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John 3:15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.
Jesus statement to Nicodemus may have seemed a bit cryptic at first because Nicodemus was caught up in the Jewish laws rather than God’s Word.
But this statement is plain and straight-forward. We can all have eternal life if we believe in Jesus.
Moses lifted up an effigy of a snake and told people to look up at it to be saved from the snakes; people had to believe in the power of God, not in a statue of a snake!
Believe in God with your whole heart and be saved!
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Romans 5:9 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!
How many times have you had to face someone else for something you have done wrong? Maybe your parents when you were younger, or the local council when you parked in the wrong place…
As we go through life we do find people who are willing to forgive us and move on without repercussion; and we are glad when this happens!
Now imagine how glad you should be because Christ has forgiven you for everything you have done wrong in your life! Everything!
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Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
I still find it utterly amazing there was someone so important in this world who laid down His own life for me even before I knew Him!
Just as we commemorate the dates of various wars and remember the people who had fought in those wars so we could have freedom today, we too must remember what Christ has done for us!
God came down to live amongst us as a Human being in the form of Jesus Christ. He suffered and died so that we may be free from the sins we are trapped by...
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Romans 11:29 for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.
Have you been called by God but not yet done anything about it? Do you feel like it’s a bit late to respond now?
It is never too late or wrong to accept a free gift from God or to respond to a long outstanding call from Him.
What God puts on the table will always remain on the table even if you have buried it with tonnes of other junk from your life!
It’s time to dig out that calling and respond now!
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Psalm 133:3 It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the Lord bestows his blessing, even life for evermore.
Have you ever been camping and got up really early in the morning to watch the sunrise? Around that time the dew forms all over the place and brings much needed new life to everything.
Yes it makes you soggy and wet but that dew is what is feeding the life around you and showing you God is always there, always bringing newness and life at the start of every day.
I thank God He is so faithful and continues to bring us life even when we sleep in or forget about what He does.
He is always and forever faithful!
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Matthew 15:8 These people honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
How often do you talk about God to other people? The honest answer for most of us is “not enough!”
But how often do you show people you have a relationship with God through the way you act in front of them? We all like to think we have this one covered!
How often do you show God how much you love Him and how much He means to you? This is what God sees because He sees in your heart!
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Mark 11:12 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry.
Let us never forget Jesus came to be with us as a human being, just like us, but nothing like us!
We really do need to stop and study the life of Jesus more so we can understand how special the bond is between God and humans!
Humans can do human things. God can do anything. But through Christ we are enabled to do so much more than we can physically think about and do!
Trust in Christ and believe He will carry out the promises He has promised to us!
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Mark 10:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.’
How often have you seen comic pictures of a camel trying to get through the eye of an needle in relation to this verse?
The Eye of the Needle was a small hole in the Jerusalem wall which allowed people to come and go through the wall but which was small enough to be blocked very easily if required.
A camel would have to be trained to kneel and hobble through!
How much training are you willing to go through in order to get into the safety of Heaven?
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Mark 10:17 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. ‘Good teacher,’ he asked, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’
When was the last time you were able to go to a church service? Has this been stopping you from your normal worship pattern?
When this man came and begged to know how to gain eternal life it was not as a submission to God but more searching for a contract he could fulfil!
Has your Christian life been more of a contract fulfilment than a relationship?
We need to stop making our Christian lives a pattern to follow and begin to release it is a way of living in every aspect of life!
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Matthew 14:31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. ‘You of little faith,’ he said, ‘why did you doubt?’
How many times have you looked back on things and wondered why you doubted in the first place?
Can you remember facing a difficult task, doubting, having fear only to put it all behind you when you realised you could actually do it after all?
Jesus is calling us to do things which we may not have thought about. He is asking us to do things by trusting in Him.
Not just in part, but fully and without fear.
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Matthew 14:27 But Jesus immediately said to them: ‘Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.’
So many times in our lives Jesus is calling out to us and saying “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
So many times we take our eyes off of the Lord and fixate on the world, losing sight of His power and might!
Every time we feel on edge or ill at ease we should be calling out to Jesus and asking for His courage to sustain us in our time of distress.
And when we are feeling good, we need to call out to Him and praise Him for our comfort!
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Matthew 14:20 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
Our imaginations are limited to what we know and what we see. It is often very difficult to think beyond what we know and see…
God has no limitations because He knows and sees everything already!
When the disciples who were following Jesus saw the abundance of provision at times like this, they must have wondered how it was possible.
When we ask God for help, it should not be within the limits of what we can do but without any limits because God can do everything!
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1 Kings 19:20 Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. ‘Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,’ he said, ‘and then I will come with you.’ ‘Go back,’ Elijah replied. ‘What have I done to you?’
Is God calling you into a difficult position, or in a position which seems totally alien to you?
I know when I first was called into youth ministry I could not imagine anything worse than having to try and control a bunch of teenagers!
But God called me to love them and show them a different way of living by allowing them insight into God’s ways.
We may find it hard to think people can change because we see them do terrible things – but God can change hearts more than we realise!
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Psalm 103:13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
One of the things you learn from being a parent is you are able to forgive your children no matter what they do.
When you child comes to you and is truly sorry for what they have done, your heart melts and forgiveness flows out of your heart.
I expect God is like that with us, though the older I get, the more I try not to do the things wrong in the first place… that comes from being a parent and seeing the same things happen with your children which you got up to as a child…
God sees beyond that and His love does not end… ever!
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Exodus 35:3 Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.
When God was speaking to Moses and giving him all the commandment they should follow, he made sure there should be no doubt.
Take this sentence for instance. He commanded them not to light a fire in their dwellings on the Sabbath. He said this so they would not have an excuse to make a quick meal whilst nobody was watching!
God wanted them to rest in Him on the Sabbath. That meant stopping everything and relying on God for a day.
Yes, they could pre-prepare meals and things, but He wanted them to make a point about keeping the Sabbath for Him.
What is He asking you to stop?
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Exodus 34:1 The Lord said to Moses, ‘Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
“God is the God of second chances!” How many times have you heard that said by others?
Well, it continues to be said because it is true time and time again, over and over again!
We may think something like destroying God’s commandments, burning a bible or trashing God’s name may exclude us from heaven… not so!
God wants us to remember our mistakes but to put them behind us and move on in His love!
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Psalm 99:3 Let them praise your great and awesome name - he is holy.
One of the greatest things I miss during these times is meeting together with a crowd of people and praising God in song!
It doesn’t stop me from singing to myself and listening to worship songs, but it is not quite the same.
We should be continuing to praise God, allow people to see we praise Him and better still, allow them to join in with our praise.
Praise can take many forms and does not need to be sung liturgy.
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John 5:47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?
One of the things I was taught which has stuck with me is the bible holds the truth about God… not just parts of it but the whole of it!
We have many scholars who have come before us who have gone over the scriptures and made sure they all agree with each other and have upheld them as the truth.
We need to read more and believe more so God can use us to continue spreading the gospel to those who need it most!
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Romans 8:10 But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.
No matter how tangled up in the world we get, if we know God, we are able to break free from the world and live with Christ.
Yes, its hard. Yes we give in and do things we ought not to. Yes we break the rules… because we are human and we have sin in our lives.
But because we also have Christ in our lives, we can depend on Him and allow Him to strengthen us in the fight against the worldly things.
Because God made it so!
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Romans 8:5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
Where is your heart set at? Where is your mind set at? Are you constantly worrying about earthly matters?
It may be easy for a Christian to say “think of spiritual things” but when you are drowning in earthly matters, all you can focus on are those things.
God wants you to stop thinking you have to do it all and give more to Him to manage and to release you from.