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Acts 17:23 "for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:
TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.
Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you:
Each time I read this verse I have pictures going round in my head about all the rows of gods that some religions have and how those people must grow weary of having to look in so many directions!
I thank my God daily that He alone is my salvation and that He alone is God of heaven and earth. It is to Him alone that I can confidently lift up my prayers knowing that He is listening!
Praise God!
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John 4:22 "You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.
There are times when we need to stop and think about what we are doing; that time may well be right now!
God does not require us to go to a particular place, do a particular thing in the same way as it has always been done just so that He will listen to our prayers!
Don’t get hung up in worshipping without fully realising what you are doing and why you are doing it. Habits are not good because they take you away from God; they blind your heart!
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Jeremiah 3:23 Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, And from the multitude of mountains; Truly, in the LORD our God Is the salvation of Israel.
Our salvation does not come from earthly things; no matter how grand and all-encompassing our world may be, salvation comes from our Lord alone!
People will lift up all manner of things instead of God just so that they can feel good or feel like they have some sort of worth.
If only people would look at God and realise that we are worth so much more just because it is God who considers us worth so much!
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Psalm 121:1 I WILL lift up my eyes to the hills - From whence comes my help?
I love the way this Psalm starts because it shows humility, dependence, confidence and willingness all in the first few words!
We need to remember that our prayers do get lifted up to God and that we should be lifting up our prayers constantly, not just when we think we need to, but always.
And then we need to remember that God is listening; that should give us the confidence that He alone is willing and able to answer every one of our prayers.
God will answer, when we call!
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Ephesians 4:2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
God is the one who does know what is best for each of us and He will try to direct us toward that goal so that we can achieve the best for us and Him. So where do we start?
Well, the starting point for anything with God is to stop and listen. Just stop being so involved with your own ways and listen to God.
While we are so focused on doing our own thing or doing what we think God or the church wants, or doing things the way we have always done, we are not listening properly to what God may want in our lives!
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2 Timothy 2:24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.
There are times when we like to be able to prove ourselves better than others by showing them that we know more than them; and yes, we probably all fall into that category – especially as young children!
This verse actually warns about teachers of the word getting caught up in their own vain teachings rather than concentrating on the truth that God gives us to give to others.
As teachers we must always reach out in love and try to communicate as best we can to deliver the Gospel message.
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2 Corinthians 1:24 Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are fellow workers for your joy; for by faith you stand.
Nobody has charge over your faith! No matter what others may think and do they do not have charge over your faith. Yes they can make your faith weaker by discouraging you or telling you a lie, but they do not have power over your faith.
Each of us should be lifting others up for God’s glory and certainly not putting anyone down. We need to work together as Christians otherwise we will be the ones placing wedges between us and God as we find we discourage others rather than lifting them up!
We stand by faith and that faith is your own to exercise.
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1 Corinthians 15:1 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand.
When we tell someone about Christ, show them the Gospel or demonstrate to them how we live as Christians, it should not be a once off occurrence!
How is anyone going to see how much Christ actually means to us if we are going to only show them a snippet of what they can gain through living with Christ themselves.
The apostles went out continually and preached the Gospel to others; something we should be doing as well.
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Romans 5:2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
We have been shown grace by many people in our lives but none compare to the grace that God has in store for us. Yes we have already been shown His grace, but there is more besides!
We already stand in this grace because of what Christ has done for us on the cross and because of that we have a sure hope for what is ahead.
Christ promised us eternal life in heaven with Him. It is a promise for all who accept it and hope in it!
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Luke 7:50 Then He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
Jesus was not one to stand there and bow down to being politically correct like so many people today. He was honest and open!
The Pharisees were now beginning to talk amongst themselves about anyone daring to say they could forgive sins when Jesus said these words.
Christ will always forgive those who are willing to come to Him and admit their sins. Don’t be held back by what others say; follow your heart.
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Ephesians 2:3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
Just as we can turn to someone and show them that they are sinners and need a Saviour, we too were in that place before we were saved from our sins.
We must not lift up ourselves in pride saying that we are saved from sin and no longer give in to the lusts of the flesh or eyes or mind because we were just the same at one stage!
Let us lift up each other and encourage each other to try to avoid sin by following God’s Word and being encouraged and guided by Him and Him alone.
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Romans 6:11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
We have the scriptures which tell us of what Christ went through for our sakes; He died and was buried, but now lives!
Through that same truth we should count ourselves dead to sin because Christ took on that debt on our behalf.
And because Christ is alive again after being raised from the dead, we should look forward to being alive by avoiding that sin which lead to our death.
Live for and with Christ because He has allowed you to do so!
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Galatians 2:19 For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God.
Being dead means you cannot go looking for something; ergo, being dead to the law means you should not go looking for the law. In this context, looking for justification through the law should not be done because we are dead to that law.
The law is there to show us that we are sinners and steer us in the right direction; it is not there to say ‘follow me and I will save you’.
It is only Christ who can say that!
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Romans 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
The letter written to the Romans is scathing in many ways because it shows us that we are definitely sinners no matter how good we think we may be!
It also shows us that even though we may follow the rules to the fullest extent, we are still guilty before God because of what goes through our hearts and minds.
Jesus paid for our sin debt a long time ago but without this book we call our bible, we would not know just how much we do owe Him!
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Deuteronomy 27:26 ‘Cursed is the one who does not confirm all the words of this law by observing them.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Sometimes it takes a harsh word for us to stop and think about what we are doing and these last few verses in this chapter are harsh and need to be read!
The old law was written to show people what is right and wrong but also to remind us that wrong things bring on consequences!
We need to follow God’s Word. Not just the parts we want, but all of it, and to do it now!
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James 2:10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.
If we were to rely just on the scriptures from the Old Testament we would very quickly find out that we fall short of the rules and regulations; which makes us guilty of everything!
But those same scriptures point to a Messiah which would solve this problem for us by coming to take away that sin debt from us when we truly believe on Him.
Christ came to fulfil that prophecy and now we do have to take on that truth so that we will be able to be forgiven and be not guilty before God!
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James 2:9 But if you show favouritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as law-breakers.
Is favouritism a sin in itself? No. But when we do show it we often get caught up in our own feelings and put aside the law!
The sin is turning our backs on the law that God gives us just so that we can do what we want to for someone else; that is actually lifting up the person above God.
God has already told us many times that we should not lift up anything or anyone above Him because He is Sovereign God.
Love that special someone, but love God first of all.
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John 7:24 Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.
There are times when we do judge people just because of the way that they look or even talk! Sometimes we may even be half right…
Christ continued to fight an uphill battle with the Scribes and Pharisees as they continued to judge people because of their social position rather than for what they actually were.
God looks inside our hearts and knows what we are like from the inside – allow what people have on the inside to come out before you break everything!
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Luke 13:15 The Lord then answered him and said, “Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?
One of the things that Jesus showed the people was that they had taken God’s Word and had twisted it beyond what is written down into something they could manage.
God’s Word is never meant to be changed and certainly not to be used as a tool by which man can have his own way!
Jesus had no issue with healing on the Sabbath because that was not work but an act of God’s love. Don’t use excuses to hide behind, not even on God’s day of rest!
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Exodus 34:21 Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; in ploughing time and in harvest you shall rest.
When God set the law about resting on the seventh day it was not something that could be changed over time but something that was set throughout time!
The Ten Commandments were written on stone tablets so that they lasted for as long as possible. God wants us to remember His law continually.
We all come up with various excuses how we can do some work on the seventh day, but God reminds us here that there are no excuses!