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Psalm 84:3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young – a place near your altar, Lord Almighty, my King and my God.
On these late summer evenings we have the privilege of being able to gaze out our windows and see the swifts and swallows ducking and diving through the evening skies!
God is the one who has given them and ability to fly high and fast gathering up insects at an amazing speed; He is feeding them directly!
God has done this for the birds and the animals; imagine how much more He wants to do for you, the one He loves!
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Luke 10:27 He answered, ‘“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind”; and, “Love your neighbour as yourself.”’
What do you learn from the bible? What do you understand our duty is toward God and this world?
God created the universe for us to live in and has given us an instruction manual to try and live by showing us what the best things to do are so we will survive and thrive!
Trying to live by God’s Word and loving Him and everyone around us should be the primary Goal in our life – that way we stand the best chance at surviving!
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Psalm 80:7 Restore us, God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.
During the time of the kings of Israel, people would be easily swayed away from God by the trappings of the world…
The Psalmist request God restores Israel to the position by His side once again as the chosen people.
God never turned His back on the people because He had already promised so much before these times – the people just needed reminders now and again of how they should be walking close to God!
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Luke 18:15 People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.
Stop holding back the gospel! Stop preventing people from getting to know Jesus!
It is very easy to judge people by their lifestyles of choices and prevent them from getting to know the truth simply because you don’t think they deserve it!
Christ wants us to talk to everyone and allow everyone to get to know the truth and be in a relationship with Him!
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Psalm 102:18 Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the Lord:
Each time I go through the Old Testament I am amazed at something else I missed last time…
God’s plan was not to limit Heaven to a few choice people from a single race, but to have the Gospel told to anyone and everyone who would listen.
Let the whole world praise God and worship His Holy name!
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Psalm 32:6 Therefore let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found; surely the rising of the mighty waters will not reach them.
Do you know how important it is to admit your sins to God and ask for His forgiveness?
There will be a time when it will be too late to ask for forgiveness!
Step forward and give your sins to Christ allowing Him to forgive you just as He has promised – then it can never be too late!
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Psalm 10:6 He says to himself, ‘Nothing will ever shake me.’ He swears, ‘No one will ever do me harm.’
What do you think when you see evil people succeeding in life? Do you assume God is ignoring them or somehow allowing them to get away with evil things?
God sees and knows everything, the good, the bad and the plain evil!
The evil only see what they want to see and ignore what God has in store for them in the future...
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Amos 8:7 The Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob: ‘I will never forget anything they have done.
One thing we often forget is God does not forget! He sees everything and remembers everything!
If we do not open everything to God, He is going to see right through us and may even remind us of this later!
God knows Jesus paid it all for us and wants us to acknowledge this by bringing our sins to Him humbly and openly...
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Psalm 50:15 and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honour me.
If we are willing to remember and glorify God when we are experiencing good times, He will be there for us when we are experiencing the bad times.
We do need to keep Christ in the centre of our lives at all times and not just when we call out in fear when things are going wrong.
Stay close to God and He will stay close to you – simple!
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Psalm 107:43 Let the one who is wise heed these things and ponder the loving deeds of the Lord.
How many times have you read through the Bible and remembered all the things God has done for people all over the place?
How many times have you been helped in some way by God, directly or indirectly?
Gog wants us to remember all He has done so we will be encouraged to trust Him more with things in our lives!
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Psalm 70:4 But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, ‘The Lord is great!’
In this petition to God, David pleads for God’s continued support to all the people, especially anyone who is willing to call on the Lord.
God may know who loves Him, who trusts Him and who will depend on Him, but He also wants all of us to call on Him for help!
When we call out for help and help arrives, we are encouraged and our trust in that help increases – the same goes for our hope in Christ!
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Psalm 36:7 How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
It is only when you get to realise God’s love do you begin to see how precious and unending it is!
People all round the world take refuge in God’s love and flock to Him for protection and hope.
We don’t have to be in Heaven holding on tight to His hands in order to know His love and safety – we can experience that right here and now!
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Song of Solomon 3:1 All night long on my bed I looked for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him.
There are going to be times in your life when you look for God and think He cannot be found or seek help and think none is coming!
Never forget God is always with us and ever present in everything we do, His constant watch over us is real.
Don’t be discouraged just because things are not going your way, wait on God and allow Him to work in His time!
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Jeremiah 7:4 Do not trust in deceptive words and say, ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord!’
How many times have you given in to what others have said about you and not finished a task just because they said you couldn’t?
We are all attacked by the world and the people who don’t want us to succeed at some stage, but we don’t have to listen to them!
God knows what we are capable of and when we are willing to continue listening to Him for advice, He will guide us the best way forward...
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Psalm 138:5 May they sing of the ways of the Lord, for the glory of the Lord is great.
Wouldn’t it be fantastic to hear more world leaders praising God’s name and showing us all we can and should depend on God for more in our lives!
God should be praised for the peace and mercy He shows all of us, the love He brings into our lives and the advice He is willing to give us!
Remind a leader today how they should be praising God!
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2 Corinthians 4:15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
One of the most precious things you can give someone is hope!
Hope spreads through communities as quick as gossip, but it continues to give. Hope leads to hope.
If that hope is based on something sure like the love of God, then that hope will continue to give more each step it takes!
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Psalm 79:12 Pay back into the laps of our neighbours seven times the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.
What is your attitude toward people who have chosen not to believe in Christ? Do you call for them to be burned as chaff?
Jesus taught us to not be this way because He saw the divisions this brought into our lives.
God wanted us to be separate from non-believers to give us a chance at having hope; Jesus came to give us physical and spiritual hope, turning these divisions into something very different for us.
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Psalm 59:4 I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Arise to help me; look on my plight!
When you have some sort a gain in life which others do not have, you may well feel like you are being surrounded by wolves who are after what you have!
Humans can be very greedy, spiteful, jealous and proud; making us do unsavoury things.
God wants us to focus on the love we share for each other rather than the riches our treasures we have.
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Psalm 146:3 Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.
Sometimes we look at the important people in our lives or the leaders of our countries and we believe what they do and say without question…
Well, we should be able to do this! Unfortunately we do have a lot of corrupt leaders around the world who lead their people astray through what they do and say.
God warns us not to follow people but to follow God – we can do both if our leaders would follow God first of all!
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2 Corinthians 9:7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
One thing God does not do is to force you into any situation! The world may seem to force you into many things, but God does not!
We are given free choice to follow and obey Christ, or to do our own thing – even if that is to go against God like Judas did!
God wants to see us come forward willingly to do His will – that is what will please Him most!