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Luke 9:6 So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.
What would it take for you to go and tell someone about Jesus? Would you have to be paid, would you need a car, would you need a church hall?
We often get too caught up in how we are going to do things and lose focus on why we are doing things for Christ.
Spend a bit more time listening to God and seeing what He actually wants you to do rather than trying to please Him with what you think He needs!
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James 5:17 Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
How much do you concentrate for your prayers? Do you just ask for the first thing which pops into your head, or do you meditate on things before asking God for stuff?
A lot of the time we may get caught up in the moment and call out to God in desperation – God still answers our prayers...
But if we stop to think about things before asking God for stuff, we may well be able to ask for things which matter more!
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James 4:6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: ‘God opposes the proud but shows favour to the humble.’
When we plea for help from God, He often answers our prayers in ways we don't understand – until we meditate on why...
God will answer our prayers with what we need and not what we desire!
Humble yourself to accept the answers to prayer He gives you and not to be too proud to just ask for help!
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Romans 4:5 However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.
How often have you gone and tried something because you thought God wanted that – only to find out it was a failure?
I know I have tried various things as part of my mission for God; but the ones where I waited on God instead of 'having a go' were the ones which were more likely to succeed rather than those I had a go with!
God wants us to listen to Him so He can show us the best way forward for His work.
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Genesis 28:12 He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
I wonder if you have stood at the bottom of a very long escalator or staircase and wondered what was at the top...
There is always something new to see in our lives and often getting to the top of stairs we can see more and further.
God is giving us so much in our lives, but we have to trust Him and climb the stairs to see what He is giving us...
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John 1:49 Then Nathanael declared, ‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.’
How do you look at God? How do you think of Jesus? How do you relate to the Holy Spirit?
If we can get over the fact we don't know everything and accept God does know everything, we can move forward with Him!
Try to accept Jesus not only knows you from the inside, but He wants what is best for you.
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Psalm 140:6 I say to the Lord, ‘You are my God.’ Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy.
Have you chosen to believe Jesus Christ gave His life for you on the cross?
If you have, then you can also depend on His promise to listen to our prayers and to answer them as well!
Don't carry on trusting in earthly ways and wisdom, trust in God's ways and His Wisdom – with God anything is possible!
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Luke 10:25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he asked, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’
Don't hold your doubts in your heart or in your head... no matter how much earthly knowledge we gain, it is ok to doubt stuff!
Bring things to God and He will put someone in your life to help you with your doubts – it may surprise you!
Hold on to your faith and allow God to do His work so you can continue depending on Him.
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Psalm 8:4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?
If we think of all the things in this world which God has created, we will come to the same conclusion as the Psalmist here – why does God care so much for us?
When I look up at the sky with a telescope, I see so many more things I cannot see with my naked eye – so many wonders!
Yet, God cares so deeply for us He allowed His Son to come and pay for our sins with His life!
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Hebrews 1:5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, ‘You are my Son; today I have become your Father’? Or again, ‘I will be his Father, and he will be my Son’?
Both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament we see how God called Jesus His Son and this was witnessed by various people who faithfully passed those words on to us.
God chose to do things the way He did because He knew we would continue to fall short of the mark every day.
Continue to trust God's Word and believe in Jesus Christ and He will continue to look out for you and make sure you join Him in Heaven!
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Ephesians 5:13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible – and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.
What happens to the moon when the sun shines on it? We see it as a bright light at night!
What happens when you allow Christ's light to shine on you? Will others not see a bright light in the dark?
Don't think you are the light – it is Christ reflecting off of you – as long as we stand firm in the light!
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Ephesians 3:19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
The closer we get to God, the better our relationships with others get, not because they are Christians as well, but because we try to live by God's love in our lives!
God wants us to share this love Christ shared with us – we need to draw on this love in everything we don in our lives.
We may not be able to understand the depth of Christ's love for us, but if we aim to have that love with others, life would be so much better for all!
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Psalm 103:19 The Lord has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.
When we see similar words at the beginning of the Lord's Prayer, we don't often go back to our Old Testament to see where they come from...
Jesus based all He taught on the words God had already given the Israelites through the prophets and kings...
We need to reconcile both 'halves' of our bibles to see the whole picture Jesus was trying to teach us. Don't ignore parts of the bible because you think they are too difficult to read!
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Luke 11:3 Give us each day our daily bread.
The disciples were lucky enough to learn a lot from Jesus as He taught them; but I'm pretty sure they learned a lot more living their lives afterward.
We don't have to shut ourselves away from the world in order to learn about God!
If we can identify what God does in the world around us, then we can learn a lot more about Him through our daily lives!
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Exodus 10:17 Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.
How good are you at admitting when things go wrong? How good are you at blaming someone when things go wrong?
We don't have to look at our modern world to see how much of a blame game is going on in the whole world, we can look back over millennia to see how we do just as our ancestors have done!
When God was showing Pharaoh just who was God, Pharaoh continued to chance his arm every time things went bad...
Are you like Pharaoh?
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Numbers 14:8 If the Lord is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.
When Joshua got up to try and convince people to stop doing things wrong, his argument was quite simple...
If God is pleased with us... good things will happen...
This doesn't mean He will let you win the lottery when you ask or when you are good... it means God will fulfil His promise to you to supply your needs!
Allow God to bless you and thereby encourage others!
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Psalm 22:1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?
How often do you pray like this? Is this how Jesus taught the disciples to pray? No!
Christ wants us to acknowledge God and Him for who they are, to lift up our prayers with confidence and have to faith to wait for them to be answered.
God knows what state we are in – we must be honest with Him and ask for the things we really do need... and He will answer!
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Psalm 90:10 Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
When we are children, we see our parents as old and our grandparents as unbelievably old!
When we are grandparents, we see ourselves as normal and everyone else as really young.
When God sees us, we are the youngest of children who are only just starting out in the world...
No matter what age – He still loves us!
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Romans 8:2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
One of the greatest mysteries for us is how we get away with murder... no I'm not advocating murder!
The love God has for us allowed His Son to come and give His life for our sins. No matter how big or small they are, He gave it all for you!
Now we can live in the freedom Christ has given us – let us live it in a positive manner by worshipping and obeying God!
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Matthew 13:46 When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.
If you knew exactly what Heaven would be like – would you try to get there? I think the answer for everyone is yes!
How much are we willing to 'bet' that this life in Heaven is going to be totally worth anything we have here?
God has tried to give people an impression of what Heaven would be like, but the thoughts and dreams were too overwhelming for the people to describe it to us...