WE’RE ALL DIFFERENT!

Matthew 4:4 NLT But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”

It never fails to amaze me how different we all are and how we appreciate different things. Some people love abstract art while it leaves others scratching their heads! Some things we can learn to like, while others just disturb us, but we can all agree to differ and not feel bad because we don’t like what someone else obviously does.😊

When it comes to scripture though we’re so blessed in our day and age to have the bible in so many different translations so we can all learn to tune into it and feed off it in words we can understand. 

Proverbs 4:20-22 NKJV 20 My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh. God tells us His words are life to our spirit and health to all our flesh, that it supernaturally brings life and healing with it because Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life and that Jesus Himself is the Word. When we read it we’re tuning into Jesus, as His Holy Spirit opens it up to us.

Back in 1536 William Tyndale was burned at the stake because he became the first person to print the New Testament in English directly from the original Greek, and parts of the Old Testament from the original Hebrew text into English. How grateful we can be for his courage and sacrifice so we can have the Words of Life in our own hands, but it’s so easy to forget and take it for granted.😊

God reminds us we were never meant to live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. I have to ask myself am I/we just having quick snacks on the Word or do we sit down with the Word and digest a proper meal so we can grow?

Lord may Your Word come alive as we read it, may it transform us and fill us with faith and hope knowing it is the truth just as Jesus is the Truth. May it become our ‘go to’ for wisdom, our lifeline, our bread of life, more and more, and learn to go from the milk of the word to the meat of the word. In Jesus name. Amen.

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HOPE IS OUR ANCHOR

Hebrews 6:18-19 CEV God cannot tell lies! And so his promises and vows are two things that can never be changed. We have run to God for safety. Now his promises should greatly encourage us to take hold of the hope that is right in front of us. This hope is like a firm and steady anchor for our souls. In fact, hope reaches behind the curtain and into the most holy place.

When ships sail into a safe harbour they put their anchors down so they remain steady. I wonder, is your anchor down or has it been pulled up because of circumstances and now you feel like you’re floating around, tossed by the waves? When that happens we can feel very vulnerable but God doesn’t want us to feel like that, in fact He has done something so we won’t need to.

He has told us we can run to Him for safety and His promises are there for us to grab a hold of to give us such hope that no storm can shake it. When we have our anchor hooked into His promises He will hold us steady and we won’t drift off.

Sometimes we need to be reminded we are a people who have hope, we have a loving, caring Heavenly Father who has made provision for everything in life we shall ever need through giving us His Son. 2 Peter 1:3-4  tells us that it comes through knowing Him and His precious promises and all He asks us to do is believe them.😊

Jesus told us to come as a little child with simple trust and not try to work everything out ourselves beforehand, which for some of us is not easy! But God already has it all worked out so we don’t need to, which is why He tells us to give Him our worries instead of carrying them ourselves because they can wear down our faith. 

We may even think we don’t have enough faith but there’s nothing wrong with our faith, because God gave us the measure of faith. (Romans 12:3 KJV) It’s not a baby faith but the same faith the apostles had. It’s a fruit of the Spirit which He produces in us. It’s just our unbelief that gets in the way!😊

So let’s ask the Lord for His help, to hold us steady, to simply trust His vow to bless and multiply us, to trust His promises to provide, restore and heal us, and allow Him to be the great I AM in our lives today and every day as we keep our eyes fixed on Him. In Jesus name. Amen.

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