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Psalm 119:38 Fulfil your promise to your servant, so that you may be feared.
How often do you call out to God to help you avoid sins and to revere Him as you should?
How often do you ask Him for strength the avoid the things you cannot avoid by yourself?
We should be in constant prayer to ask Him to guide us and strengthen us as He has promised...
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Ephesians 2:22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
How often do you clean your house? When someone is coming to visit, or do you keep it clean all the time?
We have a very important visitor who wants to come and stay within us: The Holy Spirit.
We should always be ready and always try to stay righteous so we make Him welcome at all times!
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October 29: John 8:12-20
Key Verse: John 8:15
You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one.
Devotion:
One of the things we find hard not to do is to judge others by our own standards. If Jesus were to judge others by His own standards, everyone would fall short of the standard. But what Jesus says here is quite remarkable in my eyes. He says He is the Lights of the world, that He testifies of Himself and He does not judge others!
As a judge, Jesus would be the ultimate authority, but He stops short of judging people because He wants everyone to have a chance to come to Him and admit to their own shortcomings. He knows He is the Son of God but He calls Himself the Light of the world instead. If He came forward and told everyone He was the Son of God in the beginning, many may have not believed Him.
By coming forward as the light of the world He is telling everyone He is the example for others to look up at. He is not condemning people but giving them something to aim for instead. If we could be more like that instead of judging others I’m sure we would be a much more peaceful world!
But the most amazing things is when we come to Jesus He will stand before God and be our advocate, declaring us innocent before His Father. How can we turn that down!
Points to Ponder:
Do you judge people?
Will you try to be an example instead?
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Psalm 90:12 Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
If we knew exactly how long we would live for, many of us would only sort our lives out just before we die!
God wants us to have our lives sorted all the time, to be ready all the time.
The best way to do this is to have Christ with you always!
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Psalm 68:6 God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
One of the things we get to know about God when we accept Him as our God is that He cares above and beyond!
When we call out to Him with our worries, our loneliness, our weakness or our infirmaries, He will answer!
When we turn our backs on Him, we are left to do our own things which often lead to destruction.
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Romans 8:25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
What is hope unless we do not yet have what we hope for?
Jesus knew people around Him lacked the type of loving relationship He shared with His Father.
He wants us to have share in the love He has for us and for His Father!
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1 John 3:1 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
When we accept Jesus into our lives we become children of God; that is so very special!
What the world sees is a person who has to rely on someone else – what we see is a Father who cares above and beyond!
Come and be a child of God and enjoy His protection and love!
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Psalm 109:24 My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.
One of the things we get to learn is our bodies run out of energy unless we refill them!
We can go for a while without food and water, but not that long!
We can go for a while without the Gospel, but not too long otherwise we are left behind!
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Romans 9:2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
Sometimes we have to face what is right in our heart verses what is right by mankind’s laws…
We have to make sure we choose what is right in God’s eyes and not necessarily in man’s eyes.
Choose God to avoid your anxiety.
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Psalm 94:15 Judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
One thing we can rely on is the righteous will be blessed, if not now, in heaven!
Another thing we can rely on is the wicked will be found out, if not now, in heaven!
We know in our hearts we should be following the righteous ways – just do it!
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Psalm 43:5 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Saviour and my God.
We really do need to learn how to worship God with all things in our lives!
Once we see how important God is we will see many more ways in which God will bless us.
Don’t focus on the money or possessions, rather focus on loving with your whole heart!
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Psalm 69:31 This will please the Lord more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hooves.
What will please God more than a good sacrifice? Showing your love for Him!
God has no need for unblemished animals as sacrifices – He own the universe!
God wants love to cover everything, love without limit and love without cause or need of return!
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Psalm 131:1 My heart is not proud, Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me.
How often are you too proud to do something to help others or admit to your faults?
How often do you think of yourself as being above others or better than others?
How often do you act more like Jesus and invite others into your life?
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Romans 13:10 Love does no harm to a neighbour. Therefore love is the fulfilment of the law.
If only we could all see the real power of love in our communities!
Instead we get caught up in all the strife and anguish of things going wrong and people saying the wrong things.
God wants us to rise above the things of the world and accept each other with love!
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Psalm 27:14 Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
What do you think of when someone tells you to wait on the Lord?
I love this verse because it tells you in plain English, you have to show some strength so you can wait on the Lord.
God knows you have to go beyond your comfort limits sometimes so He will give you the strength to wait on Him.
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Romans 15:18 I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done
Are you put off of sharing the gospel because it seems hard to tell people about the stories in the bible?
How many things has God done in your life – how have you changed because of Christ?
Why not just share those points and make it real!
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Romans 16:16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send greetings.
How do you treat others at church? How do you view them?
Christ urges us to be servants who are willing to humble ourselves before God and share our lives with others in church.
Are you really treating others in church as your family in Christ?
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Psalm 40:17 But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay.
Do you think of yourself as important enough for Christ to save?
Do you think of others as not good enough for Christ to save?
Why not humble yourself before Christ and allow Him to do the choosing by Himself!
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Psalm 139:7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
Have you ever tried to get away from God for any reason?
Have you noticed He is always in your heart, in your mind and in your soul?
He loves you more than you realise and will follow you to the end of the earth, always!
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Psalm 34:2 I will glory in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
In order for people to find out the truth, they need to be shown it instead of lies!
In order for us to know Christ we need to be shown the gospel instead of the ways of the world.
Give God all the glory for everything in your life so others will see it is He who gave us everything to rejoice in!