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Isaiah 40:18 To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to Him?
What or who is God to you? How do you look at Him? How would you describe Him?
Far too often we look at the physical things in life, because that is what we see and what we can relate to.
God is so much more than we can describe in physical terms; getting to grips with who God is and what He does in your life will help you to understand Him a little more.
Don’t hold back just because you cannot see!
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Romans 10:11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”
This letter, or book, to the Romans was written to try and get them to understand just how important Christ was and still is.
Our belief in Christ as being the Son of God is central to our lives; or that is what it should be. Our earnest belief in Him will hold us together and allow us to be with Him in Heaven.
We need to continue encouraging each other; friends, family and others about Christ and all He has done for us and how He has made it possible for us to live eternally with Him.
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1 John 4:15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
Plenty of people may acknowledge Jesus as being a man who lived around the time we say He was born and some will even say He is a prophet.
But how many people are willing to say that Jesus Christ is the Son of God?
If we are honestly going to admit that in our hearts and souls, then we have an Advocate who is willing to stand up for us when the day comes.
He is also willing to live within us as our daily guide and counsellor!
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1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
When we accept Christ into our lives we do more than just bring a friend to share our lives with.
Christ gives us the Holy Spirit as our guide and counsellor. He comes to stay within us and not just sharing our homes or churches!
Christ has overcome death and sin through giving His live on the cross and raising Himself again after 3 days. He can do anything; which means the Holy Spirit can also do anything – listen to Him!
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John 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
How far are you willing to go for someone you really love? Just to set the record straight, if they loved you they would not ask you to do things which are wrong or evil!
God has asked us to follow Him. Christ has given it all for us to follow Him. He now encourages us through words like these…
Following God means listening to Him and doing what He asks of us. When we do, He has a wonderful place for us with Him in Heaven!
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Psalm 5:4 For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You.
Let us never forget that our God is not a god who loves wars, fighting, wickedness or evil; He cannot abide any of this.
So, if we are trying to build our lives based on anything evil or wicked, we have a problem which is keeping us away from God!
Christ’s command for us to love one another is a command which works against such things in our lives, things we need to avoid in order to draw closer to Him.
Try to follow God’s ways for a week and see how different you feel about people around you!
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Revelation 17:6 I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marvelled with great amazement.
Seeing anyone out of control can be disturbing but what makes them lose control can be even more disturbing!
What sort of things make you lose control? Anger? Alcohol? Drugs? Greed? Spite? Would you build your life on any of these attributes?
Building your life on the misfortune of others or breaking the lives of others so your life can be better are probably worse than anything listed above.
God has given us instructions for a better life – we should be following those instructions…
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Psalm 14:3 They have all turned aside, They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one.
How many times have you gone forward expecting people to support you and found you are going forward alone and without help?
How many times have people around you looked to you for help and you have turned your back on them?
Life is all about keeping good relationships with people, just as God commanded us to love one another.
You don’t have to be a sinless person to help or love others. Just do it!
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Psalm 14:2 The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
There are some people who in their zeal to become better Christians will shout about how God is watching over us and will pour down His wrath on any who do wrong!
What the bible tells us is quite different. Yes God is watching over us, constantly… but it is not to try and trip us up!
God watches us to see if we are understanding His ways; if not, He will try to guide us toward the light so we can get to know Him better.
He loves us!
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Psalm 14:1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good.
The more we study our earth, history and science, the more we should be able to realise God is real!
It is only when we allow our own fantasies and imaginations to take over that we make up stories about how we could come into being by any other means.
No matter how good we try to be, we will always fall short of the standard set by God.
When we acknowledge this we can move forward with Him despite our wrong-doings!
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Amos 5:5 But do not seek Bethel, Nor enter Gilgal, Nor pass over to Beersheba; For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, And Bethel shall come to nothing.
What things in life do you set your goals toward? What are the desires of your heart?
God has warned mankind throughout time that we must not hanker after earthly goods and ways; yet we still do!
Everything on this corrupt earth will come to an end and if that is all we have been seeking after, we will have nothing left to seek.
God wants us to follow Him and all He can give us, now and in the future. Seek God. Seek Life. Have Hope!
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Isaiah 5:12 The harp and the strings, The tambourine and flute, And wine are in their feasts; But they do not regard the work of the Lord, Nor consider the operation of His hands.
Some people in our lives will spend all of their time trying to find earthly pleasures; trying to find more money to spend on more earthly pleasures…
They are allowing everything God has built up to pass them by just so they can find another earthly fix for the moment they live in.
God wants us all to live for Him; taking time to look at all of creation, including the people around us. He wants us to love and cherish all we have been given.
Only that way can we take in the full extent of His love toward us!
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Psalm 28:5 Because they do not regard the works of the Lord, Nor the operation of His hands, He shall destroy them And not build them up.
There are those around us who will say all the right things for us to believe them but never support us when we need help; all they wish for is disruption and chaos.
To those, the Psalmist is asking God for protection from and even just and final punishment.
These sorts of people are working against God’s wishes and against God’s ways. They are destroying what God is trying to build up.
Don’t wish bad things on people just because you don’t agree with them; give them up to God and allow our righteous and just Father to deal with them!
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John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
The peace God gives us goes much further than peace we can gain from earthly measures…
Having someone stand by you, give you hugs, comfort you with words and generally be there when others are deserting you makes a very big difference to your hope.
Christ wants to make sure we get all of the above and more so we can grow spiritually; so we can have hope where there is no earthly hope.
God’s love for you knows no ends – rest in it and grow in it!
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John 20:21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”
One of the first things Christ did on His resurrection was to set in place a way we should spread the Gospel.
Our commission is the same as Jesus laid out to the disciples; to take the truth of what has happened and to tell other people about it.
The Holy Spirit is the one who will work on their hearts to change their spirits; our job is to simply tell people the truth from our hearts.
People will be more willing to believe someone who knows they are telling the truth…
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Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
Christ did not come out of the grave telling everyone He was higher than God because He had personally defeated death; instead Jesus declared God the Father had given Him all power.
Jesus is part of the God-Head and not God by Himself. God the Father, God the Son (Jesus) and God the Holy Spirit make up what we know as God.
It is difficult for us to understand and gets in our way of learning when we get bogged down in trying to understand.
Simply believe the words Christ told us and trust fully in Him!
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Matthew 28:10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me.”
Jesus wanted to make sure people knew He had risen from the grave; not to show off but to make sure people understood He was keeping His promises!
From the initial sighting by Mary to the multitude who saw Him later, we have many witnesses who testified how Jesus came back to life; just as He had promised.
Trusting Christ is not really trusting the unseen because we do have witnesses and we have it all in writing – we just have a society which would rather hide their shame than face it in front of Christ!
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Numbers 29:1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work. For you it is a day of blowing the trumpets.
How would you feel if this is what you were told was going to happen, but you had just lost your best friend?
The disciples and those close to Jesus would have had to do their best to follow the law in the scriptures; but they would also have been mourning for their loss too.
Jesus knew what was happening and He knew this was one feast He would not go to because His body lay dead in the tomb.
…But He knew what lay ahead…
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1 Corinthians 15:55 “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?”
These words were first written hundreds of years before Christ came to earth as a human. They are used here to remind us the death on the cross was not the end of it all!
Jesus did physically die on the cross, but it did not stop Him from carrying out His promises to us about being able to join Him in Heaven.
Nothing on earth could have stopped what happened as Jesus was nailed to the cross; this was God’s will.
God’s will is that we can join Him in heaven – make your choice now.
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1 Corinthians 15:52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
The words given to the church at Corinth were slightly different, bringing home the fact this would all be over as quick as we can blink!
God does not want people to suffer; this being the kindest way of taking believers away – in an instant rather than a long drawn out affair.
God’s love continues to be shown even in the worst circumstance. Allow Him to show you His personal love for you – and then tell others about it!