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Hebrews 12:13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
Walking a straight line instead of going back and forth is always going to be easier! So why do we choose the longest path possible sometimes?
God would rather we stand up and be counted, walk with pride and keep to His ways to give others goals to aim for rather than go off the rails and bring others down.
You don’t have to be perfect to be a Christian – we are all broken; we have an awesome Saviour who wants to help us walk tall.
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Romans 14:21 It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak.
Have you considered your actions and how they affect the people around you? I guess we all forget now and again.
I know I feel very guilty when I do things around people when I realise just how much it could tempt them or upset them.
Asking God for protection each and every day will build your strength up so you will get better at doing what is right for others and not just yourself.
Consider God’s will before every action.
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Romans 4:19 And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
Abraham exercised his faith: he knew his body was beyond an age where he would be able to have children, but he continued to trust in what God had promised.
We need to put aside our earthly shortcomings and limitations because God is not limited by our physical earth as we are.
Give God your doubt so He can show you what is possible when you place your faith and trust in His hands instead of your own hands!
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Hebrews 11:12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude - innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.
It was not what Abraham could do but what God could do through Abraham. God continued to wait until Sarah and Abraham had all but given up before He started the ball rolling.
God may just make you wait until He knows you will get it too – it is not what we can do but what He can do through us!
Waiting on God is not meant to be like waiting to be given a present, it is more like waiting for the right job to be created for your skills God has given you.
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Hebrews 11:10 for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Abraham knew he was looking for more than just a building, more than just a temple; he was looking for something God created.
Yes, we can all say how much God has created and we only build things upon that which God has created, but this is something more than our handiwork.
Christ instituted the church, not the building, the people. Christ showed us how we can all follow God and worship Him just as we were created.
Continue to try and obey Christ’s teachings…
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Hebrews 8:2 a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.
In this letter to the Hebrew people, the author reminds them we serve a risen Saviour who was chosen by God to be our ultimate minister.
We have vicars, pastors, priests and many other leaders in our churches, all hopefully chosen by God, but none can compare to our Lord Jesus Christ.
We have a hand in choosing all our church leaders, but God alone chose Jesus Christ to be here with us.
He came from heaven to earth to serve us at a time when we needed Him most of all.
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Isaiah 66:2 For all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist,” Says the Lord. “But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word.
God is our Creator. All things exist because He made them so. There is nothing we can see which God has not had a hand in making!
What or who did God lift up and glorify? His one and only Son, Jesus Christ!
If we are willing to accept these truths and follow Christ in His humble ways toward God, then we can expect God to look favourably upon us; not because we are anything like Christ, but because Christ is putting us forward to God!
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Isaiah 42:3 A bruised reed He will not break, And smoking flax He will not quench; He will bring forth justice for truth.
When the prophet continues on to talk of Christ the greatness of our God continues to expand and show us yet another facet of our awesome God.
Christ came to save the world and build the church, not to condemn it and break it.
Just as the wick of a candle continues to burn and shed so much more light than just a piece of string, so too Christ sheds so much more light when supported by the church.
It is not for us to judge the church and others, but to show them the light Christ is spreading!
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Isaiah 40:11 He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs with His arm, And carry them in His bosom, And gently lead those who are with young.
I find each of the descriptions of God and His ways in the Old Testament truly inspiring. Here the prophet is telling of the greatness of God.
Just like a shepherd will do all they can to keep their sheep safe, so too will our awesome God do everything to keep us safe.
Sometimes when things go wrong it is us who have wandered off into the wilderness and not God letting us down. Other times it is the choices of others which seem to break our own little worlds.
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Psalm 23:2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.
One good thing about summer in the UK is being able to lie down on green grass when the sun is out and warm; even better when you can do so out in the countryside.
That is when you can be in awe of the earth God has created for us with all of nature surrounding us; God’s promise to us!
God wants to give us rest, but not just a chair to sit and rest on, He wants to give us a place which is tranquil and beautiful – simply because He loves us so.
When we listen and obey, we are guided towards such places by Him.
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Jeremiah 17:8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
This is a description of how good it is to trust totally in God. Once we take the step to fully trust in Him, we are able to see so much more.
Growing by the Living waters of God gives us the nourishment we need for our spiritual growth with Him.
The strength we gain is compared. Not to a shrub or plant, but a tree; a flourishing tree being fed constantly.
The tree did not just happen to be there. It was planted there for a specific reason!
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Psalm 118:29 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
What better thing to do on a Sunday than go out to your local church and celebrate the fact that Jesus is alive!
Praise God for all He has done, all He has promised and all we have to look forward to.
Celebrate we have a living, loving and merciful God who is always willing to show us more life, love and mercy.
And there is no end to His mercy – because it is endless and forever!
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Psalm 118:28 You are my God, and I will praise You; You are my God, I will exalt You.
David was under no illusion about God. He may have forgotten his duties toward God and set aside his praise from time to time, but he knew God was God!
For all the promises God had made to his descendants, David was thankful and tried never to forget them.
These sort of words come from the heart and allow us to see just how much he did love God.
It does not mean David was perfect; far from it. But he loved God and showed us all!
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Psalm 69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
How can we even think we can make God great? The answer is, of course we cannot make Him great because He is already greater than anything.
What we can do, though, is to lift up our praises and worship of Him so others can see just how awesome and great He is.
Being open and honest about our feelings toward God will go a lot further than our descriptions of Him too; how do we describe the indescribable?
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Psalm 34:3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together.
Who is going to listen to this request? Will it be the people who have hard hearts or ones who are willing to listen to what you have to say?
When we humble ourselves, and are willing to listen to God’s Word, we too will be willing to obey these words and give God all the glory!
By gathering together and lifting God’s name up, we are remembering just who it is we worship and who has come before us to love and forgive us first of all.
Rejoice together and praise Him together!
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Isaiah 12:1 And in that day you will say: “O Lord, I will praise You; Though You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me.
Just one more reminder of the many in our bibles…
I chose this one because it is God showing people how their own anger and lives can be turned around.
It is God doing the turning around, but we are taking the steps and living the steps. We see how we have been changed, not by what we can do, but by what God can do through us.
Always remember it is God who is able and willing to do this all in your life just as He has and many lives before yours.
Believe in Him and trust Him to change you too!
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Hosea 14:4 “I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from him.
No matter how many times people have been reminded how God is merciful and full of grace, we still forget He is willing to forgive and forget our sins.
We need to show our love back to God just as He has showed His continued love toward mankind over so many years.
Yet knowing all these sins we have done, He is still willing to forgive us and set us back on the right path.
Who else do you know who is willing to give you so much time?
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Isaiah 57:18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him; I will also lead him, And restore comforts to him And to his mourners.
These are the words given to Isaiah to remind us how merciful and full of grace our Lord is.
We are the ones who get things wrong; we are the sinners who follow temptations rather than His ways.
Yet He is always willing and able to forgive those who are willing to lift up their transgressions to Him – no matter what!
God wants to lead us and restore us to live with Him in all glory!
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Psalm 41:4 I said, “Lord, be merciful to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
The first step in getting to know Christ properly is to start being totally honest with Him; after all, He has been nothing but honest with you!
Don’t be worried about it taking so long before you got to be close to God, be glad of all you have been through on your journey.
You’ve though of others, God has thought of you.
You’ve looked out for others, God has you.
Then He strengthened you when you least expected it.
All because He loves you!
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Psalm 41:3 The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed.
God is here to help us in all circumstances, whether we are fit and well or on our death bed; He is here to help.
It may be that He wants to heal us and allow us to continue serving Him, or it may be He wants to give us comfort so we can enjoy our life until we meet Him.
The decision is not ours when we die, but it is ours to continue walking in God’s grace and presence until we do.
Make it a good life – live with God every day!