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1 Timothy 5:8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
One of the hardest lessons I had to learn as a Christian was to make sure that I looked after my family and not run off to do things for others all the time.
God tells us that we must go out and do things for others, but He also says that we have to take care of our families.
We are the ones who have to find that balance; whether we do what we can here and now or whether we take a step out into the wild and do something for others.
God will guide us and support us as long as we seek His advice. Always seek and listen!
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Luke 8:39 “Return to your own house, and tell what great things God has done for you.” And he went his way and proclaimed throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
What things have to happen to you before you will go out and tell everyone about it? If it were some nice surprise, you would probably go out and tell people straight away.
If it were out having dinner with someone special, you may tell others all about it…
So, knowing just how much God does for us, why do we not go out and tell others all about God and what he does for us?
We need to tell others the good news, the gospel, God’s fulfilment of His promises!
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Luke 2:17 Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child.
The day after… What are you going to do now? Are you going to go back home and do nothing, or are you going to go back and make a difference?
So many times we build up to big events and then flop on the floor afterward having spent all of our energy on frivolous things.
God wants us to be more than that. God wants us to go out into the entire world and tell it of Him. We have just celebrated His birth; let us continue telling others just as the shepherds did.
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Luke 2:24 and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: ‘a pair of doves or two young pigeons’.
If you are fortunate enough to have friends and family that give you gifts today, how are you going to thank them?
We all love to get back with family and friends over Christmas but when we are young much of that stems from the fact that gifts are going to be given – so we put up with things!
Jesus came as the perfect gift and anyone who has had a child can relate to how special a moment that is.
How are you going to say thank you to God for the plan that He came up with to save us from our sins?
Happy Christmas!
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Luke 2:12 This will be a sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.
We can marvel all we like at the fact that this is Jesus Christ, our Messiah, Saviour, Lord, Son of God… but the shepherds were being told that they would find Him lying in a manger!
We may put some things in strange places but what would you have thought if someone came and told you that you would find the new king in a feeding trough?
Jesus did not need the pomp and ceremony of an earthly king. He does not need the world to treat Him like someone from the royal household.
All God wants is our love!
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Colossians 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
The most amazing thing about the birth of Christ was the impossibility of what was happening. God has always existed, and yet Jesus was born so that He could die.
God created everything, and yet Jesus was fully human as a created body; mind-blowing for us to try and figure out!
We may struggle with the birth of Christ but what we must never do is refuse to accept that this is what God chose to do because He loved us first of all!
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Hebrews 1:6 And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, ‘Let all God’s angels worship him.’
When Christ was born it was not just Joseph and Mary who were happy; a host of angels sung about the birth, praising God!
This was no ordinary birth even though the parents who would look after Him and bring Him up were ordinary folk. Jesus was going to make a huge impact on everyone He met!
What sort of impact do you think you are making on people?
As we come up to Christmas think how you can make an impact on someone else’s life.
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Matthew 1:23 ‘The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel’ (which means ‘God with us’).
Right from the beginning God had been telling man that a Saviour would come to us and release us from our debt we owe because of our sinful nature.
Now an angel was declaring that the time had come and would soon be upon them and the events were going to be anything but ordinary!
God was finally going to be with the people… but the people would not understand it. But that did not stop God from coming because He knew the penny would finally drop one day!
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Luke 2:1 And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
If there is one thing we can be sure of is that man will always want his pound of flesh! Just as in the days of old, we too have to pay into governments so that they can work.
That does not mean that the government is doing the right thing; we could argue that many governments are corrupt and following evil paths nowadays; but we are still subject to them.
Caesar order the census to make sure that everyone was registered to account for taxes due. This had nothing to do with worshipping God, but God was using it for His glory!
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Revelation 11:15 Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!”
There is so much to be said about the words in the book of revelations and yet we don’t talk about it much… probably because it has so much to say and we limit our time!
When the time is right, Christ will return to be King and ruler over everything here on earth and nothing we do can ever stop that.
But just because it is inevitable does not mean that we should stop doing what God has asked us to do now; we are part of His plan and there is no plan B. This is it!
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Psalm 82:8 Arise, O God, judge the earth; For You shall inherit all nations.
It is good to be able to read psalms written so long ago which give us an insight into what God was trying to teach the people about.
This is the gospel message. This is a reminder that Christ is our judge and that He alone is able to judge everyone. He is the one who will return to judge everyone.
Our bibles are not many books written which seem to have a common theme. Our bibles are many books written by many people all proclaiming the same truth about God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
Let us praise God for whom He is!
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Exodus 4:14 So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and He said: “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And look, he is also coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
This is not just about not believing that you can do anything through God who strengthens you, this is about trusting and believing that God will do what He has promised!
When God gives you the idea to go out and do things for Him, He is going to make sure that you can do things even when you think you cannot.
Moses thought he could never be a leader because of his problems with his speech; but God had already made the plan, he just had to have faith!
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Jonah 1:15 So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.
We have to always be aware that when God asks something of us, we need to answer and do it! Not just think about it, not just talk about it, not have another meeting to discuss it, but to do it!
Jonah knew he had done wrong and knew that God was on his case because of that. His only response he could think of was to allow God to take him.
We do not have to let things get that far that the only course of action is total defeat. God wants us active and working with Him not totally passive and useless.
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Mark 14:6 But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me.
When the disciples thought that someone was not doing what they should have done, they got a bit upset and started telling Jesus what they thought.
What Christ did in return was to berate them for judging what was good practise in their own eyes. Jesus loves a cheerful giver and we are the ones who take what is in our own hearts and give to God.
Each of us do things in our own ways and it is God who has the say over what is right and not us!
Trust Him to show you what is required, not man!
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2 Chronicles 6:8 But the Lord said to my father David, “You did well to have it in your heart to build a temple for my Name.
This is one of those verses that we need to read in context to find out the deeper meaning. On the surface it is just God telling David He was pleased that David wanted to build a temple.
But when we dig a bit deeper we find out a few secrets; the first being that David was not the one to build the temple because of the sin in his own life.
The second being that God was showing David forgiveness by allowing him to continue to plan and gather everything required for that temple build.
God wants us to grow and not to be held back by the sin in our past.
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2 Corinthians 8:12 For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.
Have you ever felt that you don’t give enough to the church or to God? Have you ever wondered if you should be doing more?
We all go through this guilt at some stage or another, but God is not expecting us to give above what we are able. This is something I have struggled with in the past as I try to give everything!
God loves us and He knows our circumstance. As long as we are willing we will find giving is easy; but don’t get stressed about not doing enough because you haven’t got enough!
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2 Corinthians 9:7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
We are called to be servants of God, but if we are not going to do so willingly then we are saying that we are slaves.
I think most of us have grown up knowing what slavery is nowadays and we would not like to be slaves to anyone; but there are many people who still are, even in this modern world.
God wants us to come forward willingly to work for Him, just as we would willingly give money to people who need it or to the church to help with its running.
God does not want us as slaves. He overcame that for us.
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Judges 5:2 When leaders lead in Israel, When the people willingly offer themselves, Bless the Lord!
When Deborah was the force behind the change at that time, she encouraged people to back those that were working for God.
Does that sound a bit like saying, bless God when others do? Well it should because revival has to start somewhere…
If someone else is brave enough to stand up and tell others about God then you should be right there by their side lifting up the name of God with them!
Don’t wait for others to make a difference. You can!
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Psalm 110:3 Your people shall be volunteers In the day of Your power; In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, You have the dew of Your youth.
It is God who pulls us all together as one people. It is God who is looking out for every single one of us. It is God who is our shepherd, keeping us, guiding us, feeding us.
Right from when we were first reborn into The Spirit, we have been in His charge and should have been listening to Him.
But just as a new-born lamb does not have full control of listening to its parent, nor do we. We have to learn how to listen to and obey God.
Do not turn your back on Him otherwise you will miss the instruction!
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Ephesians 2:9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
One of our biggest problems in life is that we all seem to want everyone else to know just what we get up to. I am talking from experience here and not judging others!
I do like others to know what I get up to even though I say I don’t! God has given me a love for taking His Gospel out to young people and so I want others to know that.
But let us not boast of our own doing but rather of the strength, might, power, wisdom and love that God can display through us and not of us.
Without God, we have nothing.