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Psalm 96:1 Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.
When we say God should get all the glory, we should really mean He gets all the attention, honour and glory!
God wants us to think of new ways in which we can worship Him, not for greed, but so we can see how we can worship Him in every way in our lives!
Think of a new way in which you can give God the glory today!
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Matthew 10:21 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.
When you try to live for and with God in your life, you are going to find many people will turn their backs on you or even dislike you just because you are a Christian!
God has continue to warn us about this all throughout the scriptures…
Why do we expect anything different!
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Psalm 100:4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
Do you find it difficult to enjoy something when you are feeling down or rejected?
If we are able to turn rejection and despair around and apply faith and thanksgiving instead, our lives will get better!
Giving thanks and praising God can be difficult when you are down, but it always leads to joy!
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Psalm 51:19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous, in burnt offerings offered whole; then bulls will be offered on your altar.
We don’t go about offering bulls on the altar nowadays – can you imagine the uproar if anyone tried to do that!
But we do need to answer “what are you willing to sacrifice for Jesus?”
Metaphorically we should be willing to offer the biggest and best we have for God – no holding back!
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Psalm 95:1 Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
When was the last time you worshipped God in song? I love to listen to worshipful songs which I sing in my heart.
Remembering what Jesus has done for us and what He means to us is important.
There are many good and righteous worship songs when you go looking for them!
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Matthew 24:36 But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
When was the last time someone surprised you? How did you handle it?
Now, imagine someone is going to turn up and give you a house… would you be ready and waiting?
Christ has said He is preparing us our places in Heaven and is going to return to give us those places… are you ready?
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Isaiah 4:6 It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding-place from the storm and rain.
When we look back and see what happened in the desert, we see a physical manifestation of Gods presence in the form of the cloud of smoke and the column of fire.
We have all this proof in our history, recorded for all to remember and stand in awe of…
… why do we keep on asking for more proof?
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Luke 10:21 At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, ‘I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.
This is a passage which should prove to us Jesus was entirely man as well as being God!
He showed us what it is like to follow and obey God the Father.
Our aim should be to emulate Jesus in whatever way we can!
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Matthew 4:19 ‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will send you out to fish for people.’
Do you know what to do after you have caught a fish? Do you know how to gut them and prepare them for cooking and/or eating?
Jesus has asked us to throw out the line and try to bring a fish back to shore – or rather a person…
He will prepare and clean us ready to join the Father in Heaven!
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Matthew 7:24 Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
As we start on the road toward Christmas, think about how you are leading your life…
Are you trusting Christ with your livelihood? Are you listening to His instructions?
The wise person will do both and entrust it all to God.
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Psalm 27:13 I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
What do you expect of Jesus when you pray?
God wants us to ask anything of Him and Jesus reminded us we have to continue knocking on the door of prayer!
How confident are you Jesus hears your prayers and will answer them here in the land of the living?
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Isaiah 30:20 Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers will be hidden no more; with your own eyes you will see them.
Have you ever noticed how easy it is to lose track of who the good teachers of the gospel are?
When you take your eyes off the Lord and fix them on the world, you lose sight of God’s teachers…
When you turn back to God, those teachers will come straight back into view!
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Psalm 72:18 Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvellous deeds.
How much do you know about what Christ has done for us all?
How much do you accept as being the truth about what Christ has done?
Will you give your God the praise and honour He alone deserves for everything He has done?
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Psalm 85:11 Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.
Jesus came down to earth in human form but did not live like us; He lived a holy life to show us hope through Him to Heaven.
This hope springs up from earth because this is where Jesus came to give us that hope.
He has shown us the direction and has demonstrated it can be done – even if we face tribulations here on earth!
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Jeremiah 33:3 “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.”
God made sure the prophets understood who He was and what was required from the people.
The prophets, in turn, would try to express these views to the people so they would understand too…
Do you listen to your church leaders when they try to tell you the truth from the Gospel?
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Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
I woke up early this morning and looking out of the window I spotted a single very bright “star.” I think it was Betelgeuse (yes I had to look up the spelling!)
Mankind has named most bright stars in the sky – but God knows them all and also the ones we don’t know!
Every night the stars will come out – behind the clouds much of the time, but they are always there, just like God’s love for us!
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Psalm 145:9 The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.
Do you think you are in the wrong place or time for God to help you out?
Have you read God’s Word? He is clearly telling us He is good to ALL He has made… that’s everyone!
God loves you more than you realise!
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Psalm 1:6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
How many times have you been told “you should have listened to me!”
If we go back over the Scriptures we find how many people enjoyed life when they listened to God, and we also find out how bad life got when people did not listen to God…
We have the choice of listening to God and having a better shaped life, or ignoring God and facing up to earthly problems alone!
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Psalm 80:9 You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
How many times have you been encouraged or surprised by how plants have grown despite the things you have done or not done?
God is the one who makes sure the plants and animals survive despite what humans do to them!
It is our task to prepare the way, and Gods task to allow the growth.
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James 5:7 Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.
How many farmers do you see who want proof their crops are going to grow before they plough the fields and sow their seeds?
They have faith the world is going to continue turning, the seasons are going to rotate and the rains and sunshine will come again…
We need that sort of faith in Christ’s return!