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Psalm 119:140 Your word is very pure; Therefore Your servant loves it.
I don’t read many books and I don’t watch too many films; the main reason for that now is that I don’t much like the language that is used and the ways of the world. When I was at school I hated reading and did anything to get out of it, but now it’s a choice I make to keep my head a bit clearer.
There is nothing worse than having garbage chucked at you from all angles, or being forced to listen to bad or corrupt things when you want a clear head.
God’s Word is very pure, and though it contains some pretty horrible events, it continues to bring us back for more by encouraging us back. I love it and read it every day; you should too.
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Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
One of the most amazing things I find about the bible is that it can encourage me more than any other book, but it can also cut me down to size just by me reading the words. I have only found one person in my life that has the same effect as that, besides God that is.
But that is what the bible is; it is God’s words down in writing so that we can know what He wants in our lives. Just the words that are written will be able to slice and dice us better than any chef’s knife and better than any cheese grater. And the words will go deep into our hearts and work on us from the inside out…
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2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
The bible continues to be the best-selling book in the world. It is one of the most talked about books, one of the most controversial, one of the most read and one of the most put aside books in the world.
It has been with us for a very long time, kept secret at times, plainly and openly published, translated into many languages and continues to be used to promote a truth that is held deep within our very beings.
There is no other book in the world like the bible. It is meant to be different because it is God’s Word to you…
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Ezekiel 36:26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
When Christ said He would give us a new heart it was not a single promise but a promise that has stood for a very long time. Many years ago another prophet called Ezekiel wrote these words to remind us of what Christ would do.
Jesus gave His life for you and for me just so that He could be the one who places that new heart inside of us. He wants us to feel a real live beating heart inside and not something that is beaten up and turned to stone. He wants us to have a heart that can hold His love He is giving us…
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Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
When you want something, waiting around to see what could happen is not going to do much, but if you go forward with confidence and seek what you want, things may just work out a bit better!
God does not need us to come to Him because there is nothing that He cannot do, instead He wants us to come to Him so that we know that it was our act of trust, hope or faith that allowed us to find Him. That first step is the seed of belief that has been inside us from the beginning and God wants to make it grow. We start that by opening the door to Him…
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Romans 10:13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
This is a statement repeated after something a prophet called Joel had said 800 years before Jesus was born in Bethlehem. God has always wanted us to call on His name, right from to time when He first showed us that we break His laws.
Calling on God to say that we are sorry for the things we have done wrong is as simple as talking to a friend but it can be as difficult as climbing a mountain unless we accept Christ as our Lord and Saviour.
God is waiting, patiently, continually, lovingly and willingly, just for you.
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John 8:45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me.
How many times have you asked someone “why don’t you believe me?”
Sometimes the truth seems to be more than we can cope with and we would rather continue believing a lie because it is easier to do that. But that does not make the lie any closer to the truth; it is still a lie!
It is hard to turn round and tell the truth after you have hidden behind a lie for a while but the truth does have to come out. God already knows the truth, He just wants you to admit it. You are the only one who can admit it, others can tell of it, but you must admit it personally.
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John 5:40 But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.
What use would it be to look at the instructions to build something but ignore them and do it your own way instead? What use would it be to look up verses but just ignore them?
God has given us the bible so that we will know what we should be doing, but unless we do it we have not done anything. God wants us to come to Him so that He can give us what He has promised. As it says in the first verse I memorised, God wants to give us eternal life, but we must take the first step and come to Him and believe in Him.
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Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
We are certainly not alone! When we finally admit that we have done something wrong we begin to see how that affects others and also God. We are guilty of doing things wrong and all that we do does affect God.
It is no use trying to hide behind someone else or something else when we know that we are guilty. Admitting that we are guilty does take courage and strength and it does have to be done before we drown in our troubles. God is patiently waiting.
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1 Samuel 15:22 Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
One of the biggest differences between living now and living in the times before Jesus was born is the fact that men had to offer sacrifices for their sins. Could you imagine having to kill an innocent animal just so that something innocent could take your place?
God would much rather we obey Him than sin and have to have something or someone innocent pay for our sins…
Someone willing has already done that for you; they died for you…
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1 John 2:3 We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands.
How can you tell when you have learned something? You know how to do it… Ok that is a bit obvious but that is the same for so many things in life, including knowing God and knowing about Him.
When we know about Him we don’t always want to do what we know is right; but when we do know Christ, then we want to be able to do what is right and that means keeping His commandments, following His rules and trying to please Him.
That is also how others can tell if we know God – it is very easy to spot the truth…
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Proverbs 19:17 He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, And He will pay back what he has given.
Have you ever thought about who you affect by doing something to others? First you affect yourself. Then you affect them. Then you affect the people around you… But you also affect God!
God always watches us and sees what we do to others. He does not like it when we are not nice to others; but when we are nice to others, we will see that God will be pleased with us and will show us that He is happy with the way we are now living. But when we are horrible to others we should not look for a reward from God!
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1 John 3:11 For this is the message you heard from the beginning: we should love one another.
If we want to start acting like Christians then we need to understand why we should act that way. Jesus gave us a simple commandment to love one another, not as the other people “love” each other but as God has commanded us to.
That love means opening your heart to others and allowing them into your life. That love means sharing because you can. That love means caring because you see a need. That love must not be “switched off” like the world does but should always be available like God’s love is to us…
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1 John 3:17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?
One thing you will notice about Christians is that they are willing to share things with you; this is because that is exactly what God has taught us from the beginning and what Jesus reminded us when He was with man on earth.
If we start acting like Christians we will find it a lot easier to understand Christians and understand why God wants us to be this way; but it means that we may well have to change the way we look at other people because we will have to look at them as needing something rather than as losers…
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Genesis 6:5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
One of the biggest problems that we have is that we are always thinking of bad things. When we grow up we see bad things, we hear bad things and we have bad things happen to us; so naturally we also get involved with bad things and then our thoughts always seem to go back to those bad things… even when we are trying to be good, those bad thoughts still come back…
Those bad thoughts influence our lives! The more we think of them the more we are likely to give in to them. We need God with us so that we can break free of those continual bad thoughts…
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James 1:14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.
How do you catch a fish? You place some bait of some kind on a hook, the fish takes one look at that juicy worm (or whatever) and take a huge bite without thinking about what could happen! Bam! No more fish…
We are just like that – we take one look at some things in life and jump in without thinking. Bam! End of us…
We need to think about what God tells us, what He warns us against, and where He wants us to go. He uses the bible and other Christians to tell you these things. You have the choice as to whether you listen or not…
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John 1:3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
When Jesus came to be with us on earth He also made sure that we were reminded that God was our Creator and that everything consists because of Him and through Him alone.
And yes, that does mean He made those mean people and those beautiful people; but each of those people had a choice to make – to decide if they wanted to be mean and horrible, or not.
What you choose is going to affect you for the rest of your life and it is not a choice that you should take lightly; but God will always be ready to help you decide when you ask Him to help you…
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Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
You may be starting to ask “Who is this God that loves me?”
Our bibles tell us that He is the creator of everything; which is not what you may be told at school because scientists will try to convince you that we are related to monkeys.
Personally I would rather believe that there is a God out there that is so AWESOME that He was able to create everything just because He wanted a place for us to live and that He also created those monkeys and even those scientists…
That choice should be yours to make and not a decision that someone else forces you to “think”…
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Matthew 4:4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
One thing we all get carried away with is the things we have or the things we want in life. They may be the latest iPhone, tablet or bike and we may really want them; but we must remember that those things are not what give us life.
Yes we can have a really good time with them whilst they work and whilst we have them, but when they disappear, so does our joy. God wants us to know a much better joy in our life, one that He gives us which He shows us through the bible, one that will last with us forever. We may not be able to ride it or play games on it, but it is real and everlasting!
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Luke 17:33 Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it
“I’m all right! It’s everyone else that’s got the problem!”
How many times have you heard yourself say or think that? Or how many times have you tried hard to do something right and fallen flat on your face? Life can be hard, difficult and even seem like it is impossible at times. So why are we telling you this verse today?
God wants us to see that if we allow Him to guide us, things will change for the better. It may still be difficult and we may not like the changes, but God is the One who knows what is best for us; we just have to listen and learn from Him…