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God dreams of people believing in him, being proud and standing tall in their faith.
“‘I said, How I would set you among my sons,
and give you a pleasant land,
a heritage most beautiful of all nations.
And I thought you would call me, My Father,
and would not turn from following me. (Jeremiah 3:19 ESV)
It is perhaps odd to think of God doing something as human as dreaming but remember we are created in his image not the other way around. Jeremiah 3 is all about God's dream of his people Israel returning to him and all the peoples of the earth knowing and worshipping him and all calling him father. This dream is mirrored with the dream of the people to be prosperous and living in a peaceful and abundant land. This multi layered dream is the background to the Bible, it goes something like this, God dreams of fellowship with his creation so he created men and women, those men and women dream of the abundant life, God sees these dreams and hopes that man's dream will include him. It is a roundabout of hope, God sent his Son Jesus to be our Saviour and to give mankind a way of dreaming faith dreams but for some reason mankind refuses the dream. Will something as simple as a blog be a means of refreshing that dream in mankind?
God wants people to be proud of being Christian and to stand tall in their faith. He wants us to be strong enough to withstand the mockery of non believers. He wants a readiness to answer for our faith and the strength of character to stand our ground. These things can only happen when we are dependant on him when we not only know our need of him but refuse to act without his strength. This is the meaning of the passage we have looked at before blessed are poor in spirit. You will notice that the same reward is reserved for the poor in spirit as it is for the persecuted, the kingdom of heaven is theirs. This is the New Testament dream of God, that people will dream of God and will act out their dream with a whole heart. Lets do it.
Monday, 27 February 2012
Sunday, 26 February 2012
Forgive me as I forgive others
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I have woken this morning thinking about the times in my life I have fallen short of what I think God expects of me. You will notice that the Bible uses two different words here to describe our sins, the more familiar trespasses and debts. Debts in the Greek means to fail in ones duty towards and is more to do with religious and moral failings, while trespasses means to fail to do what you want to do or to behave in a way you want others to. So Jesus covered all ideas of sin in covering our failing to live out our faith in terms of our religious behaviour as well as in our relationships with other people.
Jesus called his followers to be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect which is both impossible and something to really work on. Earlier in the same chapter Jesus called to remember that we are spiritually poor because then we will know God's blessing. This means that as we acknowledge our own inability to live up to God's expectations and remember that no one can do it! So we forgive others and receive our own forgiveness and we will be on the road to perfection.
I personally reckon that this is wonderful and try to make it true in every part of my life. If someone behave in a way that I don't like I reckon that they can't help it and so forgive them. Easier to do sometimes than others. But it is so much less burdensome than blaming them for their behaviour and letting a rift appear in a relationship. God wants us to get along with each other and to leave the detail of the changes in our behaviour to him. He will change us in the big things as we let go of the little things.
There is no harm in praying for someone I forgive him/her for ***** please change them so they no longer behave life this. Jesus was asked by the Apostle Peter how many time should I forgive my brother when he sins against me? In the Greek a third word is used for sin, it means missing the mark and even not winning the prize. This is a very high level of expectation for one person to have of another. It is like saying my brother has not lived up to every inch of my expectation, what should I do. You should know that the number 7 represents a very high number but Jesus says not 7 times but 77 which means you should go on forgiving without counting.
So please practice forgiving those near you and those who come across your path and then you will be forgiven.
I have woken this morning thinking about the times in my life I have fallen short of what I think God expects of me. You will notice that the Bible uses two different words here to describe our sins, the more familiar trespasses and debts. Debts in the Greek means to fail in ones duty towards and is more to do with religious and moral failings, while trespasses means to fail to do what you want to do or to behave in a way you want others to. So Jesus covered all ideas of sin in covering our failing to live out our faith in terms of our religious behaviour as well as in our relationships with other people.
Jesus called his followers to be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect which is both impossible and something to really work on. Earlier in the same chapter Jesus called to remember that we are spiritually poor because then we will know God's blessing. This means that as we acknowledge our own inability to live up to God's expectations and remember that no one can do it! So we forgive others and receive our own forgiveness and we will be on the road to perfection.
I personally reckon that this is wonderful and try to make it true in every part of my life. If someone behave in a way that I don't like I reckon that they can't help it and so forgive them. Easier to do sometimes than others. But it is so much less burdensome than blaming them for their behaviour and letting a rift appear in a relationship. God wants us to get along with each other and to leave the detail of the changes in our behaviour to him. He will change us in the big things as we let go of the little things.
There is no harm in praying for someone I forgive him/her for ***** please change them so they no longer behave life this. Jesus was asked by the Apostle Peter how many time should I forgive my brother when he sins against me? In the Greek a third word is used for sin, it means missing the mark and even not winning the prize. This is a very high level of expectation for one person to have of another. It is like saying my brother has not lived up to every inch of my expectation, what should I do. You should know that the number 7 represents a very high number but Jesus says not 7 times but 77 which means you should go on forgiving without counting.
So please practice forgiving those near you and those who come across your path and then you will be forgiven.
Friday, 24 February 2012
Unemployment - What would Jesus do?
Unemployment is a worldwide problem, it is challenging all societies from rich to poor. It is as if mankind needs to find a new way of giving people the means to live. As we hear the speeches of politicians we here the ringing of voices spoken in a vacuum, they have nothing to say. As both China and the USA develop through the phases of their industrial revolutions they are finding unemployment a growing problem, everyone needs a solution.
It seems simple to say we have no alternative to being dependant on the God who made us and who saves us. I have told you in a earlier post that the name of Jesus means God saves. The God who saves is ready to help in time of trouble as it says in Psalms 46. The Old Testament has a number of names for God which are really descriptions thus in Psalm 46 we have Eloheem which is translated as God and means supreme and Jehovah which is translated as the Lord and means eternal. So from the Hebrew language God is described as the Supreme Eternal Being who can tackle all of your problems. That God is determined to be exalted in the earth and we are waiting for this to happen.
When we pray "Your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven" we can have in mind both this grand vision as well as our personal need. God is interested in us as he is in everyone, he says to call him Father. We need a revelation of a new way of giving people the food and water they need. In England and many other places we need lots of gentle rain to break our drought. We do not need that heavy torrential downpour that brings floods and runs straight off the land. We need God to be gentle with us and kind towards us and to reveal his ways to us. We in our turn need to accept that the Jesus we learnt about in our youth is the only Saviour we are going to get and that it is His teaching that we are to put into practise.
It seems simple to say we have no alternative to being dependant on the God who made us and who saves us. I have told you in a earlier post that the name of Jesus means God saves. The God who saves is ready to help in time of trouble as it says in Psalms 46. The Old Testament has a number of names for God which are really descriptions thus in Psalm 46 we have Eloheem which is translated as God and means supreme and Jehovah which is translated as the Lord and means eternal. So from the Hebrew language God is described as the Supreme Eternal Being who can tackle all of your problems. That God is determined to be exalted in the earth and we are waiting for this to happen.
When we pray "Your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven" we can have in mind both this grand vision as well as our personal need. God is interested in us as he is in everyone, he says to call him Father. We need a revelation of a new way of giving people the food and water they need. In England and many other places we need lots of gentle rain to break our drought. We do not need that heavy torrential downpour that brings floods and runs straight off the land. We need God to be gentle with us and kind towards us and to reveal his ways to us. We in our turn need to accept that the Jesus we learnt about in our youth is the only Saviour we are going to get and that it is His teaching that we are to put into practise.
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Being a good parent
With the day to day responsibility of being a parent comes the temptation to worry. Watching children grow, the words of other people undermining your decisions, comparing your child with children of a similar age and many other parts that make up being a parent all give opportunity to worry. The Bible instructs its readers do not worry but give thanks and pray asking God for what you need and peace will fill your hearts. This is a wonderful truth, peace follows prayer, so we might ask "for how long do we pray?" The answer is until you get peace, it will always come and often quicker than we expect.
When the baby cries and you've done all the practical things to help give thanks that's what Holy is your name is short for in the Lords prayer. The child can't pray for him/her self so you pray your kingdom come your will be done it this life as it is in heaven. Then develop this phrases as you think about the child's life. Peace will soon come, I remember when I was a young parent being called to extra prayer in this way on many occasions, our children became quiet as we prayed for whatever came into our minds. Sometimes this prayer would concentrate on our own child, sometimes the thoughts would go wider and we would find ourselfs praying for other things, it was always much better than worry.
This is extra prayer, in the normal course of events God wants us the pray continually, that is when ever we have a spare moment, pray. It is a good habit to get into if we are with friends who share our belief we might pray together an out loud. The first time we do these things is always the most difficult, that is why we've been given the Lords prayer. It is a model of prayer, it gives prayer a shape, I hope you enjoy doing it, it will give you such a peace that you will wonder at it.
After you have prayed and received God's peace leave a comment, it is the place for your testimony to encourage others in the way of God as revealed through Jesus Christ.
When the baby cries and you've done all the practical things to help give thanks that's what Holy is your name is short for in the Lords prayer. The child can't pray for him/her self so you pray your kingdom come your will be done it this life as it is in heaven. Then develop this phrases as you think about the child's life. Peace will soon come, I remember when I was a young parent being called to extra prayer in this way on many occasions, our children became quiet as we prayed for whatever came into our minds. Sometimes this prayer would concentrate on our own child, sometimes the thoughts would go wider and we would find ourselfs praying for other things, it was always much better than worry.
This is extra prayer, in the normal course of events God wants us the pray continually, that is when ever we have a spare moment, pray. It is a good habit to get into if we are with friends who share our belief we might pray together an out loud. The first time we do these things is always the most difficult, that is why we've been given the Lords prayer. It is a model of prayer, it gives prayer a shape, I hope you enjoy doing it, it will give you such a peace that you will wonder at it.
After you have prayed and received God's peace leave a comment, it is the place for your testimony to encourage others in the way of God as revealed through Jesus Christ.
Monday, 20 February 2012
Godparents
Lots of us are asked to be Godmothers or Godfathers, it is something that makes us feel special and nervous. On the day of the Baptism we have to stand up in front of the congregation and speak our lines out loud, then we want to care for our Godchild and don't know what to do. I thought I would offer an idea of how to support these children and make a difference in their lives. If this is the first time you have read this blog it's aim is to encourage you to make the Lords prayer something you do naturally and often.
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Instead of saying the Lords prayer off quickly, I am suggesting that we take each phrase and develop it. So when we say or think your kingdom come we can add your kingdom come in Alison's life (name your own Godchild). When we pray your kingdom come we think of the best that life could offer and we pray it into being. We believe that God's kingdom is wonderful and remember it is just what we want for ourselves and for our futures. Then as we pray your will be done on earth as it is in heaven we are praying for peace, friendship, love, patience, health to surround our Godchildren.
We carry on making these prayers until we have peace, we can pray it quietly at any time of the day or night. I like doing it while waiting at the bus stop or sitting in a traffic jam or during the adverts on TV. You see we don't have to wait until we are in church to pray, we try to remember to pray in the spaces we get when we could either worry or get some peace.
Come back to this blog again for more thoughts on the Lords prayer.
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Instead of saying the Lords prayer off quickly, I am suggesting that we take each phrase and develop it. So when we say or think your kingdom come we can add your kingdom come in Alison's life (name your own Godchild). When we pray your kingdom come we think of the best that life could offer and we pray it into being. We believe that God's kingdom is wonderful and remember it is just what we want for ourselves and for our futures. Then as we pray your will be done on earth as it is in heaven we are praying for peace, friendship, love, patience, health to surround our Godchildren.
We carry on making these prayers until we have peace, we can pray it quietly at any time of the day or night. I like doing it while waiting at the bus stop or sitting in a traffic jam or during the adverts on TV. You see we don't have to wait until we are in church to pray, we try to remember to pray in the spaces we get when we could either worry or get some peace.
Come back to this blog again for more thoughts on the Lords prayer.
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Binge Drinking 2
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I need to say more about drink. I'm sorry that the Church judges people who drink when it is really none of their business. The Church has rules and it really should keep them to itself, the Bible says to Christians don't get drunk but to the outsider it says do get drunk; God still loves you even if you don't believe in him alcohol is his forgetting medicine. Proverbs 31 We are used to rejecting God because he seems to reject us. He doesn't reject non believers but he includes everyone by giving peace to those who pray and forgetting medicine to those who don't.
Since I discovered that the Bible does not say half the things Christians say it says I have been a happier chap, I don't go to Church but I do try and pray the Lord's prayer whenever I have half a mind to do it. Proverbs says it is not for kings or priests to drink because they might forget their calling. St Peter called the followers of Jesus a royal priesthood with the very special calling to proclaim the excellencies of Jesus. Peter That's a religious way of saying tell you friends and neighbours what you've learnt today. That if you pray and believe you will know peace and that someone is in control of your life. Philippians
I need to say more about drink. I'm sorry that the Church judges people who drink when it is really none of their business. The Church has rules and it really should keep them to itself, the Bible says to Christians don't get drunk but to the outsider it says do get drunk; God still loves you even if you don't believe in him alcohol is his forgetting medicine. Proverbs 31 We are used to rejecting God because he seems to reject us. He doesn't reject non believers but he includes everyone by giving peace to those who pray and forgetting medicine to those who don't.
Since I discovered that the Bible does not say half the things Christians say it says I have been a happier chap, I don't go to Church but I do try and pray the Lord's prayer whenever I have half a mind to do it. Proverbs says it is not for kings or priests to drink because they might forget their calling. St Peter called the followers of Jesus a royal priesthood with the very special calling to proclaim the excellencies of Jesus. Peter That's a religious way of saying tell you friends and neighbours what you've learnt today. That if you pray and believe you will know peace and that someone is in control of your life. Philippians
Alcohol Abuse or Binge Drinking
Jesus first miracle was to give plenty of good wine to the guests at the end of a wedding feast. These people had had enough to drink and Jesus encouraged them to drink more. John 2 One way of looking at this is that Jesus provided the means for a binge. Jesus always had a purpose in what he did on this occasion he was fulfilling the scriptures at Proverbs 31 where it says; 'Give strong drink to the one who is perishing'. As he turned water into wine Jesus was telling the Jewish people that they were perishing and needed a Saviour. Jesus knew that he was that Saviour and that God had sent him to save God's people.
Today if you find you are drinking too much then it is Gods gift to you so you can forget that you have no faith and no idea what will happen to you after your death. Also you are at the constant push and pull of events no one is in control of your life. My advice to you is to acknowledge that Jesus really did come from God and learn the Lords Prayer so that you can always remember that God want his will to be done on earth just like it is in heaven. You will find that you will want to drink less and less as you think about God and his Kingdom.
Today if you find you are drinking too much then it is Gods gift to you so you can forget that you have no faith and no idea what will happen to you after your death. Also you are at the constant push and pull of events no one is in control of your life. My advice to you is to acknowledge that Jesus really did come from God and learn the Lords Prayer so that you can always remember that God want his will to be done on earth just like it is in heaven. You will find that you will want to drink less and less as you think about God and his Kingdom.
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Religion under threat says Baroness Warsi
The Tory's are afraid for the future of religion in public life. Last week the High Court ruled against the Mayor of Bideford having prayers at the beginning of council meetings. Richard Dawkins, the well publicised secularist, thinks that mankind has out grown its need of the religion. Ah, I get fed up with this lot. The Christian faith is not about what happens in public but about what happens in the heart. For too long religion has held faith in Jesus captive, perhaps in this electronic millennium faith can come of age. Let's explore this:
For me these two are separate, Faith is what I believe and how I organise my life, Religion is what I do publicly, on organised occasions. It is possible to go to Church and not have faith and it is possible to have faith and not go to Church. I do not murder, steal, commit adultery because I love God and love my neighbour, Matthew 22 and the most important part of this is to love my neighbour Romans 13. This faith is the building block of a simple life and a secure future. It is something that goes on day after day, it is simple as we learned in the Lords Prayer we forgive, as we have learned from these scriptures we love. The only person who is watching is God himself, he is not worried if you go to Church or Synagogue, he wants us to love and forgive and if we can do these things we are OK with him. Some might attend public worship and get a lot from it but we will only be judged on our loving and forgiving faith.
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For me these two are separate, Faith is what I believe and how I organise my life, Religion is what I do publicly, on organised occasions. It is possible to go to Church and not have faith and it is possible to have faith and not go to Church. I do not murder, steal, commit adultery because I love God and love my neighbour, Matthew 22 and the most important part of this is to love my neighbour Romans 13. This faith is the building block of a simple life and a secure future. It is something that goes on day after day, it is simple as we learned in the Lords Prayer we forgive, as we have learned from these scriptures we love. The only person who is watching is God himself, he is not worried if you go to Church or Synagogue, he wants us to love and forgive and if we can do these things we are OK with him. Some might attend public worship and get a lot from it but we will only be judged on our loving and forgiving faith.
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Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Our Father
I am Gods child, his son, because I believe in the name of Jesus. John 1 v 11-13 The name of Jesus means God saves, so the challenge to us all is to believe in the God who saves, delivers, rescues, helps. The thing is that we have to actively believe this, it is a dynamic relationship. Anyone who does not believe calls God a liar 1 John 5 v 10 it really is very serious.
This is a matter of life or death, I believe that God will save me whenever I am in trouble is my essential armour. Psalm 46 v 1-3 This changes my life: I want to live in a way that is Gods kingdom and will being done on earth as it is in heaven. Gods will is that we experience his kingdom on earth, that will be very good.
It is in this relationship that I have the confidence to ask for help at all times.
This is a matter of life or death, I believe that God will save me whenever I am in trouble is my essential armour. Psalm 46 v 1-3 This changes my life: I want to live in a way that is Gods kingdom and will being done on earth as it is in heaven. Gods will is that we experience his kingdom on earth, that will be very good.
It is in this relationship that I have the confidence to ask for help at all times.
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Cyber Bullying
Last night I watched a program on cyber bullying on British TV. Two things were obvious it had disastrous effects on the victims and no-one had any idea what to do about it! Victims and those fearful of becoming victims need to believe that Jesus came from God and need to pray the Lords prayer. verse They especially need the last line "deliver us from evil". Trusting that God will sort things out is the only answer to the things that mankind finds impossible. Jesus tells believers to "pray for those who persecute you". verse This passage ends with the promise that God is the avenger of wrongs done to his people, verse "I will repay says the Lord". We are called on to forgive and trust that God himself will act on our behalf, it seems difficult but it is what Jesus did when he was crucified. He trusted God and because he did this in the face of the vilest persecution he is a able to sympathise with us when we are face with our own weakness. verse more than that if we draw near to him we will find grace and help in our time of need.
We may be persecuted if we are Christians but we we have faith and peace that comes from knowing that God will sort it all out. I have to be honest and say this has never happened to me, and I can only hope that I will remember my own words if I find myself in the situation of being bullied. Jesus told us to pray for those who persecute you before the writer to the Hebrews promises us that God is the avenger of the wrongs done to his people. Jesus knew what a terrible thing it is to fall into Gods hands, and he does not desire the death of any sinner but that all people would 'repent and live'. verse Repent means turn or rethink and reassess you lives, get sorted out so you are ready to face the living God. Now we all have to do this but somehow it is more important that we pray that our persecutors have a chance to do this before they fall foul of the vengeance of God.
We may be persecuted if we are Christians but we we have faith and peace that comes from knowing that God will sort it all out. I have to be honest and say this has never happened to me, and I can only hope that I will remember my own words if I find myself in the situation of being bullied. Jesus told us to pray for those who persecute you before the writer to the Hebrews promises us that God is the avenger of the wrongs done to his people. Jesus knew what a terrible thing it is to fall into Gods hands, and he does not desire the death of any sinner but that all people would 'repent and live'. verse Repent means turn or rethink and reassess you lives, get sorted out so you are ready to face the living God. Now we all have to do this but somehow it is more important that we pray that our persecutors have a chance to do this before they fall foul of the vengeance of God.
Sunday, 5 February 2012
What would Jesus do? - 2
We seem to have come a long way from our original headline but the question remains. What would Jesus do? In all circumstances he would remember that he was dependant on our Father God and that he had already prayed. Soon after the Lords Prayer he taught them to be persistent in prayer. verse No one can be persistent in prayer if they can only pray when concentrating in Church, the important habit to adopt and to work on is the ability to pray with half of the mind. I am certain that as Jesus went about he was going through the Lord's prayer in his mind, he was concentrating on God so that when something crossed his path he was zoned in in Gods will and was able to do it.
Friday, 3 February 2012
Our Father - Creator
God is not stupid as many and he didn't dictate the Bible but he inspired men to write it. Traditionally Moses wrote the first 5 books and he began at the beginning of time as he could imagine it. He began with the story of the seven days of creation is swiftly followed by the story of Adam and Eve. chapter We read two separate stories or myths of the creation of heaven and Earth. God never ever intended for us to take these stories literally, that is why there are two accounts. They were the current understanding of early man, there are two stories so we shouldn't get confused when new myths were told, many other myths were told in the ancient world. Today we have the theory of evolution which is a modern myth. Our scientists do not know how the development from one species into another took place, just that all species are related in one way or another. I am a watcher of television programs that go into the origins of the planet and the whole of creation, what they have come up with is utterly fantastic, but no-one knows the how it all took place. To my mind science does not dismiss God, he remains almighty and at 4.5 billion years the longer they make the process of the creation of earth or the 13.5 billion years since the big bang the greater he seems to become.
The two stories have one thing in common with each other; they both give mankind responsibility to look after the things that God made. verse and verse. I wonder did you notice that in the first story God is called God and in the second story he is called Lord God. This is because if you were reading in the original Hebrew you would see that God has different names, these names came from different oral traditions that is different groups of people who came together to make up the people of God.
The important thing for us as we look at the Lords prayer is that this eternal God wants us men to know him as Father, this is a fact. He says it in many times and in many ways. verse Jesus says that our Father knows what we need before we ask. In an Old Testament passage where the prophet Isaiah is lamenting that God has punished his chosen people because they have forgotten him verse but he is still their Father. This can be a warning to us all, if his chosen people ignore God, God ignores them. He does not interfere or influence the affairs of men until he is spoken to and asked for the help we need. He tells us to pray; "Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us, the work of a true father is to forgive his children and encourage them to forgive each other.
There are other promises made about the Fatherhood of God verse he will be a Father to the fatherless, and puts the lonely in Families. but there is the warning again; the ungodly, those who ignore God will suffer and perish. The fact that God knows us and what we think and say is remarkable and to the sensitive could be worrying but should be an encouragement to stick with God no matter what.
We will comeback to this.
The two stories have one thing in common with each other; they both give mankind responsibility to look after the things that God made. verse and verse. I wonder did you notice that in the first story God is called God and in the second story he is called Lord God. This is because if you were reading in the original Hebrew you would see that God has different names, these names came from different oral traditions that is different groups of people who came together to make up the people of God.
The important thing for us as we look at the Lords prayer is that this eternal God wants us men to know him as Father, this is a fact. He says it in many times and in many ways. verse Jesus says that our Father knows what we need before we ask. In an Old Testament passage where the prophet Isaiah is lamenting that God has punished his chosen people because they have forgotten him verse but he is still their Father. This can be a warning to us all, if his chosen people ignore God, God ignores them. He does not interfere or influence the affairs of men until he is spoken to and asked for the help we need. He tells us to pray; "Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us, the work of a true father is to forgive his children and encourage them to forgive each other.
There are other promises made about the Fatherhood of God verse he will be a Father to the fatherless, and puts the lonely in Families. but there is the warning again; the ungodly, those who ignore God will suffer and perish. The fact that God knows us and what we think and say is remarkable and to the sensitive could be worrying but should be an encouragement to stick with God no matter what.
We will comeback to this.
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Pray in Secret
Jesus taught us to pray in secret, verse I think that this is great it means that Jesus knew about the reality of peoples lives. He knew that we would have time to ourselves, in fact most of the time we would be on our own, even when we are in a crowd we can be alone and praying. This works while we are doing anything that doesn't require 100% concentration. We could be waking up in the morning, cleaning our teeth, or getting dressed, or riding a bus to work, or sitting at our desk. You have imagination to put your life here, all the while you could be praying this simple prayer that God has given us: Your will be done now.
Do you know that God is so fantastic that he says that even those who don't know him but who turn to him and under their breath ask for a way out of their problems will please him. verse Even those times when we have thought "if there is a God please help me" he has heard and is pleased that we have, in our ignorance, done what it right.
If you have never lived with the confidence that God is real and has a will and purpose for your life be encouraged. You are not alone many people live as if there is no God but God is wonderful he says turn to me and live. verse
A note for you if you are wondering what verse means; if you clink on it you will find a link to a passage from the Bible just to show you that this is not my idea but that the ideas have a real foundation.
Do you know that God is so fantastic that he says that even those who don't know him but who turn to him and under their breath ask for a way out of their problems will please him. verse Even those times when we have thought "if there is a God please help me" he has heard and is pleased that we have, in our ignorance, done what it right.
If you have never lived with the confidence that God is real and has a will and purpose for your life be encouraged. You are not alone many people live as if there is no God but God is wonderful he says turn to me and live. verse
A note for you if you are wondering what verse means; if you clink on it you will find a link to a passage from the Bible just to show you that this is not my idea but that the ideas have a real foundation.
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