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Psalms 32:1 Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
When you read the words in the Psalms, do you think of them as historical songs and prayers, or do you think of them as modern songs and prayers.
Today we look at a Psalm which was written knowing the Messiah would come to be with us and knowing people would have their sins forgiven!
We have our historical records showing us Jesus is that Messiah and also how He forgave many people of their sins and well as helping and healing them!
This is here and now!
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Mark 10:48 Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, ‘Son of David, have mercy on me!’
Sometimes we have to stop being polite and shout out a bit louder to make sure people hear us!
God wants everyone to hear the good news of the gospel – and we have to be willing to be the ones to do the shouting when we need to!
Many will come up against us when we talk about Jesus – but there will be those who stand up with us and give us the strength and support we need to carry on for Christ!
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Psalm 104:26 There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.
Man has built some amazing ships, planes, buildings... well, all manner of things.
We have to tread carefully with our ships in the open seas, or even in the closed channels – take the recent traffic jam in the Suez Channel recently!
But sharks and whales swim where they please and don’t cause traffic issues – they feed directly from the sea and don’t need gallons of fuel to survive in the open ocean.
God continues to allow us to live in this amazing natural world – just because He cares!
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John 16:7 But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
Do you sometimes think it would be so much better if Jesus was still with us on earth, walking with us, teaching us?
As Jesus explained here, He had to go through all that He did to ensure He could pay the debt we owe and to pave the way for the Holy Spirit to live with us.
God promised, Jesus delivered and the Spirit carries on living with us, teaching, guiding and carrying on the Love God still has for us!
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Romans 8:24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?
How many times do you wait for something to happen before you believe in it?
God has promised us many things, things which have not yet happened and things we cannot see.
God wants us to trust Him and His promises – this is our faith we must have in Christ and in God with the Holy Spirit as our champion.
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Acts 2:17 In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
The prophet Joel wrote of this happening hundreds of years before Christ even came to be with us – before He made the promise to the disciples!
God has had this plan all along we will have Him by our sides at all times – and with Him we will do amazing things.
This is for us to trust and believe in – not for Him to make miracles happen so we will believe, but for us to believe first so miracles can happen!
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John 14:1 Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.
Jesus comforted the disciples by telling them of the amazing place God has reserved for them in heaven – a place which is far beyond what they can imagine.
They could not see any evidence of this place, nor can we...
But we have the promises God has made, the promises Jesus came to fulfil and the promises being made to us by the Holy Spirit.
If we have an ounce of faith in Christ, we will see the results of all of these promises!
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John 16:1 All this I have told you so that you will not fall away.
What is stopping you from walking away from God? Nothing really...
The evil one would want nothing more than for you to walk away from God, and he does so many things in our lives to try and get us to do that.
I know. I have been there. I have walked away from God – but thankfully Christ did not give up on me and continued to try to get through to me when I was walking my own path.
I find it hard to walk away now because I know Christ better than I did before... I know how much he loves me!
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Psalm 118:6 The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?
How many times do you look up a verse when someone quotes it on social media? I did look this one up!
I must admit I take people’s word for it sometimes and assume they know what they are talking about – after all we come to trust our Christian brothers and sisters!
The more we trust in Christ and the Holy Spirit, the more we will be prompted to do things like looking up passages in His Word.
Listen and Learn!
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1 John 5:17 All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.
We can read in parts of our bibles where people willingly committed sins and they paid for them there and then with their lives!
But we can also read about many people who have sinned and have not either been put to death of died because of their sins...
Our God, though just, has mercy and is willing to forgive. The question then becomes, are we willing to admit to the sins in our lives and ask for the forgiveness!
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John 17:20 My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,
Jesus made sure we, as believers, would be safe no matter what was about to happen to Him!
He knew the horrors which lay ahead of Him, but His prayers were for mankind's protection... Anyone who was willing to believe!
If we are willing to pass on the gospel message to others, and they wish to believe as well – then they will be safe because this is what Christ asked for!
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Psalm 1:4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
When I was young I used to watch films of Africans tossing their wheat into the air thinking it was a bit of a waste they were losing so much to the wind!
But with a bit of ageing and a whole lot of learning I have learned this is the way they separated what they could eat from the dry husks which were worthless to them – they were using what God gave them to achieve what we did with extraordinary machinery!
God wants us to take what he has given us and use it to the best of our ability – He is trying to teach us how to live with His blessings every day!
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Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers
Have you noticed how God does not just forgive us and allow us to go on doing our own thing!
Jesus paid the ultimate price on our behalf and expects us to try and show the same love toward Him as He showed to us...
This does mean turning away from the evil or bad ways we used to live by... God is setting us free from the temptations of this world, but we still have to make a choice!
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Psalm 46:10 He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.’
When you are a parent, you can normally make out your child's voice in among a crowd!
We are children of God, and He hears us clearly no matter what is going on in the world around us.
If we truly enter into a loving relationship with God, we will hear His voice clearly no matter how loud the world shouts!
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Ephesians 4:24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
One thing we learn from the Holy Spirit is how to put aside our earthly lives and live more for God and according to His will in our lives.
It is hard to leave behind all our earthly desires because we are surrounded by them and they are constantly with us.
But if we try to make Christ and the Holy Spirit a permanent part of our daily lives, we will be able to live a very different life for God!
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Ephesian 4:17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
This may seem a strange verse to read on the back of how God opened the gospel to all people, including the gentiles, but it has an important aspect!
The Jews knew they had God and knew they would ultimately go to be with Him when they died... the gentiles were yet to find the one True God!
We may cling to all manner of things in our lives in the hope we will have a better life, but the truth is the only special life we have will be with Christ after we die...
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Ephesians 4:15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
The more we try to act like Jesus did, the closer we will get to be like Him – not in the sense the evil one wanted to be better than Christ, but in showing the ultimate love He showed us first!
As children of God, we get to learn about how we should love, when we should, what we should avoid, etc, etc.
The more we learn, the more we know how we should pray for and love our neighbours.
The closer we get to living like this every day – the closer we get to the image Christ wanted for us!
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Ephesians 3:6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.
When God calls you to do something difficult, it is probably not because He wants to test you and find out how much you can take – despite how you feel!
God will only call you to do something He knows you can do – and He is not going to be picky about whom He calls you to work with!
Sometimes God calls us to work with the people we feel most uncomfortable with – but He knows you will be able to do it!
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Philippians 2:14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing
How do you react when you are asked to do something for God?
I’m not talking about being asked by someone else to do something in church because they are short staffed or something but being asked by God to do something!
Yes, God does ask us to do things, but far too often we either ignore the calling or we say we can’t do it or don’t want to do it...
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Ephesians 1:16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.
How often do you pray for the people who stand up and deliver the gospel to others?
How often do you pray for the people who are in control of your country?
How often do you pray for the people who are in control of the church?
Our leaders, no matter where they serve, need our continual prayers!