DON’T FORGET!

Colossians 3:15 NLT And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.

Do you ever find you need reminding of things? You may have good intentions but then you forget to do what you’re supposed to do! It’s not even an ‘age’ thing because I was like it years ago but I have learned to write notes to myself and pin them where I’ll see them to remind me! Maybe you do the same?😊

In the same way I think we might need reminding of some of the things the Holy Spirit said through Paul in Colossians 3 (NLT). If you’ve not read it lately have a little look with me: 

10 Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.

12…you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 

13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.

14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. 

Maybe it would be good to write them down and pin them up around the house because it’s easy to forget, whether we’re 4 or 94!😊 Earlier in the chapter Paul talks about taking off things like being greedy, sexual immorality, impurity, lust, anger, rage, spiteful behaviour, etc. but he tells us to put on our new nature.

If we’re honest, our new nature is much nicer so why do we want to hang on to any of the other stuff like unforgiveness and offence anyway? It only makes us miserable in the end! It’s time to let some things go, to take them off like an old worn out coat and put on our shining armour of righteousness which we’ve been given as a free gift instead. When we do we’ll find peace will come as a result. As Paul says…15 And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. And always be thankful. 

Why not have a read of Colossians 3 again and be blessed and maybe get your pen and paper notes out?🤣 Amen.

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WE HAVE A GOOD REPORT

Proverbs 15:30 NKJV The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, And a good report makes the bones healthy.

When we were at school we wanted to take home a good report to make our parents smile.😊 Now we constantly receive doctor’s reports, maybe job reports, or bank reports and some of them can be disturbing. But I have good news because we have a good report every day that should make us smile and it’s the Word of God which supersedes them all!

Our report says this:

God loves us with an everlasting love and nothing can separate us from His love.✔️

Our sins have been forgiven and cast away as far as the east is from the west, and God remembers them no more.✔️

God has given us His grace and righteousness as a gift so we can reign in life.✔️

Now everything Jesus has is ours as Joint Heirs with Him!✔️

By Jesus wounds we are forgiven and also healed.✔️

Our God is merciful and faithful and He will never abandon us or leave us without support.✔️

Our God will provide all our needs according to His riches in heaven by Christ Jesus.✔️

He has made us Over-comers, more than conquerors through Jesus.✔️

We are anointed and equipped and can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.✔️

We have the Spirit of the Living God, who raises the dead, dwelling on the inside of us.✔️

Jesus is coming again to receive us to Himself.✔️

Our outstanding report comes from God’s word and it goes on and on. You can read it for yourselves, but even this little bit of our report is wonderful beyond our imagination and you know what a good report does? Our verse says it makes our bones healthy and strong when we believe it! 

Let’s keep reading our report every day and find out what the rest of it says, till it sinks down into our bones, till it transforms our minds, and if we receive a bad report from anywhere else we can say with total confidence, “Ah, but I have a better and a higher report and even though I may not see it all yet I receive it by faith.”😊 In Jesus name. Amen.

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