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Psalm 136:5 who by his understanding made the heavens, His love endures forever.
What is the most amazing thing you have created – and don’t sell yourself short – even if you only did it because of a guess or random chance…
Mankind has been able to achieve amazing things over time, but nothing is going to compare to the world God created for us.
God created this world because He could. He understands just how it all hangs together and how we can live here. This was no accident and no random chance thing!
And He did it because He loves us!
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Psalm 136:4 to him who alone does great wonders, His love endures forever.
Stop and think a while… how many good things can you think of which God has done in your life? How much joy, happiness and contentment came from those things?
If we do continue to remember the good things God has done in our lives, not only will we feel better, but we will also praise Him more!
God continues to do things for and with us because He loves us. He has loved us from the beginning and will continue to love us every day.
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Psalm 136:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.
God is truly good! We may not see it all the time because we are tied up in the world and all the commotion surrounding us, but God is good!
By His very nature, He is good. All He has done is good. All He has promised for us is good. Even though the world is wicked and evil, He is good!
One of the greatest things we can depend on is that His love does continue on and on forever!
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Psalm 104:24 How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
Try and not let the world get you down! Yes, we are surrounded by all manner of bad and evil things, but when we look deeper into our world we find a different thing…
The world is full of the great things God has created and the wonderful things He continues to love and support for and with us.
God is amazing and the world takes on a new look when we look at it through His eyes and not our own…
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Genesis 1:31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
What God created is very good! It is the best! Nothing can compare!
And yet we live in a world which is full of dangers and pitfalls into which we regularly fall, or even get pushed into!
It is mankind who is bringing the deception, dangers and all manner of horrible things into this world – God has tried to show us and convince us these things are wrong, but we continue to repeat them over and over! Because we can!
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1 Timothy 4:4 For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving
This verse need to be taken in context otherwise people will tend to say that everything is good, and everything is ok to do…
Everything which is consecrated by the Word of God and covered in prayer is good and ok; but if we leave God out of it, then who is saying it is good?
God wants us to live in a world we enjoy and have the creature comforts we desire, but if we leave Him out of our lives, then we are living up to the world and not to God!
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1 Corinthians 10:30 If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?
What is good for one person is not always looked at as being good for another person; but if we express our good news in ways people can understand, they too will see it for the good it is!
When we thank God for stuff which happens in our lives, we should be telling people why we are giving thanks for those things – it will be an encouragement for them to hear why.
Express God’s Goodness in new ways today to give others hope in tomorrow.
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Romans 14:16 Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.
When we have good news or hear of good news, we should be telling others of it!
When we do good deeds, say good things or pray about good things, why, then, do we keep quiet about them?
Don’t let people put down the good works because they are a reflection of the good things happening.
God wants Good News to be spread far and wide to give people hope – be the bearer of good news!
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Ephesians 5:1 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children
God continues to love us through everything which happens in our lives. He cherishes that love just like a good parent cherishes the love they have for their children.
But God wants us to be like those loved children, depending on Him and relying on Him for everything.
The more we grow the more we should realise how precious it is to be loved as a child and to love Him as a child loves their parents.
Don’t fight the world but fight the temptation to be part of the world which does not love God!
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1 John 4:11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
God has shown us just how much He loves us by allowing His Son to come and give His life for us on the cross; enabling us to gain access to eternal life with Him in heaven.
Should we not take a leaf out of His book and try to do the same – not give our life on a cross for someone else, but to start by loving them without reservation.
Start the whole cycle by loving them first of all and see how God will change things around you.
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1 John 2:8 Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.
When we accept Christ into our lives, we do change, be it consciously or subconsciously. Whether we go the whole hog or just a little change is really up to us!
God would like us to be as much like Jesus as we can be, but our struggle with our old lives and the changes this brings in mean we do vary in how much we change.
Trust Christ to make the change as much as possible in you and help you to make it permanent – without Him it may well fail on the first day…
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Titus 2:6 Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled.
Have you ever stopped to think about where you learned about many of the things you know in life? It was probably mostly from the people around you rather than through books and instructions…
We set examples for others to follow without realising just how much we affect their lives! If we are not careful about how we live, others are going to follow the example they see rather than the example you want them to hear!
Be a good person and people will notice! Lead by example!
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Hebrews 5:12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!
How long does it take for you to understand parts of the bible? How many time do people have to explain things before you get it?
It takes us different times because we are all different people with different minds – we do not all learn in the same manner or the same speed.
Take in what you can understand and at the speed you can – don’t get upset you cannot keep up with others of that you will not be able to tell others about what you have just heard.
God will open up His word to you through the right people at the right time.
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Isaiah 28:11 Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues God will speak to this people,
When we come up with excuses like “but I don’t understand the language the bible is written in”, God has already given us the answer!
No matter what walk in life we are from, God will find a way to speak to us through other people. If it has to be in a different language or through a different media, God will speak.
Who would have though about something like the internet in the day of Jesus? What is going to be the next great way in which we spread God’s Word – and spread it we must…
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1 Corinthians 14:19 But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
It is better to say little which will be understood by all, than to get up and speak for an hour using words people will not understand.
It may well be you think you are passing on knowledge to others which is important, but if they do not get it, then it is no longer important!
God’s word may seem difficult to understand; it was written in a different language in a different time – let us read His Word in language we understand, but make sure it is the truth!
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Habakkuk 2:2 Then the Lord replied: “Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.
Have you ever wondered why God made sure His Word would be written down for us to read? Have you ever wondered why people get up and talk about God’s Word?
To pass it on to the next person, so we can all know the same God!
Use simple language. Use the truth. Use whatever God gives you to tell the next person about Him and how special He is in your own life. It will make a difference!
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Hebrews 6:15 And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.
How patiently do you wait on God for the things He has promised? If you are like me, not long enough in many cases!
I know we are taught to love God, to love each other, and to wait patiently for God to do things after we pray… but we are human and we do have a limited span in which we think and live.
God knows this. God knows how long we will live. God knows the best time for everything in our lives. Wait patiently and expectantly knowing He is working for the best in our lives, no matter what!
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Isaiah 52:6 Therefore my people will know my name; therefore in that day they will know that it is I who foretold it. Yes, it is I.”
Do you ever wonder how you are going to tell the difference between what others say and what God says? Do you feel too full of the junk people are saying about God to know the difference anymore?
Are you willing to stop and listen? God has promised we will be able to tell the difference between what others say and what He says when we listen; just like the blind man and the woman at the well were able to identify Christ through what He said!
Stop and listen out for God – you will know His words!
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John 4:26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”
We may think God is not going to consider us because of what we have done in our past; but that is totally wrong. God knows what we have done and knows all of our issues.
We need to stop and call out to Him. This woman at the well was too ashamed to come out during normal hours because of her lifestyle, but God was waiting for her.
God is waiting for each of us to make a simple call to Him and wait for His answer. He is willing and waiting; are you willing and waiting too?
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John 9:37 Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”
We can only image what it would have been like to see Jesus face to face; but then imagine whether you would have been one to believe Him or reject Him?
Is your ‘faith’ based on the number of people doing one thing, or based on a personal relationship you have with Christ?
Make sure you have a right relationship with Christ so you can have the joy of knowing Him face to face!