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2 Samuel 7:17 Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.
What do you do when you hear the truth? Do you hide it because you are afraid others will go against you?
Do you joyfully shout out the truth to everyone around you?
Or are you somewhere in between; taking that truth and meditating on it, talking to others and mentioning it a bit at a time… hoping someone will take time to talk to you about it…
We need to grab God’s truth with both hands and share it to anyone who is willing to listen – because it is the truth!
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Psalm 29:11 The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace.
Go on! Read a bible verse today! #DailyBread
When we read the bible, we don’t just get a few more words through our brains because we dared to read them!
God will allow you to understand a little bit more each time you read His Word.
Exercise your heart by reading God’s Word.
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Psalm 51:9 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.
How many times have you done something wrong and tried to cover it up, only to find something else had to be done to cover up the first issue?
I know, as a child, I had to cover up for many things – some of which the evidence is still with us after over half a decade!
Are you willing to admit to your sins before they take hold and live with you for many years?
Yes I did admit to that sin a long time ago!
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Psalm 51:13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you.
If you are asking God to look out for you all the time, what are you willing to do for Him in exchange?
I know God doesn’t work like that, but are you willing to do things just because He loves you?
If we can show someone else how much God means to us and how much He loves us, we can change their lives without changing their lives!
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Hebrews 2:17 For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.
God had planned this all along, and He made sure all the right people throughout history had been in the right places at the right times for this to happen!
Even when man demanded their own kings and ways, God continued to make sure this moment would happen – the day Jesus was presented at the temple as a baby human boy!
God knows best, believe Him!
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2 Samuel 15:13 A messenger came and told David, ‘The hearts of the people of Israel are with Absalom.’
Do you get jealous when others are liked more than you? Do you get upset about others having more friends? Do you long to be like someone else?
God has created us the way we are and the sooner we accept we are the people God has created, the better off we will be.
I’m not saying we can all be perfect if we accept the way we are – because most of us have learned bad things from others.
But if we listen to Christ and obey Him, we can live better!
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Psalm 86:6 Hear my prayer, Lord; listen to my cry for mercy.
If we continue to live our lives by constantly calling out for God and relying on Him always, we will not have to spend so much time calling out for help when we are in dire need!
God wants us to constantly talk with Him and allow Him to know we are willing to ask Him for help when we need it.
We should not wait until it is too late before we ask for help!
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2 Samuel 24:10 David was conscience-stricken after he had counted the fighting men, and he said to the Lord, ‘I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, Lord, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing.’
There were many times when King David did things his own way because he was headstrong or lusted after something…
But, each time, after a word from the prophets, he came to God and asked for forgiveness from his ways.
Each time, God forgave him. God is faithful to forgive when we come and admit to our sins.
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Mark 6:13 They drove out many demons and anointed with oil many people who were ill and healed them.
How could the disciples go out and heal the ill and drive out demons from people?
They listened to Christ and obeyed Him. When God asks us to step forward and do things, things which we may doubt or be afraid of, we can be sure it is the right thing to do!
God wants us to succeed in working with Him. He wants us to have an abundant life. He has a plan. We just need to follow that plan!
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Genesis 22:12 ‘Do not lay a hand on the boy,’ he said. ‘Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.’
God may ask you some difficult things, but He is not going to put you in harms way if you are willing to obey Him!
We may think all is lost when we do something for God we think is impossible, but God has already made the plan for it to succeed.
Trust wholly in God and allow Him to fulfil His promises before you give in to the world!
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Psalm 119:15 I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.
What do you do with your bible? Is it used as a decoration on your book shelf, or do you read it?
If you read it, what do you do with the words you read from it?
God doesn’t just want us to read the bible because it is His Word, He wants us to hear what the words say, think about them, keep them in our hearts and share them with our neighbours!
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1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Paul was one of the zealous Jews who would persecute the Christians at every opportunity – until he heard the truth for himself.
Once we heard the gospel truth, we know in our hearts it is the truth and we find out more!
God does not turn people away because they have done things wrong or have persecuted Christians…
God turns people away because they refuse to believe in Him!
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Mark 6:56 And wherever he went – into villages, towns or countryside – they placed those who were ill in the market-places. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
Wherever Jesus went, crowds of people followed bringing their sick family, friends and neighbours to try and be healed by Him.
Because of their faith, they just had to touch the edge of His cloak to be healed.
This is the faith Christ continues to ask for, a faith which is as absolute as we can make it – we have to display it!
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Psalm 84:10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
Have you ever had to spend the night in a hostel, hotel or other place which you absolutely hated?
Sometimes we get far to used to the luxuries in life and we lose focus on what we do for God because we are so busy doing things the way of the world!
God wants us to think about what we do and why we do it – we really do need to give God the glory for all we have (or have not!)
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Psalm 37:32 The wicked lie in wait for the righteous, intent on putting them to death;
We may not think of it when we say bad things to others, but we may well be hurting them a whole lot more than we realise.
All it takes is a word out of turn to twist someone’s heart beyond their breaking point.
Think careful before you start to gossip or tell things to people you know they do not want to hear!
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Psalm 106:39 They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.
We have to be careful how we live our lives; it is far too easy to live according to the ways of the world and separate ourselves from God by doing so.
The more we go with the ways of the world, the more we let ourselves down and the more we walk away from God.
Turn back to God and invite Him to walk closely by your side – remember He is there and act like He is watching your every step!
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Psalm 81:10 I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
Have you ever tried to feed a baby who was more intent on making a mess than eating? It doesn’t end well!
Even when we are fighting a losing battle with a wayward baby, we still continue to get them to open their mouths so we can feed them!
God has to continually try to make us open our hearts to what He has to tell us, just so we can get to grow in the truth and flourish with Him!
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1 kings 13:33 Even after this, Jeroboam did not change his evil ways, but once more appointed priests for the high places from all sorts of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest he consecrated for the high places.
When I was asked if I wanted to go and train to be a priest, I rejected the idea at first because I did not believe God was calling me to be a priest at that time!
If we simply do what we want to do, we may be working against God’s wishes – even if we are doing something we believe God would approve of!
If we wish to please God we should listen to Him and obey Him. We have a long history written about before us where we can see how horribly things went wrong when people did what they wanted instead of obeying God.
Think and Listen!
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Jeremiah 17:7 But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.
Jesus lived out the scriptures. He did not make new scriptures but rather fulfilled them by loving us like God does.
The scriptures are full of places where God was blessing the poor and needy, those who were willing to trust in Him for everything.
If we continue to trust in God, we too will see these blessings and comfort fill out lives!
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James 1:6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
When you doubt, are you doubting what God can do, or doubting what you can do for God?
We are human and we do doubt ourselves; this is what prevents us from succeeding when we need to. But this is very different from doubting God!
We should never doubt God and what He is asking of us. Nothing is impossible with God and nothing too difficult for Him.
We are the weak link in the chain – trust God to give you strength to hold that chain together!