September 13, 2014

Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.

Don’t expect God to give everything to you your own way and according to your own rules!

Yes God loves you and probably wants to spoil you rotten, but He is also just. That means that we will not get away with everything just because He is our Father!

Here He reminds us that He will rebuke and chasten us if He needs to. Correction is part of growing up in Him.

So when we know we are doing something wrong we need to do our uttermost to stop it and repent before it is too late!

September 12, 2014

1 Peter 2:2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,

When a baby grabs hold of the milk to drink it is not going to take a small tester first to make sure it has not gone off, it goes for the milk 100% and expects it to be good.

When we take hold of our bibles we should be grabbing them as if we trusted them without question and diving into the words as quickly as possible!

God has given us exactly what we need and not what we think we want. Trust Him, trust in Him and consume His every word.

As we grow we can then question and make sure that what we have is the best that we can get; God expects us to seek what we need.

September 11, 2014

Psalm 2:11 Serve the Lord with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

Getting to know God means getting to trust Him and rely on Him. As you do that you get to know Him better and you realise just how awesome He is.

He’s not just awesome because He can do great things but because you can actually believe every single thing He has said.

We get used to having to filter out stuff that we should not believe because people still tell lies.

But God’s promises stand forever and that means we should be very afraid of what He has promised will happen to us; especially if we reject Him!

September 10, 2014

Ephesians 4:26 “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,

Getting angry has its moments! But it also has its difficulties and down sides. When we get angry we often lose control of our thoughts and feelings and what comes out of us is not nice.

All those bad things that we have soaked up all seem to come out at once and embarrass us because they are not the normal us.

But those are the things that we have allowed into our lives and those are the things that our bodies will release under pressure!

Don’t continue to be angry; release your feelings and get things straight before you sleep on and with them!