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Luke 13:24 Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
One of the biggest problems we face in our lives is our end goal is not very big of a goal to aim for.
I used to think how huge football goals were when I stood in the goal mouth… but when you kicking a ball into the goal it seems to shrink!
Let the Holy Spirit guide you toward your heavenly goal.
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Psalm 144:1 Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
Who has taught you the right way to take on life?
I hope you have been taught by some godly people because the truth and righteousness are the best place to start…
Which brings me to the best teacher of all. God, through Christ and the Holy Spirit are the only teachers we need!
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John 15:17 This is my command: love each other.
What other commandment could Jesus have given us which hits at our very core than to love one another?
The Ten Commandments that we know from our bibles are hard to accept because they cover so much…
But they all stem from the commandment to love one another – that is the core of Christian life!
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Psalm 42:3 My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, ‘Where is your God?’
How many times have you had someone ask you “where is your God” when things go wrong in your life?
I know I have had to put up with quite a few occasions when people have doubted God because things go wrong…
But we live in a natural world where things are going to go wrong, not because God does or doesn’t do something but because mankind did or didn’t do something...
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Psalm 32:2 Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit.
Have you had to face up to someone lately because you did something wrong previously…
Wouldn’t it have been good to stand up and say you were not guilty instead?
Christ took the blame for what we have done wrong – He did that because He loves us!
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Psalm 131:1 My heart is not proud, Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me.
Why do you do the things you do? Is it for recognition and reward?
Have you tried doing something just because it will bless someone else?
Have you tried blessing someone you know cannot ever hope to pay you back?
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Daniel 7:15 I, Daniel, was troubled in spirit, and the visions that passed through my mind disturbed me.
When God tells you something, be it in dreams, visions, or someone else prophesying over you, you may not always like what you hear!
I know I have been told things through prophecy which I did not expect and could not come to terms with initially…
But God knows what is best for you at all times and will try to give you what is best!
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Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation – whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid?
When we finally admit defeat from our pride and ask Jesus for the help He is offering, we will move forward with Him!
Don’t carry on thinking you can do everything by yourself…
Jesus has already offered help and has given you the Holy Spirit. Make something of that!
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Psalm 105:1 Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
How easy it seems to praise God when all around you are singing and praising Him…
How hard is seems to praise God when all around are rejecting Him…
Live you life for Christ and not for the world – the rewards are immeasurable!
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Psalm 122:9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your prosperity.
How many times have you shied away from doing something just because the other person has done something bad to you in the past?
How many times will you ignore God’s work because you have ill feeling in your heart?
Will you try doing something good for someone else today?
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Psalm 112:6 Surely the righteous will never be shaken; they will be remembered for ever.
What do people think of you? Do they trust you to tell the truth?
When we tell lies or hide the truth, people tend to remember things like that and then stay away from us!
God wants us to be remembered for all the right reasons like people remember Him – for always being there and telling the truth!
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Luke 20:37 But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord “the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob”.
Have you ever tried to read the bible properly – I mean spend time meditating on the words, puzzling over them like a detective?
God wants us to understand the scriptures, not just hear stories about them but really understand them.
All those people who have gone before us believing in God are all going to be together with us in Heaven one day!
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Titus 1:5 The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
God has given us plenty of instruction about how to build the church by following Christ’s example and the scriptures.
Here the apostle reminds Titus of his duty to build the church by encouraging ownership of tasks within the church.
Are you willing to step forward and take ownership of something in your church?
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Psalm 37:14 The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
It is the people who are looked down upon who bare the brunt of the evil sewn out by those who think they are above them…
It is the people who are looked at as the least who need the most love and support.
What are you doing to level the playing ground?
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Titus 3:3 At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
Look back in your life and count how many times you were good and how many times you were bad…
I think many of us will see how the wrong side seems to win!
No matter what we have done, how far we have gone, God is waiting for us and ready and willing to forgive us!
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Psalm 146:9 The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
What do you feel like when you visit a foreign place? What do you feel like when everyone around you acts differently to what you expect?
God goes before you and tries to prepare the way for you…
Will you allow Him to do what He does best?
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Luke 17:33 Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.
One of the greatest things a person can do is to lay down their life for others; this shows the ultimate love for one another!
Sometimes we think too much of ourselves instead of the people around us and we hurt them without knowing.
God wants us to share the love but also remember what has gone before us.
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Psalm 112:5 Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice.
When was the last time you helped someone out?
Did you help them willingly or was it under duress?
What would you do if Jesus would only help you under duress?
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2 Thessalonians 3:6 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from every believer who is idle and disruptive and does not live according to the teaching you received from us.
I really struggle with words like this…
I want to be the one who reaches down and helps someone out of a pit…
If we are careful and make sure we listen to God, this should not be a thing!
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Revelation 1:3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.
How did you get to believe in Jesus? Did you not hear someone talking about Him?
God wants everyone to have the chance at hearing the good news of the gospel…
Which means we need to tell people!