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Hebrews 11:17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son
One of the most difficult things to do is to say to God “Here I am, use me!”
Well, it may be easy to say the words, but to mean them is very different.
Take a few people from the Bible who have said “Yes Lord!” and try to do what they have done...
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Psalm 36:10 Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart.
The psalmist asks God to continue loving the people who are willing to show their love for God and those who are upright in heart.
When we give God the glory He alone deserves, He acknowledges us as His children…
What better acknowledgement than being acknowledged as a child of God!
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Psalm 31:21 Praise be to the Lord, for he showed me the wonders of his love when I was in a city under siege.
Have you truly placed your life in God’s hands?
It is a very difficult thing to place your life in someone else's hands, but when we do so with God we will find out something remarkable!
The psalmist recounts when God saved him when he needed it most… Allow God to do the same for you!
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Psalm 22:25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you I will fulfil my vows.
When someone asks you to do something for them, what do you do?
Do you make excuses and try to do your own thing, or do you listen and try to help where you can?
God has asked each one of us to love and help our neighbours.
Will you?
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Hebrews 12:14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.
Why do you think Jesus told us we were to love our neighbours… and even our enemies?
How can we expect God to love us if we are not going to try and draw close to Him?
To draw closer to Him we need to be not guilty – which means we need Christ to forgive us!
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Psalm 48:1 Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain.
What separates us more than a mountain which we think we cannot climb?
God wants us to draw close to Him and to do that He is willing to give us all the rope we need…
But we still have to grasp that rope!
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Psalm 27:7 Hear my voice when I call, Lord; be merciful to me and answer me.
How often have you demanded something of God because you really needed it?
How often have you stopped to listen for an answer from Him?
Stop shouting and start listening!
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Hebrews 13:15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise – the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.
God would like us to praise Him at all times, not just on Sunday, not just in a church building, not just when we pray…
We can praise Him through everything we do by acknowledging Him as our creator God!
Jesus has give us direct access to Him to do this...
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Mark 5:14 You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.
I don’t know if you have ever been outside on a very dark night where there are no lights – you can see where the towns are by the glow they give off even when they are below the horizon!
God has given us a little light to shine out into a dark world…
Don’t try hide you light but let it shine!
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Psalm 104:5 He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.
Have you ever tried to explain to someone how the earth hangs in the middle of nowhere and nothing…
That is essentially what the earth is – but God created it like that and it still is the same as He created it!
Trust God because He can do anything and has done something pretty remarkable by creating this planet!
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Genesis 1:31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning – the sixth day.
What was a day back then? Well, it was the time it took for the sun to rise and fall and come round again…
How long was it in hours? Time keeps on changing. The more scientists try and understand time, the more confused many get…
God is not bound by time as we know it in the modern world because He created it in the beginning…
Don’t get too hung up about time!
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Psalm 104:17 There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the junipers.
God gave us all choices in life. The birds choose to make their nests in certain places just as we choose to live in certain places.
God would like us to make choices which reflect good and not evil; but the choices are ours to make.
Choose by listening to God...
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Psalm 128:3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots round your table.
When God created a woman for the man, He did so to create a life-long companion for the man.
If we listen to God and obey His will in our lives, we too can find happiness in a new relationship which includes Him in the middle.
No matter who you meet, always keep God in the middle!
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Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
When God offers you a hand, you need to take that hand with everything you have!
When God says listen, you need to listen with both ears!
When God tells you to do something, it’s time for you to stop and obey Him!
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Genesis 3:22 And the Lord God said, ‘The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live for ever.’
God was willing to allow us to live forever right up until the point where we sinned!
Because of that sin we are not allowed to live forever; at least not until we are no longer guilty…
Jesus paid for the debt we owe for the sins we do, making it possible for us to join God back in Heaven eventually!
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Psalm 136:26 Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures for ever.
This Psalm lists many reasons to thank God for, but this is the one which shows His true love for us!
God does not hang around earth trying to do things to please all people…
God is in Heaven, waiting for us, because of His Son Jesus Christ!
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Psalm 50:5 ‘Gather to me this consecrated people, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.’
What sort of agreements have you made with God? Have you ever tried to make a deal with Him?
When we say we will do something for God or to God, we should stick to our word and make it so.
God has always carried out what He said and will continue to uphold the truth no matter what...
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Genesis 6:8 But Noah found favour in the eyes of the Lord.
No matter how wrong things go in life, there is always a glimmer of light we can search for!
No matter how much we have done wrong, God is always willing to forgive a repentant person!
Will you admit your sins to Christ? He loves you without question!
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Genesis 8:22 ‘As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.’
The books of the Torah have some of the most treasured words in them but some of which the world cannot accept without questioning them.
God promised us the world would continue to exist for as long as He deems it will.
In other words, even when things look like they are falling apart, God has His hands holding onto things safely...
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Genesis 9:3 Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
No I’m not on a mission to tell anyone what to eat or what not to eat; we all have our own feelings and that will dictate what we wish to eat or abstain from.
Personally I am finding a Far Eastern diet seem to fit in better with my body after my illness.
Do I understand why? No! I just trust God to continue guiding me forward!