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Luke 1:37 For with God nothing will be impossible.
Another aspect of the impossible (as seen by man) being made possible because God said so!
God is just and has never lied to us; that means we can trust in every single thing that He has said. Everything that God has said has or will come true because everything that He has said is a promise to us.
I have learned to trust in all the things that God has given us through our bibles because I see them come true. I know people have their own agendas and I know the truth is always pushed or stretched; but not so with God.
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Matthew 19:26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
How many times have you heard people say that they do not deserve something or that they should not be able to get or achieve something? Some people get all hung up about not being able to be a Christian because they are so naughty or have an evil past.
Well, don’t you know that God already knows that? God is the one who does know what we get up to and He alone is the one who can make it possible.
This verse is here to remind us that it is possible for God to forgive us, no matter what the sin, as long as we believe in Him!
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Luke 1:50 And His mercy is on those who fear Him From generation to generation.
When people truly fear God with a reverential fear (and not a knee knocking fear) they start doing things God’s way. When they do that, they please God.
What happens when you please your parents? Good things happen! Well if your parents can make good things happen just because you please them, think about how much more God can do when you please Him…
But don’t do it just for the reward, do it because you love Him! If you think your parents have eyes in the back of their heads, don’t tempt God!
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Psalm 128:1 Blessed is every one who fears the Lord, Who walks in His ways.
When people ask me why I smile so much or why I seem to be happy all the time I tell them it is because I believe in Christ and He is the one who makes me happy.
Of course there are others around me who make my heart leap for joy too, but it is Christ who gives me the peace and joy that goes far beyond my understanding.
Many may look at me twice when I say this, but I know it is sowing seeds that will make them think…
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Psalm 127:3 Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.
When your children grow up and become successful in their own ways they stand as a heritage for you. They will have their own ups and downs at times but you become immensely proud of them as they grow.
When we continue to grow in Christ I’m sure that we become a heritage for God; and even when we make mistakes God is willing to give us another go – right up until that point when it will be too late!
Catching children doing something wrong is never rewarding, but seeing them do something right is!
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Hebrews 2:13 And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And again: Here am I and the children whom God has given Me.”
No matter how hard a non-believer tries to understand the Gospel, they are not going to hear the truth until they believe the simple truths in the beginning.
Jesus Christ is the Son of God, was born, died, buried, raised and lives again – just because He loves you!
When you take in that truth you take in the Spirit of God and He will show you His truths from the inside so that you will know them and not just read about it!
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Matthew 13:11 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Being able to understand the Gospel is not a natural occurrence. That may sound odd when we know that God created us; but when I say natural I mean of this world, not God’s original creation.
The world breaks us away from hearing the gospel, blocks our ears, covers our eyes and then fills us full of garbage that has nothing to do with Christ or the Gospel.
We need the Holy Spirit to give us our daily understanding so that we can continue to grow in the Gospel message and in God’s strength.
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Isaiah 32:3 Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
Every one of us who hears the true Gospel message will be brightened from the inside as the Spirit works within us. We will no longer be as blind people allowing the Gospel to go by without seeing but will be able to soak it all in.
We will no longer be deaf to the Gospel as it is told around us but will be built up, encouraged and strengthened by every word we hear.
Thank you God for opening my eyes and ears to your Gospel and strengthening me from the inside day by day!
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Psalm 18:2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
When we really get to know Christ we begin to understand just how much He means to each of us. King David describes God here as being everything to him.
He is our protection through everything because He is all powerful and has promised to look after us when we ask. He has proved that many times over and we can depend on that.
He is our inner strength when the world wears us down and that strength never disappears, even when we close our eyes to it…
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Psalm 92:15 proclaiming, ‘The Lord is upright; He is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in Him.’
Have you ever thought about what you are giving to others when you teach them about Christ?
We give out the Gospel and show people that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He paid for our sin debt so many years ago, setting us free forever!
When we tell them of Christ we show that He is God and that He has no sin in Him, even though He paid for our sins. We tell them that He means everything to us and that we depend on Him for everything.
Live it!
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Psalm 92:14 They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,
No matter what age we are saved at we are given the ability to share what has happened to us with someone else. That is following Christ’s commandment to the disciples to go out and teach others.
When we are first saved we are like children, willing and able to lap things up so that we learn more about Christ. We learn the simple steps first and grow in those steps.
As we learn those steps we can teach others those simple steps – we don’t all have to be preachers to start with!
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Romans 6:22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.
The more that you are involved with sin the more that you struggle to keep focus on God and on things that He wants in your life; but the more you are able to leave that sin behind the more you will be able to focus on His ways.
He has given us the chance of turning our backs on sin because of what Jesus Christ has done for us. We are no longer trapped in those sinful ways but have been set free.
Yes we still live amongst sinners. Yes we are still tempted. Yes we still sin. But we have the choice of following Christ and His ways; and that sets us free!
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1 Peter 1:9 receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
This is one of those verses that brings it all back together for me. I keep my faith so that I can know my soul is saved eternally.
When someone asks me why I believe in God I tell them that it is the truth and better than any theory man can make up. When someone asks me why I have such faith it is because I have learned to trust in Christ for everything.
This does not mean I get it right all the time and neither that I am perfect in any way; just that I firmly believe that Christ has saved me eternally. That is the end of my faith!
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John 14:1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.
Jesus knew how much He was up against because He could see in the hearts of His chosen people. He could see that they had this belief in God because of all the things that had happened in the past, but they did not want to believe in Him.
For us to place our faith and trust in Jesus means that we have to not just believe in Him but we have to listen to what He teaches us. That is also going to mean that we need to turn our backs on the world and actually listen to His instruction daily.
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John 11:25 Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;
When Jesus said these words it was a perfect description of His omniscience and His omnipotence giving us the knowledge that we need to believe in Him after many years have passed.
Jesus chose His words carefully not just for the people around Him but for every person that is going to hear His words for many years to come.
We have these words so that we may believe in Him and hence have the eternal life that He promises each one of us. What a Saviour!
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Revelation 1:18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.
As the future was revealed to John he began to see just how important Jesus was, not just to him but to the whole world, past, present and future!
Jesus was not only a man who walked on this earth for some 33 years, but is, was and forever will be the Son of God. He also lives forever more after being raised from the dead after paying for our sins through His death and burial.
And now He has the sole right to judge us according to His righteousness!
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2 Corinthians 4:10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
Just like Jesus went through many things to make sure that we would have eternal life through the forgiveness of our sins, we too will probably have to face many trials in order to show others how special Christ is.
We must be prepared to go through sufferings, though they will be nothing compared to what Christ faced, so that we will better understand just how much He did for us.
The more we understand the more we will be able to show others that there is no one like Jesus, our Saviour, through what we do for them.
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2 Corinthians 4:8 We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
No matter where we go in this world we will always have to face some sort of trouble and strife. This is all man’s doing and not God’s doing.
Every hour we should expect some sort of tribulation or struggle because the more that we walk with Christ the more that the evil one is going to try and trip us up or distract us.
It does not matter how much He throws at us because we remain firm in the knowledge that we are in God’s own hands and that nothing Satan can do will destroy anything other than our worldly possessions.
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1 Corinthians 13:4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
One of the things we get to learn when we walk with God is that His love for us not only knows no bounds but is so very special in all its ways.
If we go around boasting of our love for others then we may well be more proud of our love than our love is strong! We may well not be in love as much as we think we are!
I have learned the hard way that love should be without question and without limit, just as Christ’s love for us is total and pure. We need to make sure our love is pure before we pursue a relationship!
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Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
It is not the fact that God is everywhere that should be the encouraging thought here but the fact that God is with us; in a very special and personal way, God is with us to guide and keep us.
The Lord has made things the way they are. Man has corrupted so much and we get down because we think everything is falling apart. Not so! We are breaking things, but God continues to maintain things.
God strengthens us and keeps us so we can bear the sorrows that we have caused in our own lives. He is almighty, trust Him!