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Faith
Mar 8th
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.” Heb 11:1-3
In Hebrews 11 we read of ordinary people who did extraordinary things – all out of proportion to their powers. I’m sure that, at times, this must have been a surprise to themselves as well as to others, yet it is because of the Holy Spirit within them that they were able to do these things in obedience to God.
We Are The ‘Yes’ Of God
Mar 8th
During one of my placements I worked in a police station for a few days. After a hard day’s work I stopped to read a newspaper a few minutes before clocking off. As I was reading the paper I suddenly I realised that the room had gone quiet. A man had come into the room and was staring at me. I kept on reading the paper whilst thinking to myself, “I’m sure I’m supposed to recognise you from somewhere.” Unfortunately I failed to realise that it was the Chief Inspector in charge of the station, until after he’d started having a go at me. No one on the room bothered to say anything in my defence, and before I could open my mouth he had walked out.
The Fire of Our Actions or the Fire of His Presence
Feb 28th
Once I saw a beautiful church building made up of rejected pieces of marble that were brought together into a whole. It made a very beautiful sanctuary. I have picked out certain things; pieces left over from the reckage of my life, and am trying to put them together into a temple of God – a workable way to live. If our life has gone to pieces, take the pieces and give them back to God, and he will make something out of them. It is amazing what God can do with a broken heart, or life, when you give him all the pieces.”
Blessing
Feb 19th
As a young seven-year-old African-American girl Ruby was taken to a mixed school, the first of its kind in the USA. Mobs lined the pathway to the school, and were held back by police as they hurled insults at parents and children. Inside the school, child-psychologists waited to talk to any child that might be frightened or traumatised. Think of how the children must have felt.
One day Ruby was seen to stop briefly and say something under her breath. The counsellors asked her the matter was, and what she had been saying. Ruby replied that she asked God to forgive them because they didn’t know what they were doing. Ruby had her heavenly Father looking after her, and the Great Shepherd walking with her by His Spirit.
Spirituality
Feb 19th
You were thought of in the mind of your Creator before the world came into existence. Before atoms and molecules were spoken into being there was a reason for creating you. Before the movement of this planet, or the touch of the sun and moon upon our orbiting world your Creator knew of a time when you would arrive. You were thought of before the painting was on the canvas, or the ingredients of the Universe were mixed together in a pageantry of colour and harmony. Before the advent of time there was, in the mystery of eternity, a plan to create mankind. There was a plan to create beings able to partake in all the wonder and beauty of this world, and also reach beyond it to fullness of life with their creator. Yes, before mountains and valleys were shaped and moulded, or the orderliness of seasons was set in place there was a decision made in eternity. There was a decision made to create a being, able to benefit from the love of another. You are special, you are unique, you are noticed; you were created to be loved and to love.
Be Encouraged
Feb 18th
This week I was sent a PowerPoint titled “Someone Cares”. The PowerPoint contained various pictures of people, along with the following words, and background music “It’s too good to be true, I can’t keep my eyes off of you.” The words? - “Had a bad day? Feel alone and abandoned? Convinced nobody cares about you? Think no one cares about your life; your work? Are you sure nobody sees your success or failure, and doesn’t care if you live or die? You are wrong. Somebody is very interested in everything you do. When everybody else quits on you…we never stop thinking of you.” The PowerPoint concluded with the logo of the Inland Revenue.
