to do things for Him, for others and for the church… because Jesus willingly gave us so much!
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Psalm 57:10 For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
We cannot escape God’s love – no matter where we try to hide, in the darkest corners or locked away from everyone…
God is with us and continues to love and support us in many ways; we often do not get to see just how much He does for us!
God has always kept His Word and continues to be faithful to each one of us no matter how far we try to run away...
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Psalm 100:3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
When was the last time you just stopped doing your busy “lifing” and spent time with God?
Stop and give God the time He deserves because He is God! Stop because He is our Creator. Stop because this place we live in was made for us!
We have been placed in this place because He loves us and wants us to enjoy what he has given us.
Stop and listen for the instructions...
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Psalm 67:6 The land yields its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.
Have you noticed how plants can seem to grow in the most inhospitable places? Take cacti which grow in the harshest of deserts… Because God gives them a bit of moisture now and again!
Just like that, God gives us what we need to survive in this world. We may think we are starving at times, but God supplies what we need…
What we need is His daily bread and not our daily loaf of bread!
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John 15:25 But this is to fulfil what is written in their Law: “They hated me without reason.”
Sometimes people do bad things against you, not because they hate you but simply because you were in the wrong place at the wrong time!
The more we can accept this in our lives, the more we will find out how much God forgives us for what we do!
Our sins against God are typically not intentionally acts against God. They are more likely to be things we have done without thinking of the consequences...
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Psalm 138:1 I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; before the ‘gods’ I will sing your praise.
When you are faced with people who say there is no God, or are amongst people who go out of their way to do things against God, what do you do?
Do you face up to them and tell them about your Christ? Do you turn away and walk the other way?
God wants us to stand firm and show people how much He means to us, even in the face of derision and mocking...
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Psalm 148:13 Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his splendour is above the earth and the heavens.
The writer of this psalm wants every person to be able to praise God because He is worthy of all praise.
Don’t let the physical or political world hem you in with limitations when God is without limit and nothing is impossible through Him!
Our natural world already show off their total trust in God – we should be more like it!
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Hebrews 7:11 If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood – and indeed the law given to the people established that priesthood – why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron?
Jesus came because we needed to break free from the loop of having to offer sacrifices all the time for everything we do wrong.
Priests would have to offer sacrifices to cleanse themselves before they could offer sacrifices for others because they too have sinned.
Jesus offered Himself, sinless and perfect, to be the ultimate and final sacrifice for us all and for ever!
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Acts 18:9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: ‘Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent.’
If we could listen clearly to God, then we would hear Him repeating these words to us as we face what the world throws at us!
God does not want us to fade silently into the shadows as we face people who want to mock or hurt us – He wants us to stand firm and continue telling people about God!
Jesus never stopped sharing His thoughts and feelings about God the Father – we shouldn’t stop either!
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Psalm 47:7 For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise.
Pontius Pilot knew Jesus was special and wrote of him “King of the Jews.”
Jesus gave His life and rose again defeating death so we could know Him truly as our King of life and death, King of everything, King of our hearts.
We need to lift up our praises and worship to our King at all times to show the world just how special He really is!
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Psalm 99:4 The King is mighty, he loves justice – you have established equity; in Jacob you have done what is just and right.
Our King of Kings, Christ, is very mighty and He loves justice. How do we know this? Because He laid down His life for us to bring justice to this place.
He knew mankind would continue to leave justice out of our lives. He knew He had to step up and make it so!
Right from the very beginning Christ has continued to uphold justice in the face of evil and wicked people.
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Psalm 68:3 But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.
Just because we are good does not mean we will not have any problems or troubles…
But when we do obey God and follow His commandments, we draw parallels with the blessings God give us – so we see it as some sort of reward for being good…
God loves us no matter what! It is our choice to follow and obey God and that will ultimately please Him!
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Psalm 113:7 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
The Lord is the one who stoops down to our level. He has no reason to do so others than He loves us.
He is the one who will raise up the poor from their position of lowliness and lift up the needy people from their pit of fire.
Step down from you high seat and allow Christ to guide you to the people who need something around you.
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Acts 20:32 Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
It is not our job to clean or save people – it is our job to lead them to Christ and He will do the cleaning and saving!
Jesus wants us to be disciples – which means stepping forward and obeying Him. Those steps will be to reach out to the next disciple!
Jesus came from God to make disciples, who then are sent to make disciples, who then reach out to make disciples…
This is the will of God!
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Psalm 16:10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
King David was lamenting about how great his God was; David knew he had done things wrong and knew God still loved him!
God will not sit by and watch us get taken by evil when we have purposed our lives to love and worship Him!
David also knew God would make sure no corruption ever overcame Jesus when He was on earth, even when He died!
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Psalm 103:1 Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Each time I read these words I want to sing the song four of us sang in church… and yes that song pre-dated Matt Redman’s 10,000 reasons…
This is something we have been encouraged to do for many years – to praise God or to Bless Him…
Yesterday we celebrated our Queens 75 years of reigning… I’m sure she would support me in asking you to praise God, even on this special weekend for her!
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Psalm 11:4 The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord is on his heavenly throne. He observes everyone on earth; his eyes examine them.
Sometimes I read through some of the words in the bible and I wonder whether the writers have heard God correctly…
Then I think about the human mind and begin to see how easily we get things mixed up!
God is Holy. He cannot abide sin. Jesus is back in Heaven with God, but He still watches every move we make.
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Psalm 104:4 He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants.
One thing we often overlook is how God can and does use anything to reach out to others.
We may think we are nothing in the eyes of others, but God can use us to spread the Word!
Anything and everything we have is used by God to reach out to others – stop trying to limit God!