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Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
When we do come to God in prayer we have to make sure that we come to Him with a pure and open heart because it is into that heart that God looks; not in absolute fear but with the full assurance that God is listening and will answer prayers.
We do not have to have a guilty conscience because Christ has paid for our sin debt already; and as long as that is what we are trusting in (in full assurance) then we have a glorious knowledge that God hears everything.
Christ did all that He has done to make sure we can approach Him in prayer at any time so lift up your prayers today for all that He has done!
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1 Timothy 2:8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing.
When we lift up our prayers to God it should not be as a show of pride or any other outward show of emotion; rather it should be an honest and humble request from us directly to God from our hearts.
Religious people may well do their prayers as a matter of course, but God wants us to lift up our prayers as a one to one talk coming from our hearts because He wants to answer according to our needs.
Above all we need to come to Him with the right attitude and certainly not in anger, blaming Him for things in our lives. God is fair and just. We need to accept His will for our lives because He does know what is best for us.
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Hebrews 12:12 Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees
Are you ready and willing to pray to God when required? Are you brave enough to say “yes I will pray”? Are you committed enough to pray for others when they need it?
God would like us to be able to be free enough to come to Him in prayer at any time of the day or night, whether someone is in dire need or not. God wants a personal relationship with us that goes beyond “a friend in need”.
We need to be encouraged in prayer always and to do so freely whenever we want to and certainly not to be held back just because the world think we should be busy with something else!
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Psalm 55:16 As for me, I will call upon God, And the Lord shall save me.
People will look to all sorts of thing to try and keep themselves happy or to pull them out of holes when things have gone pear shaped. The more things we try the more we seem to want to search for to find the best solution.
Aiming for the very best to start with would seem obvious until you ask people what is best; many will still be searching.
King David found the best early on in life and continually aimed at getting things right with God. We should be too because it is God who has given us this all to start with.
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Colossians 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
Prayer is an important part of our lives because it is how we make knows our hope to God. If we silently thought about things without openly talking to God we would forget what we asked for and in turn not see how He is answering our prayers.
Prayers are just as important to us because it is how we can remember our hopes and dreams.
Focusing on prayer each and every day will allow us to see how God answers our prayers but also the act of prayer focuses our minds on what we should be asking for.
Being thankful whilst asking for things shows that we do have hope that our prayers will be answered.
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Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
We can be so joyful in the hope that God gives us that we may find that when we lose sight of that hope we feel even worse that before we knew that hope.
This is because the hope that we have in God is more precious than anything else we had before we knew Him. So when we do face tough times we have to be patient to wait for God to show us the way forward.
Lifting up our prayers at all times will allow us to be aware of what God has in store for us, feeding our hope and filling us with joy again.
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Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Our bibles tell us of the glorious hope that we have in God just because we believe His promises. But it is a hope that will not be fulfilled if we do not come forward and receive that hope.
God wants us to know the joy and peace that comes from having that hope. When we are placed in a hopeless situation we will find great relief when we are given a little hope.
God gives us a sure hope that will bring more joy and peace than any other hope; and He wants us all to know it.
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Psalm 67:4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples with equity and guide the nations of the earth.
We have every reason to be glad and sing for joy because of what God has done for us. Not just today but for thousands of years God has been looking after man and making sure that He blesses us when we are faithful to Him.
The more faith and trust we are willing to place into God’s hands the more we will see just how much He is willing and able to do for us. There is no limit on what He can do, the limits are imposed by us not allowing Him to do things in our lives.
If we run the other way we will not get the love and support that He is waiting to shower on us.
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Acts 19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”
There are going to be some pretty formidable looking people that may say that they come to preach about God in our lives, but if they do not truly trust and believe in Jesus Christ themselves then they are nothing.
These evil spirits answered back at people like them and even overcame them instead of running in the other direction. But with God on our side when we place our faith and trust in Jesus, we will never have to fear being overcome by evil.
We will still face it time to time, but Jesus has already won the battle for us; if we trust in Him…
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Malachi 1:8 When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice lame or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?’ says the Lord Almighty.
Back in the times when the people of Israel had to offer animals as sacrifices, typically they would have to find a sheep with no marks or anything else wrong with it to be a perfect sacrifice. Jesus became our perfect sacrifice when He offered Himself on the cross for us.
Are we then to offer Him substandard worship or respect? Are we then to keep back the best and give Him second best? Would you buy the second best for your partner if you could afford the best?
God wants us to be willing to do our best for Him at all times because He is our best friend.
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Jeremiah 14:10 This is what the Lord says about this people: ‘They greatly love to wander; they do not restrain their feet. So the Lord does not accept them; he will now remember their wickedness and punish them for their sins.’
There is always a limit beyond which there is no hope; we just don’t seem to see where that limit is at times. I see this in myself as well as in others so I know that it is not just me having a difficult time.
God saw this time and time again in His chosen people and had to put His foot down on more than one occasion. We too have to put our foot down when we are confronted by things that push us too far, things that are against God’s will.
But it is God’s judgement that they need to fear because our recourse is only earthly, but His is eternal.
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Proverbs 1:15 my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;
It is so easy to experiment with things, take a drink too far, walk on ice, balance on the edge… but as soon as you fall you know that you should not have done that! And it’s too late!
It is so easy to give in to any temptation – that is why it is called temptation; we are tempted to give it a go knowing that we should not be – and we fail!
God does not want us to “give it a go” but to separate ourselves from those evil ways and to walk with Him instead. Yes it may be hard to continue walking with God, but the rewards are without comparison!
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Psalm 119:101 I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word.
Have you ever thought that if you read enough of your bible you would not sin? Well, that is one way of looking at things but this verse opens up another thought…
If you try to not get involved with sin and evil ways then you will find it a lot easier to be able to read God’s Word and to then obey what it has written within.
God wants us to try to avoid sinful ways so that we will not be tempted to go against His Word; giving us a better chance at understanding it and then applying it into our lives. We do have to try first of all, we cannot expect God do what we can’t be bothered with!
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Psalm 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation.
It is not going to be too often that we are able to say that we have more understanding than our teachers in a subject but there may well be a time when you can.
This is not to say that you should put your teacher down because you think you know best! They are the teachers and they have studied to get to that position. If you study harder than they did then you may well get to that stage. So study!
God wants us to study His Word so that we can know what actually happened and what He has promised. Don’t just believe what others say, find out the truth for yourself.
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1 Corinthians 14:20 Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.
What do you do when someone tells you to grow up or even if they say you acting like an old person? Depending on what it is about it could be a compliment or a rebuke.
Sometimes we do need to stop acting like children and take responsibility for what we do and say; that is when people tell us to grow up. That is the responsibility and respectful position Christ wants us to have.
And other times we have to go back to the innocence that little children display, that innocence that Christ wants us to display because it shows no evil.
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Ephesians 4:14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.
As a young child in amongst grown-ups we may feel like we are tossed about like a cork on the waves. As a new Christian we often find we feel the same amongst so many people who say they are righteous – but unless they are upholding God’s Word, then they are not what we should be concerned about.
God warns us that there will be many people saying they are Christians but gives us our bibles so that we can compare what they say against what He has said.
Believe your bible first of all!
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Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full armour of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
When we have accepted Christ into our lives we cannot just sit back and do nothing; we should be moving forward and telling others of our great Saviour.
But as we go forward we will come up against people and things that will discourage us, ignore us, fight against us and even try and stop us. This is the world that belongs to the Devil; one that we are surrounded by all the time.
That is why we need God’s strength and protection and that is why God has promised it to us when we trust in Him.
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Matthew 10:32 ‘Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
One of the great things about having eye-witnesses is that we get to hear what actually happened and what was actually said when Jesus walked here on earth as a man.
Jesus’ promise to us is that if we confess, acknowledge or admit to others that He is the Son of God, then He is going to acknowledge to God in heaven that He knows us personally.
This is His promise of eternal safety for us once we believe on Him and ask Him into our lives. It is not just something He said but a personal promise to each one of us who are willing to call Him our Lord and Saviour.
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Romans 10:9 if you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
You know, it doesn’t take a lot to believe in Jesus. I mean, we have so much given to us so that we can believe. In fact we have everything that we need; we just have to take that step forward.
This verse tells us that we need to declare with our own mouths that Jesus is Lord. I cannot say it for you, you must say it for yourself.
God wants each of us to have a personal relationship with Him and that starts with us taking that first step of saying it with our mouths. God wants to be in our lives, but we must invite Him in by admitting to the truth.
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Titus 1:2 in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began,
God promised us eternal life right from the beginning. He designed everything for us so that we could know Him and trust in Him. He has given us every reason to believe His promises; promises that have been the same from the beginning.
We have God’s Word.
Our hope is based on faith, trusting that God’s Word is one big promise. So far the promise has stood firm and we have been able to count on it every day. Let us continue to hope in God because He cannot lie…