February 10, 2013

DJ

1 John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.

We always find it easier to make friends with someone if they are first willing to be friends with us or are friendly toward us. But if someone has an issue with us or is just plain unfriendly, making friends can be very hard.

God has loved us from the beginning and has continued to show us that love throughout time. We often turn away from Him and wonder why we get into trouble; but because He loves us He wants us to straighten our lives out and will encourage us to do so.

People may come into our lives and show us love and friendship without asking for anything in return. It just may be that God has brought them to you to allow you to know His ways and His love.

February 9, 2013

DJ

Psalm 116:1 I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; He heard my cry for mercy.

Some people ask me why I do the things that I do for God. They ask me why I do things without question. They ask me why I do things where others will not. This verse sums up why I do things for God.

I work for God because He listens to me, answers me and does so much more for me. I do things for God to show Him that I love Him for everything He does for me.

I honour my Father in heaven for all that He does for me. I honour Him through working for and with Him. Are you willing to step forward with us?

February 8, 2013

DJ

Proverbs 15:5 A fool despises his father’s instruction, but he who receives correction is prudent.

Ok, so we are not all perfect – but I guess you may have worked that one out already, especially when you look at me! Seriously though, we do make mistakes and we do have to take time out to say we are sorry.

But if we spurn the people who point out our mistakes or want to show us the right way of doing things, we are saying to them that we don’t care about doing things right or fixing mistakes – basically we are telling them that we are stupid because we don’t want to learn!

God gave us the bible so that we could spot our mistakes. Once we do that and move on, we will be able to do a whole lot more rather than breaking things continually…

February 7, 2013

DJ

Exodus 20:12 Honour your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

How often do you try find out the top ten? Doesn’t matter what in, but we always want to know what the top ten items are in one way or another. We often look on the Ten Commandments as the top ten in that they are the ones we should focus on; but God wants us to follow His Word, not just the top ten list.

God does not just want us to tick the boxes but actually do what His Word says. So when it says that we should honour our parents, He means it! We need to respect them because they are the ones who have done so much for us… but there will also be times when we all mess up so we may have to say we are sorry and start again…

God wants us to realise we can say sorry to Him as well…