November 4, 2014

Matthew 7:10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?

How do you actually treat other people, and how do you treat other Christians, and how do you treat people you don’t like?

Is it fair of me to ask such questions? Absolutely!

God does not call us to just treat the people we like as friends. He does not say that we only have to be nice to church people. He calls us to love everybody because we are all created by Him!

If we can be nice to the people we love, what is really stopping us from being nice to others?

It’s us. That is all. Break down a barrier today and be nice!

November 3, 2014

Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

When you do something wrong it is always hard to come forward and say sorry with a truly humble heart.

Having to admit to various things can be very difficult as well; but Christ wants us to do exactly that for Him.

Christ wants us to open up our hearts to Him and to allow the wonderful things of His to come forward.

We find it easy to come to Him and ask for help when things go wrong, so why should we not be very happy about all that is going on?

November 2, 2014

Titus 3:5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

Christ has demonstrated the ultimate instance of kindness and love that anyone could think of in giving us Salvation through His actions.

It is not because of the thing that He has done but the mercy He has shown us that we know this to be true.

Martyrs have come and gone, but it is the love and demonstration of that love which stands out for me.

It is the Holy Spirit who can open up our hearts to what Christ has done when we start to listen with our hearts.

November 1, 2014

Ephesians 4:23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Have you noticed that the harder you try to make sure you keep to the law the more the small things seem to go wrong?

It is not in our own strength that we can live for God but in His strength and in His guidance alone.

We cannot hope to be able to do all the right things all the time just by focusing on the law because we are all carnal and we all get things wrong.

The harder we try to more we realise this – make sure you let God lead you through His Spirit!