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John 10:27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
Jesus was talking to the Jews who had gathered to hear what He would have to say about why they thought He was making people doubt!
What makes any of us doubt? Is it not the difference between what you are hearing and your own beliefs?
Jesus was trying to tell the Jews the truth directly from God; they were not about to change the beliefs they had built up in their own minds…
We need to be open to what Christ is going to ask of us and willing and humble to do His will.
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Luke 10:40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
Martha did what most of us would probably like to do – she complained to Jesus about how much work she had to do in comparison to others!
Christ wants each of us to do the work assigned to us without complaining and without constantly comparing our situation to others!
God alone knows what we are capable of and the result of the work He has asked of each of us. We need to humbly accept what He has in store for us and willingly do it – we don’t know what others are capable of or not…
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1 Corinthians 7:21 Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you - although if you can gain your freedom, do so.
God is not going to study your credentials, how many exams you have passed or how far you have got in life before He calls you to do something.
God looks at your potential and your surroundings to see what is best for you – if that means staying in your current world and working with the people whom you have grown up with, then all the better!
God has the best plan for each of us despite the things we have planned and the jobs we have lined up for ourselves – listen and obey!
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Colossians 3:11 Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.
There is no race or religion which can say they have preferential access to God or to heaven – we are all equal.
God does not require us to belong to a race, people, religion or any other group which we think is better than the rest – God looks at each of us as individuals.
Jesus came to be a servant for all and to all. Just because we have great wealth or no wealth at all, God will not be particular about whom He chooses.
God looks at our lives, our surroundings and our interaction with Him and His people around us.
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Acts 10:34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favouritism”
No matter how good we think we are or how well we compare with other people, God is going to look at what is in your heart and not what the world sees you as!
We can have the best reputation amongst people and still be bad on the inside – God sees right through that!
We can uphold the most amazing jobs and work for all the charities we can – but God sees what is burdened on our hearts and not our deeds!
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Job 1:1 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.
No matter how good we are or how much we do things according to God’s laws, we are not going to be free from bad things happening around us or even to us!
Some of the great men listed in our bibles such as Job, Noah, Abraham and Jacob are described as upright people – and yet bad things still happened – and in some cases they did bad things!
We live in a corrupt world where the evil one has free reign and if we allow him to have reign rather than God, then we should not expect things to always go our way. Trust God alone and look to the future!
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Psalms 37:37 Consider the blameless, observe the upright; a future awaits those who seek peace.
No matter how high we look at ourselves on the social ladder or the righteous ladder, none of us lead a blameless life and none of us can consider ourselves perfect!
But, as long as we are willing to allow ourselves to be led by the Spirit and consider the righteous ways God is teaching us, then we can look forward to a life where we do have peace, not with the world, but with our eternal Father in Heaven!
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James 5:11 As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
Do you give up on things when they don’t work out as you wanted them to? Do you give up before attaining your goal?
When God asks us to do something, we should not limit His goals for the task ahead but must go at it with everything we have.
Just because we did not set the goal should not make it any less desirable or required.
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Hebrews 12:6 My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you
When we do step out of line we should not be too surprised when God allows us to get into trouble!
It is not His way to punish people just because they do something wrong, but if we have been warned about it and continue to do wrong, we should expect consequences!
God is very fair in His dealings with us and continues to want the best out of us – we need to listen, learn and obey at all times.
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Hebrews 12:10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.
When we step out of line, our parents or guardians step in to discipline us to try and stop us going off the rails again; but this only lasts a short while.
The older we become, the less our parents get involved and the more we have to fend for ourselves and try to stay within the law.
But all this time, God is watching over us and trying to guide us in His ways which are the best ways for us – how much we listen and obey shapes our lives!
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Psalms 97:12 Rejoice in the LORD, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name.
We must rejoice in Christ, our Saviour; He is the physical embodiment of God with all His power and righteousness!
Give thanks to Christ today for all He has done in the past, all He is doing right now and all He is still going to do.
It did not stop with the creation of the world. It did not stop with His birth. It did not stop with His death and resurrection.
It only just begins when He comes back to take us with Him!
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Psalms 103:1 Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
What do you do when things go right for you – do you turn and praise God for what He has done?
What about when things are bad? Are you still willing to praise God for all He has done and all He can do?
We need to keep a constant view of praising God in our lives, not just when things are good, but all the time!
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Psalms 30:2 LORD my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me.
When you are in trouble or are full of stress, to whom do you turn and ask for help?
The psalmist here turned to God, his Father, the author of peace – and so should we!
When we cry out for help, God is going to do something. We may not like the way He does it, and we may not even agree with what He does… but He is the one who knows what is best for each of us!
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Luke 17:15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice.
What do you do when you realise God has done something for you? Do you just carry on doing what you do like the 9 leapers, or do you stand out from the crowd and do as this one leaper did?
We need to give God the glory as soon as we realise He has done something for us – not wait until we are absolutely sure it couldn’t have been anything and anyone else!
God may be using the people around you to accomplish His will in your life – acknowledge Him for all He does!
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Matthew 8:4 Then Jesus said to him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
Jesus did not seek attention for the miracles He did but rather wanted the right people to receive the truth at the right time.
When Jesus healed this man of Leprosy, He wanted the priest to know the power of God; He knew the priest needed to see the result of God’s power!
What we do with what God gives us and tells us will shape who we are – we could do exactly as God says we should, but most often we too will go and tell others about God and His power before we follow His instructions to us… the important parts being e need to follow God’s instructions!
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Ephesians 2:18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
Our access to God is through the Spirit, whom God, in the form of Jesus Christ, ensured we would have!
I love the way God has been with us from the beginning and every step of the way in our lives – even when we did not see, hear or know of Him.
I thank God that I am able to continue sharing my love and passion for Him; without Him and the doctors He made sure where in the right places at the right time, I fear I would not be here today. What a year!
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Romans 8:26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
There are always times in our lives when we just don’t know what to say – so we say nothing, hoping for some inspiration from somewhere!
The Holy Spirit is with us constantly, trying to tell us what to say through our spirits – we just need to listen through our spirits…
When we don’t know what to say to God, stop and listen; the Holy Spirit is trying to guide us in our ways and our prayers too.
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Romans 8:16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
When Jesus said He would leave behind a witness or a guide for us, He meant the Holy Spirit; a spirit who talks to us through our spirits.
So if you don’t hear an audible voice speaking to you, telling you which way to go, don’t worry because most of us don’t get to hear audible voices!
We cannot guide ourselves – even our spirits cannot guide us by themselves. We need God’s help and it is given to us through the Holy Spirit communing with our spirits.
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Galatians 3:26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith
We are not children of God by nature because we are sinful by nature; but we are children of God because of His Son Jesus Christ who came to earth to live and die as a human being amongst us and to be raised up after death to defeat our sinful nature once and for all.
The only problem for us is to believe this to be true and accept it in our hearts.
It is not an automatic birth right to get a free pass to heaven – we must make the choice to accept Jesus as our Saviour, to acknowledge what we have done wrong against God and to ask for forgiveness.
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Acts 11:18 When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.”
After hearing about the Holy Spirit pouring out on the gentiles after Peter spoke to the people, they were more than willing to give God the glory so they too would be covered by the spirit!
No more complaining, no more objecting, just full acceptance that Jesus was not leaving anyone out of this glorious gift He had given to us.
This is all received in faith! Jesus had returned to be with God in heaven and now the disciples, apostles and anyone will to spread the good news, were all doing exactly that!
Good News to Everyone!