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1 Corinthians 10:22 Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
When was the last time you tried to make someone jealous, someone who was much bigger or stronger than you?
I can remember doing things like that at boarding school and then paying for it afterward as they got their own back on me!
God is much bigger than we can imagine or wonder at – don’t ever think you can make Him jealous without repercussions!
But, even after that, God still loves you!
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1 Kings 11:8 He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.
What do you think is the most likely thing which will take you away from worshipping God? For me it would probably be the same as Solomon, being in a relationship with someone who was not a Christian!
Solomon had many wives and some of those during his later life were women from other places, foreigners, who believed in their own gods.
Falling into line with the one person who seems to mean a lot to you at that time is not so wise when it takes you away from God.
Always try and make sure God is in the relationship with you!
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Judges 10:6 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord. They served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites and the gods of the Philistines. And because the Israelites forsook the Lord and no longer served him
We can look back at the people of Israel and blame them for not following God and running after the gods of the people around them, but we do the same!
We may not be running after the Baals and the Ashtoreths of that time, but we do run after the ones of our own time!
What am I talking about? Anything which takes us away from God and drives a wedge between us and God almighty!
Don’t give in to the temptations because that is exactly what they are – nothing more than temptations!
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Psalm 78:58 They angered him with their high places; they aroused his jealousy with their idols.
And yet, even through all of this as God looked after His people and protected them, they felt the need to complain about their lot!
We do like to think we should get more than we deserve, or we deserve more than we get – but God is the one who knows exactly what we need.
If He gave us what we deserve, we would be in deep trouble! Instead He continues to look after us; but He does get jealous when we run after other things instead of Him!
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Psalm 78:52 But he brought his people out like a flock; He led them like sheep through the wilderness.
The preceding verses tell of all the plagues God sent on the Egyptians and through this all, God looked after the Israelites like they were His own flock of sheep.
The years that followed were done so with God keeping the whole of His people safe, not just the ones who did not complain, everyone.
He stopped them from being split up and getting lost. He provided their food every single day. He loved them as He loves His own.
We are His own!
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1 Samuel 4:8 We’re doomed! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? They are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
Can you imagine the scene – the Philistines have defeated Israel in a battle and they are feeling great! Then they hear this mighty roar as the Ark of The Covenant is brought into the camp of Israel… and their courage just walks out the door!
They know the stories. They know how great God is. They know they need to be afraid – even though they had just won a battle!
God needs to be that great in your life, not just when you need Him because everything is going to pot, but always and forever!
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Psalm 96:4 For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; He is to be feared above all gods.
Does this mean there are other gods? People create gods for themselves all the time, gods they can deal with and gods they can bend the rules with.
There is only one God and that is God our Father in heaven – but we each have our little things we hold up as if they were gods and treat them better than we do our God in heaven!
Don’t allow the world to confuse you or persuade you there are other gods who are great. Only one God is Great! Worship Him with all your heart and mind and soul!
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Psalm 145:3 Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; His greatness no one can fathom.
When we describe someone as being great, we normally mean they are great in a particular manner or way; great with money, great with love, great with hugs, great with remembering things…
When we say God is great it is because He is great in every way! Great in wisdom, power, faithfulness, holiness, grace, goodness, mercy – the list goes on!
When we look at what God has done we begin to see we cannot really grasp just how great He is.
Just accept it and know that He is your God!
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Romans 11:35 “Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?”
When we receive a gift, we should not expect to have to repay the giver for giving us that gift.
Just the same, we should not expect to receive anything back when we are giving someone else a gift.
God gives us more than we deserve and expects nothing back for those gifts – but He does expect us to acknowledge Him as our Saviour and King.
Lift up Christ today as your Lord and Saviour, not because you need anything, just because He deserves it!
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Psalm 24:1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
Everything we see, hear, touch, smell… everything belongs to God!
He created us and this universe we live in. How do I know? I trust His Word and believe in His ability!
If God is able to do so much for us in the beginning, then why do we doubt Him when it comes down to the more personal issues we face in life?
God is here for us. God loves us. God gave His all for us! Believe and trust Him!
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Matthew 8:20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
If we think we cannot cope, then how could all the apostles and even Jesus cope with this – not having a place to call home?
Jesus knew, during His time of ministering to the people, He had to be amongst the people and sharing everything with them.
Are you willing to give your life up and go somewhere to share your life with the people around you?
Jesus wants disciples – disciples go out into the world!
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1 Corinthians 4:11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
Some of the apostles went through a lot as they did what God asked them to do; but it did not stop them from carrying on!
They faced lack of the bare essentials, food, drink, clothes, money, even being robbed and beaten up; but they continued on in faith.
The authorities joined in – flogging them, beating them, placing them in jail; but they continued on!
Are you ready to give things up to God.
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1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
Now we could all try to disagree with this because of the many temptations we face and fail at; but there is method to this all.
Christ wants to strengthen us to live in this world and to help out others who are less able to live by faith.
He allows things to happen in our lives, not to tempt us, but to strengthen us for what may be ahead. If we did not exercise we may not be fit enough to endure the road ahead!
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1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
It is because God is faithful that we have grace through His Son Jesus Christ. He promised us a life without sin, but we insisted on bringing sin to the table.
His promise remains faithful because we still do have a life ahead of us in heaven without sin – should we choose to believe it is so!
It all hinges on our choice of believing in Jesus Christ and all He has done for us – just because He loves us so much!
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1 Corinthians 1:8 He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Through Christ Jesus’ actions and giving His own life on the cross as our perfect sacrifice, we have been kept blameless for our sinful ways.
Though Christ wants to forgive every person, He is only able to truly forgive people who ask for forgiveness; those who refuse to ask, have no course for forgiveness.
Yet Christ is willing to forgive at any time and will continue to be ready right up until the time we have to face Him and answer for what we have done.
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John 6:70 Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
Peter was expressing total belief in Christ and yet Christ knew one of the twelve He had chosen was all about lies and deception!
Yet Christ still chose Judas and continued to support Him even at the point where Judas was going to give Him up to the authorities.
No matter what we do, say or believe, Christ believes in us and will continue to support us until the day He cannot do any more.
We have a choice to make; whether we follow His teaching and allow Him to pay for our sin debt, or whether we want to do it all for ourselves and end up with nothing. Choose right. Choose truth. Choose Christ!
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John 6:63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.
We say we are alive because of this spirit within us which gives us free choice and the ability to act on those choices.
I cannot believe we just arrived at a point where we could have a spirit but firmly trust God has given us this amazing gift.
Our flesh is just a carriage or vehicle for this amazing spirit, or soul, to live in.
Jesus was telling the people around Him that these words were for the spirit to take in and believe, not the flesh… they were life-giving for our souls!
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2 Corinthians 3:6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
God has made us good enough to go out and tell people of the good news of the gospel! God has made us good enough to join Him in heaven!
Christ came to make sure we could join Him in heaven by giving us a perfect sacrifice for our sin debt to God!
None of this is so just because it is written down. None of this is so just because it is a history lesson.
Christ gave us the Holy Spirit to guide and keep us; to defend us and to uphold us. It is through the Spirit we have this new beginning today!
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Acts 17:26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.
Many people throughout history have tried to get their lives “enhanced” through telling stories or getting stories told of their accomplishments – not all successfully!
History has a way of finding people out and bringing the truth out just when people least expect it.
God has lived in truth and with truth always; Christ was born into truth and lived His life proving what God had said.
Isn’t it time we put away the old stories and listened to the truth – make a difference this year!
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Genesis 5:2 He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind” when they were created.
Right from the beginning the Jews have been taught to remember their beginnings and to retell this story to all who are willing to listen.
This is how faithful they have been – showing a lineage of many thousands of years. Moses retold the story from Adam to Noah just as the apostles remembered it too.
Give God the glory for all He has managed to do this year, despite us!