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Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.
Oh for a world where we would all be able to know the truth of Christ and to know how much God loves us.
Instead we seem to want to do all we can to try and lift up our own ways and our own wants before lifting up the truth.
It is not all about what religion we belong to nor which church building we attend nor which day we go to worship God on.
It is all about knowing Christ came to seek and to save the lost. It is all about knowing Christ is our Saviour. It is all about knowing Christ!
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1 Corinthians 2:4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power
What is it you think would make you wise? Is it the gaining of superior knowledge or the demonstration of said knowledge?
I think the ability to demonstrate your knowledge is very important, but would learning and demonstrating all the wrong things be any good?
We can teach each other things, but when we get to the end of our knowledge, we cannot pass anything on.
What God can do is to open up our souls to new things each day and to levels of wisdom we cannot comprehend!
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1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.
I marvel at the number of different ways in which people say Christ is telling them to behave. I marvel at how many will use the name of Christ for their own good.
Christ came to seek and save the lost and not to make sure everyone was following the right ritual at the right time!
We need to live for Christ by taking the gospel and sharing it with others. Doing deeds may well support the people and the church buildings and other human stuff, but what about Christ?
Christ gave His life for us. We need to remember just what He has done and do things because of that, not instead of that!
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1 Corinthians 3:4 For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal?
Do you have to have your say about everything? Does everybody need to know what you think about things?
It is good to talk and it is good to discuss things because we will not be able to get to the truth unless we are open to discussion.
It is no good us forcing our ways and our minds on to others all the time because we will always think we are the ones who are right and not leave room for the truth!
God has given us enough in the bible to get us talking and discovering so we can find the truth through Him and with Him.
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1 Corinthians 3:2 I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able;
Teaching people about Christ can be a bit of a minefield because every one of us has a different way of thinking of others.
When we first learned to read we were not given Shakespeare’s letters and told to get on with it but rather given simple reading material so we could get to hear more and learn more.
As we grow in knowledge and understanding we get to learn and understand more about God, but we continue to learn more each day we walk with Him.
Our learning curve continues to expand every step of the way!
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Luke 22:32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.
One of the amazing statements Jesus said that should shake any doubt out of our heads!
Satan wanted to try and make the faith of Peter to no effect by breaking away at the foundations of Peter’s belief, but Jesus prayed for Peter!
If we have a God that is praying for us even when He knows we are about to reject Him – what reason do we have to doubt His love?
Take your doubts and recognise them, but never let them bring your down because you know Christ is praying for your strength!
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Psalm 145:14 The Lord upholds all who fall, And raises up all who are bowed down.
One of the best things in life is to be forgiven when you know you have done something wrong against someone else. Just knowing they are willing to put that act behind them and move forward is fantastic!
Christ taught us we need to try and continually forgive one another for the things we do wrong to each other – as hard as that may seem!
When we do fall, Christ is more than willing to forgive us when we come back to Him humbly.
Thank you God daily He blesses you always!
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Isaiah 55:6 Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.
When is the best time to look for something or someone you have lost? Is it best to look as soon as you know they or it is missing, or to wait a long while?
When someone is close by you can be fairly confident in knowing where they are even if you cannot see them.
When we spend time each day praying to God and reading His word we find it easier to pray and listen; but when we start missing out on prayers and reading we find it more difficult to follow God.
Jesus spent much of His time getting people to be friendly so they could get to know Him better. Spend time every day getting to know God.
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Jeremiah 3:1 “They say, ‘If a man divorces his wife, And she goes from him And becomes another man’s, May he return to her again?’ Would not that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; Yet return to Me,” says the Lord.
It is a life of varying degrees of faithfulness which we believe. We tend to set the standards higher for the ones we love.
But as soon as we focus on something else in our lives, a new target has been set and will remain our focus until we turn back to focus on God.
God would prefer it if we were able to stay focused on Him more in our lives than staying focused on the people around us or on earthly treasures.
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Hosea 4:12 My people ask counsel from their wooden idols, And their staff informs them. For the spirit of harlotry has caused them to stray, And they have played the harlot against their God.
Our relationship with Christ should be complete. A complete relationship means not needing others to fill the gaps we perceive in the relationship because they do not exist.
A complete relationship means not seeking other inputs or fulfilling needs from others because your needs are met already.
But it is not as simple as that because if we do seek others instead of the one we are in a relationship with then we are in effect committing a form of adultery in our hearts.
Seek to fulfil a full and proper relationship with Christ.
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Hosea 5:4 They do not direct their deeds toward turning to their God, For the spirit of harlotry is in their midst, And they do not know the Lord.
Hosea’s word for Israel and Judah from God was quite strong but needed to be said. Israel and Judah had continued to turn away from God for far too long and everything they did did not indicate any remorse or turning back to Him.
If we have done wrong but we recognise the fact and approach God with a contrite heart, He will accept our apology and forgive us; but continued turning away from Him will not lead to forgiveness.
God wants everyone to be able to accept forgiveness! We are the ones who have to do something about it so we can accept His forgiveness.
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John 7:34 You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come.
When Jesus was speaking to the Pharisees He told them they would continue to seek Him (the Messiah) and they would not be able to find Him. This intimates they would continue looking for a Messiah having missed the point that He is our Messiah and He has already come.
Many times in our lives we do not believe what we see because we either expect more or we want more, or in this case they wanted something different!
Jesus Christ has already come to save us from our sins and He has already shed the blood He promised and has already paid the debt in full.
Believe and trust in Him.
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Proverbs 1:23 Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.
When God tells us we are doing something wrong we have got to listen to Him! He is the one who does know what is best for us!
Being bullish about listening to God is not going to help us though because God requires we listen and act upon what He instructs us to do.
If we open our hearts to what He has to say we will gain a whole lot more from His instruction than if we just do it.
And when we do listen we must listen properly because going off on a tangent because we don’t listen properly is not going to help us.
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Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, And floods on the dry ground; I will pour My Spirit on your descendants, And My blessing on your offspring;
Even though the people had sinned against God and could have been blamed for everything going wrong, God still showed mercy and grace.
How many times do we need to be shown mercy and grace before we believe the depth of God’s love toward us?
He has promised us so much for our futures and has shown us time and time again His promises are true.
Believing those promises should be easy – but still we have to try!
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Hebrews 6:7 For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God;
Going back to our roots… If we are like ground that is worked, tilled, watered and planted, what should be expected of us?
If we bring forward good fruits, crops or whatever else has been planted on and in us, then we will continue to be used and continue to be able to supply more.
If we do not bring forward what is planted but bring forward bad things, like thorns and weeds, then we will be of no use to anyone other than fire!
God wants to use us but that means us being willing to be used correctly and obeying God as He works within us…
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Mark 3:28 “Assuredly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter;
The disciples were taught quite firmly by Christ our sins would be forgiven when we brought them to Him; that means all sins we have in our lives.
Jesus paid in full the price required to cover all sins, not just some of them, not just the little ones, not just the hidden ones, but every single one.
We need to come to Him and bring our sins to lay them at His feet; and once we do we need to leave them there and move away.
We all do like to take ownership and try to justify ourselves – it does not work. Give it to Christ and allow Him alone to absolve you!
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John 3:20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
The sad truth about our lives is that we tend to try and hide things when we do not do them correctly; we tend to hide in the dark so they will not be found out!
Doing anything against God is just not going to work because God does not need a flashlight or daytime to see what we do wrong, He sees it plain as daylight.
God wants us to be open and honest with Him so we can ask for forgiveness knowing that we are telling Him the truth so we can expect the forgiveness He has promised us.
Stay in the light by doing as much as possible with God and not trying to leave Him out of everything.
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Zephaniah 3:2 She has not obeyed His voice, She has not received correction; She has not trusted in the Lord, She has not drawn near to her God.
Our duty to God is summed up pretty well in these words from the prophet Zephaniah where the wickedness of Jerusalem is described.
The people had not obeyed God, not listened to correction, not trusted God and were not trying to be close to God either.
We need to listen to Him, obey His commandments, listen when He corrects us, trust in Him and His ways. All these will bring us closer to God, but none more so than lifting up honest and earnest prayers.
Be in constant contact with God because He is constantly watching over us.
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Isaiah 44:12 The blacksmith with the tongs works one in the coals, Fashions it with hammers, And works it with the strength of his arms. Even so, he is hungry, and his strength fails; He drinks no water and is faint.
There are many professions I have always looked up to and being a blacksmith is one of them. It is one thing working hard all day with your hands but another thing having to do it in the burning heat in front of a fire or furnace.
If we do not drink enough water when we exercise, our bodies do all sorts of things we do not expect with the end result being we break down and faint at the very least.
Water is essential to our daily lives. God’s living water is essential to our eternity.
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Psalm 107:5 Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.
Have you ever been involved in running long distances, like a marathon or half marathon in boiling temperatures?
It is one thing to run long distances in cool weather but something entirely different to run in very hot and humid weather; your body feels totally drained long before it should!
Now take that feeling of your physical self and apply it to your spiritual self by thinking of a time when you starved yourself of God’s comfort because you were too busy doing something else.
During a long run you have to take on water or you will faint. During a spiritual drought you need to take on God’s water or you will faint!