September 28, 2015

DJ

James 4:7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

We need to remember the things we have whilst here on earth can always be attributed to God. So we should be content with all God allows into our lives.

It is not ours to question why we should have more or less that other people. It is not ours to question why things can go wrong – they just do.

One thing we can do though is to make sure we do not have anything to do with the evil one; by excluding him from our lives we can learn to grow with God and with His people around us.

Once we make a stand against evil with God on our side we can be sure evil will flee from our lives!

September 27, 2015

DJ

Matthew 4:10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’”

At first during the temptations Jesus is fairly pleasant in dealing with Satan’s temptations, but each time Jesus rebukes him with something stronger until Satan gives in.

We need to be persistent in the way we deal with getting rid of sin in our lives just as Jesus was here; getting stronger each time.

Jesus reminds the evil one we should only ever be praising and worshiping our Creator God.

It is no small thing this was the first commandment – that we should worship God alone.

September 26, 2015

DJ

Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

If you had two bosses and they always agreed, following them would not be a problem. But when they disagree it can be difficult how to remember which boss to follow and which to ignore!

Following two leaders in your country can be very hard work. Continuing to try and follow both of them as they try and go their separate ways is impossible.

It’s bad enough trying to recognise which songs are good and bad rather than trying to remember all the rules about following good and bad.

So God does not ask you to remember them all but gives you a bible which allows you to grow a little bit more at a time.

September 25, 2015

DJ

2 Kings 17:34 To this day they continue practicing the former rituals; they do not fear the Lord, nor do they follow their statutes or their ordinances, or the law and commandment which the Lord had commanded the children of Jacob, whom He named Israel

How many people reject God just because there is a few more fun things to do around them instead of commending their lives to Christ?

No longer do people fear God with a humble and healthy respect. No longer do people lift up the name of Christ instead of lifting up the signs and wonders of the world.

No longer do people read their bibles and obey the words written down. Too many are living a life which does not reflect the life Christ offers to us.

The people of Israel were just as guilty as us nowadays in that they went their own ways instead of following Christ!