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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!
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Luke 19:7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, ‘He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.’
How many times do you turn down an invitation just because you hold something against the other person?
Jesus wants us to put aside the trial of life’s relationships and treat people as people.
When you are going to do something, ask yourself, how would Jesus handle this circumstance – and aim toward that!
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Psalm 150:6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.
The words have been written down for many thousands of years…
Let everything and everyone praise the Lord!
We have been given the chance. Jesus has reminded us… We really do need to praise the Lord in everything we do and say!
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Luke 19:42 and said, ‘If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace – but now it is hidden from your eyes.
Do you know what makes your friends cry in despair? Do you know what makes Jesus cry in despair?
When we turn our backs on the things which would bring peace to all, Jesus cries.
When we face the world and ignore His people, He cries.
Think about it!
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Revelations 10:9 So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, ‘Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but “in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”’
Sometimes in life we do something which seems so good and even right, but it turns out to be bad.
Many of the sins we get involved with are like that, they seem fine at the time, but as we get to realise what we have done, it all turns sour!
God wants us to be weary of what we do and try to compare it with what He has told us through His Word.
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Psalm 144:6 Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy; shoot your arrows and rout them.
Why do we have to have physical manifestations of God’s power so we can believe in Him?
God wants us to love Him from our hearts and not through our eyes!
God’s love is all encompassing – we just have to learn how to love like Him!
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Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.
Who is Jesus to you?
Do you recognise Him as your Lord and Saviour?
Do you recognise Him as the King of Kings, Lord of Lords?
Do you know in your heart what He has done for you?
Do you give Him all the glory?
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Psalm 24:10 Who is he, this King of glory? The Lord Almighty – he is the King of glory.
As we draw close to the end of the church year, what do you see when you look back over the year?
What do you see when you look forward?
Are you too worried about earthly matters or are you watching the King of Glory?
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Psalm 96:1 Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.
When we say God should get all the glory, we should really mean He gets all the attention, honour and glory!
God wants us to think of new ways in which we can worship Him, not for greed, but so we can see how we can worship Him in every way in our lives!
Think of a new way in which you can give God the glory today!
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Matthew 10:21 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.
When you try to live for and with God in your life, you are going to find many people will turn their backs on you or even dislike you just because you are a Christian!
God has continue to warn us about this all throughout the scriptures…
Why do we expect anything different!