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John 10:11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
How many people have you had who have come forward to help you or your family lately? I am pleasantly surprised how many people do reach out to offer help to others.
Many people here in the UK have been told they should not leave their homes for 12 weeks – my father being one of them – because the government cannot assure their safety.
But, our Lord and Saviour, was willing to lay down His life to make sure we live forever in Heaven.
What are you doing to keep yourself safe? What are you doing to keep others safe?
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John 9:11 He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”
When we think of miracles, we tend to think of them in terms of what can be achieved in our physical world… who would stick mud in their eyes to allow them to see?
But Jesus is not limited to physical ways or to logical ways – God works in way we can not imagine and in ways we think impossible!
Don’t limit your prayers to ways you can understand – if you are in need, ask for the super-natural and not just the natural!
God can and will do it!
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Acts 14:27 On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
Oh how we are going to look forward to doing this sort of thing in person again!
Whilst much of the world begins to realise we have to stay away from people in order to stop or slow the spread of the virus, we still have this need to go out into the public!
This has been shown by the number of people who ignored government advice and went out into parks and beaches.
But even in this time we can still open the door of faith by showing people how much we rely on God and trust Him to bring us through this pandemic!
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Acts 28:28 “Therefore I want you to know that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
God made sure people would listen. Often times we get too comfortable in our ways and it is only when something is taken away from us or given to others that we stop and take notice!
God does not want to turn anyone away and this is why the Gospel has been given out to anyone who is willing to listen.
The Jews were ignoring it, so it was made available to the Gentiles right in front of their faces.
Don’t wait until God does something drastic before you make a difference to your life – be the change!
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Isaiah 6:10 Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.
What happens when you really annoy someone? They normally turn their back on you and don’t want to hear from you again!
God was at this stage with the people of Israel and wanted them to stop and think about what they were doing to Him!
We really do not want to be on the receiving end of this sort of wrath from God – He was able to create everything and is just as able to take it away when we annoy Him.
I would rather try to walk with God and listen to Him each day...
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Hebrews 5:11 We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand.
How far do you go to understand what someone else is trying to tell you? As the story tellers, we expect people to listen and to follow what we say…
But, as the recipients of those stories, we tend to let our minds and hearts drift far away from the subject.
I think of it as doodling with my mind because my mind seems to wander off and think of loads of different little things which are not related in any way!
We need to stop doodling and just do it!
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John 11:33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
When we go through tough and terrible times, God is with us every step of the way; a fact we often forget…
Jesus knew exactly what was happening here but still, when He saw the emotion of the people, He was deeply moved – and even cried (vs 35)
God is not going to leave you alone – something I learned whilst in hospital last year. We may not like the things which happen to us, and God may actually cry alongside you – because life is like that...
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Psalms 55:22 Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.
Our verse yesterday was rooted in this verse today – a slight difference shows us here…
We do need to give our fears and worries to God, but also our care; a subtle difference. Giving it all to God and trusting Him!
It may seem like He does not protect of from the things which continue to happen to us all, but when we do firmly put our faith and trust in Him, He will not let our world be shaken apart.
Be strong and continue to trust in God!
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1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
What sort of things are you worried about at the moment? Are you worried about health, food, work, lack of any of the above?
I have learned to firmly place my worries in God’s hands because I have learned I cannot dig myself out of the troubles I have experienced over my life…
God wants us to depend on Him, but also needs us to step up and help out where we can. What good can come out of this life if we all just stop and expect God to do everything for us?
We are called to work for and with Him, and we are called to give Him our burdens and worries so we can work effectively!
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James 5:13 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.
Whatever position you are in and whatever state you are in, you can always pray!
I know it was a national day of prayer in American over the last weekend, but I am saying we need to turn this into a national year of prayer – not just a day, a week or even a month!
God craves to hear from us every day – just as a loving parent craves to hear from their children all the time. Answer your Heavenly Father in prayer and in worship!
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Matthew 5:42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
How many times do you face someone asking you for something and turn round to say no?
I know there are a lot of professional beggars out there who do it purely for the money – some even being forced to do so by gangs.
But when we know someone is in need – what do we do. Whatever we do is going to define us and should be saying something about what we believe in too!
Show someone you love your God today by doing the unexpected!
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Matthew 5:12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
How are we expected to be happy about the horrors people do to us just because we love God? Our horrors in the western world are nothing compared to those experienced by people in the east.
God does not want us to shy away from things we can do for Him – even if it means we should have to put up with some sort of suffering…
We may not be called to be martyrs, but we are called to share the gospel & many people are going to object and try to ridicule us into stopping what we do. Be strong!
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Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
What sort of a person do you see yourself as? The kind who gets up and does things? The kind who serves others? The kind who looks after themselves first?
We are all very different people and we are all called to do various things to glorify God!
For some, it is to be the peacemakers in society – the people who try to quell the arguments from the factions, the people who try to uplift those in need and bring the able together to help others.
What kind of person are you?
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Micah 6:8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
I can’t read this verse without singing the ‘Veggietales’ song which has these words in it…
This is something we do need to not just remember but to sing and shout about so more people get the chance to change their lives as we should be!
If God was vindictive, we may well have been wiped out as a race already! Instead, God continues to try and get us to focus on what He wants and not on the things He has had to do to sort us out in the past.
Act justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly with YOUR God!
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Luke 8:10 He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, “‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’”
Have you tried to figure out the best way you can learn things by? I learn things best when I have to question what I am being told…
If someone just talks at me and tells me all the story which makes utter sense, my mind goes to sleep because it is not being challenged at all.
But if I hear things which I question, my brain kicks in and starts to ask more and more questions – questions for which I seek the answers for.
God wants our attention, not our unseeing, unhearing gaze!
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Galatians 3:12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”
Some people would take this sort of statement and say how the gospel is against the Torah or how it is against religion… but I say we should be comparing everything with what is already written in the bible.
If we stick absolutely to the law, then we are not supporting our faith. The law has not changed, but the rules of sacrificing things and such like are different because of what Christ has done.
God did not sacrifice Jesus! Jesus came forward knowing He would be crucified; but also knowing He would be raised up from the dead! Have faith.
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Romans 10:5 Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”
How do you live your life? Do you live it according to the laws of the land, the laws of the Torah, or are you looking for something else?
In the early days when Moses was given charge of teaching the people of Israel how they should be living, he had to teach them a new way to bring them back in line with what God had in mind.
But, people being people, they tried to stick to those rules above all else and hence got tied into that way of living.
Jesus wants us to live in a relationship with Him whereby we do our best and He makes the way forward for us!
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Jeremiah 33:3 ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’
I would not liked to have been Jeremiah when He was receiving all the terrible news of how Israel would become slaves and generally go downhill.
But when God promised things would turn up again, He also promised Jeremiah He would answer his prayers – not based on what men can do, but based on what God can do!
We have an awesome God who is able to do so much more than we can imagine – plead with Him and know He will be answering according to His ability and not your own imagination!
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Jeremiah 23:16 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you; they fill you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord.
Have you ever been in the position where your superior is telling you a bunch of lies in order to get you to do something their way?
It may be easier to spot when people in this world are telling you lies because you can compare what they say to reality…
But when it comes down to our teachers and leaders in church, we cannot rely on what the world has to say – we have to look at what God’s Word has said and make sure what they say is in agreement with it!
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Ezekiel 38:14 “Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In that day, when my people Israel are living in safety, will you not take notice of it?
There is going to be a time when people will look back at what God has done and wonder why they did not believe in Him in the beginning; a sad day.
It may just take a solemn reminder from us of this day to get people to think about their future and open their hearts to God.
We will never be able to work out how other people think or why they don’t want to believe in God; but we can tell them of the things God has promised will happen and allow them to make their own choices.