Heart motives
1 Samuel 16:7 NLT But the LORD said to Samuel, "Don't judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The LORD doesn't see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." Don't we all do this - see someone's appearance and make our judgement of that person? Our God has unique perspective on each and every person. He sees as no one else does. He knows the intentions and purposes of the heart - my heart, your heart!
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Identify in Christ
Psalm 62:5-8 NLT Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my Hope is in Him. [6] He alone is my Rock and my Salvation, my Fortress where I will not be shaken. [7] My victory and honour come from God alone. He is my Refuge, a Rock where no enemy can reach me. [8] O my people, trust in Him at all times. Pour out your heart to Him, for God is our Refuge. Interlude We are all such vulnerable creatures, easily depressed and suppressed. We shuffle around looking for identity,
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Ascension
Luke 24:49-53 NKJV Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high." [50] And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. [51] Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into Heaven. [52] And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, [53] and were continually in the temple praising and blessing G
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Rivers
John 7:38-39 NKJV He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." [39] But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. When I first was baptised in the Holy Spirit this verse became a real explanation of what had happened within me. I did indeed feel those living waters rushing and gushing from within me. Note wh
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A lesson for Britain
Judges 8:34-35 NKJV Thus the children of Israel did not remember the LORD their God, who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side; [35] nor did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (Gideon) in accordance with the good he had done for Israel. 8th May was VE Day. How different it was from last year when the country celebrated 80 years since the end of WW2. There was hardly a mention of the great victory over the brutal Nazi tyranny. No venera
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Unreachably unwilling!
John 5:39-40,43 NKJV You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. [40] But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. [43] I have come in My Father's Name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. Jesus speaks to the religious leaders of His time and also for the time to come. He'd just healed a guy who'd been disabled for 38 years, lying in wait for som
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Resurrection is coming!
John 5:24-29 NKJV "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. [25] Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. [26] For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself, [27] and has given Him authority to exec
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