Day 163 Self-Justification Part 3

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Thought of the day. #Self-justification(cont) 5. Unforgiveness Often, church sermons focus on behaviors normally a litany of do’s and don’ts when it comes to a disciple’s spiritual life. When someone hurts us (especially within the church body) we suppress our...

Day 162 Self-Justification Part 2

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Thought of the day. #Self-justification(cont) 3. Busyness In this on-the-go world, we show off our busyness as if our personal significance depends on it. How can we have eyes to see and ears to hear what God has for us, if we can’t slow down long enough to seek...

Day 161 Self-Justification Part 1

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Thought of the day. Over the next 5 posts I will look at self justification in the following areas: 1. Gossip. 2. Apathy. 3. Busyness. 4. Lack of consistent church attendance. 5. Unforgiveness. 6. Disregard for the truth. 7. Focusing on behaviour rather than the...

Day 160 Surrender

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Thought of the day. #Surrender When we surrender it means we leave our future to God. Proverbs 3:5-6 says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths” (ESV)....

Day 159 God’s Protection

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Thought of the day. #God’sprotection We need to keep a shield of the Word over ourselves, so no fiery dart of the devil can penetrate our life. Even though as Christians the Holy Spirit lives within us, we must still make sure we have our shield of faith in...

Day 158 Resentment

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Thought of the day. #Resentment The fact that we are holding on to resentment, means that someone is controlling us. When we say things like, “You make me so mad”? That’s an admission that the other person is controlling us. The only way to get this person out of our...

Day 157 Doer of the Word

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Thought of the day. #DoeroftheWord Keep a soft, tenderhearted heart by seeking to love God above everything else. Then go forward to love and care for your neighbours. Your neighbours are everyone else other than you. Above all, keep loving one another earnestly,...

Day 156 Prayer

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Thought of the day. Jesus in Matthew 6: 9-13 tells us that this is how we should pray: “This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread....

Day 155 Love Beyond Words

Love Beyond Words

Thought of the day. #lovebeyondwords The Lord spoke this to me clearly one evening when I was out in Hillbrow sharing the gospel to various street people. In this particular situation I was ministering to a young man and I was telling him about how much Jesus loved...

Day 154 God First

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Thought of the day. #GodFirst In order for us to truly live a successful Christian life we need to put God first in every area of our life. Let’s look at 5 areas that we can put God first: 1. Finances. If we want God to bless our finances, even during hard...