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Psalm 119:9 How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.
When we are young, we want to stamp our identity on the world around us – we try to show people we are something special!
When we are old, we just do things because we think we are allowed to!
God’s advice is for us to study His Word and to try to live by it in all parts of our life – only then can we stay close to Him in this chaotic world!
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John 7:41 Others said, ‘He is the Messiah.’ Still others asked, ‘How can the Messiah come from Galilee?
Have you ever walked into a church and felt out of place?
God stretches out His arms to everyone – not just the rich or the poor – everyone!
Don’t be ashamed of where you are from or of your past. It is a part of you and a story to tell of how you got to know God.
Allow others to see the real you and invite them in to listen to and share stories.
We are all welcome!
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Luke 2:52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
If we have any doubt Jesus was a man, then we need to re-read passages like this! Jesus continued to learn and grow in wisdom as He learned from God, His earthly parents, and the people around Him.
God is not a God stuck in Heaven who has no understanding of what it is like to be human – He came to us in human form to demonstrate He does know us!
Depend on Christ because He knows you more than you realise!
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John 5:44 How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
The longer we seek glory from other people instead of recognition from God, the longer we will be tempted by greed and power.
God wants us to focus on Him in our lives so we will be more likely to hear Him and listen to Him instead of the world around us.
Will you give more time to God today so you can learn a bit more about what He knows is best for you?
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John 5:28 Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice
I wonder what the people thought when Jesus was telling them these words – that the dead would hear God’s voice and would rise to live!
I wonder what they thought when Jesus brought people back to life!
These are the promises given by God, retold by Jesus. These are the promises we can stand on.
Christ will come again. We will be with God in the end!
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John 5:14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, ‘See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.’
We don’t know the full story of this man or his past and why he was crippled. What we do know is Jesus healed him...
Was he grateful? Well, there was not much evidence to say so!
Maybe Jesus was reminding him who healed him and it was Jesus’ choice to heal him!
Always be grateful for everything, big or small, Christ does for you!
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Isaiah 65:17 See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
Are you still worried about the things you have done wrong in your life?
Do you not know Christ gave His own life on the cross so your sins could be forgiven and separated from you as far as the East is from the West!
A new heaven and new earth will be created – one where nothing of this old earth will be remembered – no sins, no wrong doings, no sorrow, no hate...
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Psalm 107:17 Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.
How many times have you tried to fix something without reading the manual? How many times have you failed because you didn’t read a manual?
If we are honest, we do fail more than we should simply because we don’t follow instructions – we think we can do better!
The designer has made something and created instruction so we can get the best out of it – just read the instructions!
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Luke 18:17 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.
How often do you try to be a grown-up about your relationship with Christ? How often does being a grown-up get in the way of your relationship with God?
No matter how we dress things up, so long as we try to be all grown-up with God, He continues to see us as His Children.
Stop trying to be tidy with God and come to Him as the mess you are – that’s all he wants!
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Psalm 81:8 Hear me, my people, and I will warn you - if you would only listen to me, Israel!
Here God is pleading with the psalmist to remember to listen to Him and Him alone.
So many things seem to happen in our modern world where we lose track on who said what and whom to believe!
Trusting in God for everything and making sure we do remember to do so at all times is vital to our spiritual and mental health!
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Psalm 95:7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.
When the psalmist penned these words, it was to show how much they relied on God to be their “Rock of salvation”, “King above all gods”, “Lord our Maker” and Shepherd.
Always remember just who God is in your life and try to make sure He always occupies the “top slot.”
As long as we depend on God as being our King of Kings, He will be faithful to be our Shepherd and protector at all times.
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Psalm 78:2 I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old
Jesus came and taught in parables, not to confuse us, but to make us stop and think about what we are hearing – to meditate on His Words.
God wants us to be aware of what He gave us – which means thinking about it and digesting what we read and hear.
Don’t be put off by big words or long paragraphs, ask God for guidance as you read through His word and He will explain things as you read... Just as He has done from the very beginning!
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Psalm 25:4 Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.
If we do want to try and live a life for God, then we should be listening to His advice before we go ahead and break things!
God wants us to listen to His advice so we can have a better chance at getting things right and living the life He wants us to.
How do we listen? We read His Word and inwardly digest what it means to us and in our lives. Applying what we read will lead us forward in a life with Christ!
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Psalm 42:1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.
What do you focus on in life? Is it your budget, your finances, your car, your family, your house, your computer... what is it which is at the centre of your life?
God wants us to be able to get fed every day with the right food, not from your local health-food shop, but from His Word!
God wants you to be firmly reliant on His guidance in your life – guidance which will ensure all the other worries are worked on at the right time in the right way.
Yes, it’s hard!
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John 2:22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
Sometimes it takes a complicated thing to happen in our lives before we will believe the simple truth which Christ is trying to get us to accept.
I have always been one who looks for the most complicated answers just because it seems to be more worth while...
But Jesus gives us the truth in its most simple form; we just need faith to believe it and accept it as the truth!
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Psalm 103:12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
It is a hard thing to accept Jesus can wipe our slates clean by forgiving us of every sin we have done in our lives.
Many of us get hung up on the sins we have done and we cannot let them go because of the gravity we assign to them.
Christ’s life is worth so much more than anything we could do in our lives!
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Matthew 21:43 Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
Be careful with everything God gives you – it is for His work and His will He gives us so many things...
If we waste what He gives us, or abuse what He gives us, we may find He takes it back and shares it out with others who are willing to do it right!
God knows what you are capable of and has given you these things because of that – step up and trust Him in His judgement!
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Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,
Is there a difference between how people should act in the Old Testament as opposed to the New Testament?
God’s Word has not changed. It remains what we need to come to know Him and also how we should behave as followers of God.
God will always bless those who follow His will in their lives. He is Just and has promised us He will look out for us!
Do something God approves of today!
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Psalm 31:24 Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.
God has given us many promises and has made sure we see how we can depend on those promises!
He wants us to have faith in the promises which are still to be fulfilled because we have seen how the promises of old have come true already.
He gave us hope and have supported that hope through actions.
Take a step forward and show God how you appreciate His promises!
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Matthew 23:13 Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.
Oner of the hardest things I have had to deal with during this pandemic is not being able to meet together as church all the time!
In the Western world we tend to take meeting together for granted – we view it as the normal.
Now try to imagine what it is like for people who are persecuted just because they want to be able to meet in Jesus' name but their countries will not allow it.
Pray for more freedom around the world for God’s Word to be shared in person, freely!