Don’t undervalue yourself. Your worth is what you are worth to God and that is a massive amount; Jesus valued you enough to die for you! ~Β Nicky Gumbel
Tag Archives: Christian Life
Don’t Undervalue Yourself
June 25, 2013 
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Are You Putting Up Walls?
June 23, 2013 7 Comments
βSome people put walls up, not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to knock them down.β
How Is Your Fear?
June 22, 2013 6 Comments
The remarkable thing about fearing God is that when you fear God you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God you fear everything else.
Oswald Chambers
Is God Happy With Your Everyday Life?
June 20, 2013 5 Comments
If God does not enter your kitchen, there is something wrong with your kitchen. If you can’t take God into your recreation, there is something wrong with your play. We all believe in the God of the heroic. What we need most these days is the God of the humdrum, the commonplace, the everyday.
Peter Marshall
Are You Climbing Up The Ladder?
June 18, 2013 4 Comments
The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
John Ortberg
Reveal Your Own Character
June 17, 2013 6 Comments
You reveal your own character most clearly when you describe someone elseβs.
God Took Me In
June 16, 2013 2 Comments
Psalm 27:9-10
The Message (MSG)
Youβve always been right there for me;
donβt turn your back on me now.
Donβt throw me out, donβt abandon me;
youβve always kept the door open.
My father and mother walked out and left me,
but God took me in.
Psalm 27:10
New International Version (NIV)
Though my father and mother forsake me,
the Lord will receive me.
Worship Isβ¦..
June 14, 2013 5 Comments
Worship is our response, both personal and corporate, to God for who He is! and what He has done! Expressed in and by the things we say and the way we live. ~Β Louie Giglio
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Is God Pleased With Your Worship?
June 14, 2013 11 Comments
Β Isaiah 1:11-17 ~ Bible Gateway
The Message (MSG)Β
11-12Β βWhy this frenzy of sacrifices?β
Β Β Β Β GodβsΒ asking.
βDonβt you think Iβve had my fill of burnt sacrifices,
Β Β Β Β rams and plump grain-fed calves?
Donβt you think Iβve had my fill
Β Β Β Β of blood from bulls, lambs, and goats?
When you come before me,
Β Β Β Β whoever gave you the idea of acting like this,
Running here and there, doing this and thatβ
Β Β Β Β all this sheerΒ commotionΒ in the place provided for worship?
13-17Β βQuit your worship charades.
Β Β Β Β I canβt stand your trivial religious games:
Monthly conferences, weekly Sabbaths, special meetingsβ
Β Β Β Β meetings, meetings, meetingsβI canβt stand one more!
Meetings for this, meetings for that. I hate them!
Β Β Β Β Youβve worn me out!
Iβm sick of your religion, religion, religion,
Β Β Β Β while you go right on sinning.
When you put on your next prayer-performance,
Β Β Β Β Iβll be looking the other way.
No matter how long or loud or often you pray,
Β Β Β Β Iβll not be listening.
And do you know why? Because youβve been tearing
Β Β Β Β people to pieces, and your hands are bloody.
Go home and wash up.
Β Β Β Β Clean up your act.
Sweep your lives clean of your evildoings
Β Β Β Β so I donβt have to look at them any longer.
Say no to wrong.
Β Β Β Β Learn to do good.
Work for justice.
Β Β Β Β Help the down-and-out.
Stand up for the homeless.
Β Β Β Β Go to bat for the defenceless.
Lighthouses Don’t Fire Cannons
June 14, 2013 6 Comments
We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won’t need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don’t fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.
D. L. Moody
Love Is A Choice!
June 12, 2013 11 Comments
Always, love is a choice. You come up against scores of opportunities every day to love or not to love. You encounter hundreds of small chances to please your friends, delight your Lord, and encourage your family. That’s why love and obedience are intimately linked- you can’t have one without the other. ~Β Joni Eareckson Tada
Point Of View
June 11, 2013 8 Comments
I have a point of view. You have a point of view. God has view. ~Β Madeleine L’Engle
Don’t Love The World’s Ways
June 6, 2013 6 Comments
1 John 2:15-17Β (NIV)
15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father[a] is not in them. 16 For everything in the worldβthe lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of lifeβcomes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.
The Message (MSG)
15-17 Donβt love the worldβs ways. Donβt love the worldβs goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father. Practically everything that goes on in the worldβwanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear importantβhas nothing to do with the Father. It just isolates you from him. The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way outβbut whoever does what God wants is set for eternity.
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The Tongue
June 5, 2013 Comments Off on The Tongue
βThe words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?β
Be Not Angry
June 3, 2013 11 Comments
Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
Thomas Kempis
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Love
May 28, 2013 9 Comments
βTo love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.β ~ C.S Lewis
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The Bad Stuff!
May 26, 2013 Comments Off on The Bad Stuff!
The bad stuff will take you further than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay and cost you more than you want to pay.
Where You Really Are With The Lord
May 22, 2013 5 Comments
To ascertain where you really are with the Lord, recall what saddened you the past month. Was it the realization that you do not love Jesus enough? That you did not seek his face in prayer often enough? That you did not care for his people enough? Or did you get depressed over a lack of respect, criticism from an authority figure, your finances, a lack of friends, fears about the future, or your bulging waistline? ~Β Brennan Manning
Extravagant Blessings
May 21, 2013 5 Comments
οΏΌ“I thank you, dear Father, for your wonderful and extravagant blessings. All that I have, all that I am, and all that I ever hope to be exists only because of the mercy or grace you have lavished upon me.
Thank you, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
To My Body
May 21, 2013 Comments Off on To My Body
You are always dragging me down,β said I to my Body. Γ«Dragging you down!β replied my Body. βWell I like that! Who taught me to like tobacco and alcohol? You, of course, with your idiotic adolescent idea of being grown up. My palate loathed both at first: but you would have your way. Who put an end to all those angry and revengeful thoughts last night? Me, of course, by insisting on going to sleep. Who does his best to keep you from talking too much and eating too much by giving you dry throats and headaches and indigestion? Eh?β βAnd what about sex?β said I. βYes, what about it?β retorted the Body. βIf you and your wretched imagination would leave me alone I’d give you no trouble. Thatβs Soul all over; you give me orders and then blame me for carrying them out. ~ C. S. Lewis
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Don’t Oversleep
May 18, 2013 5 Comments
If you want your dreams to come true, don’t oversleep. Β Β Β Β Β ~ Nicky Gumbel
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Don’t Be Afraid Of Pressure
May 16, 2013 0 Comments
“Don’t be afraid of pressure. Pressure is what transforms a lump of coal into a diamond.” ~ Nicky Gumbel
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Do The Test
May 13, 2013 12 Comments
‘Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you’re alive, it isn’t.’
Money
May 13, 2013 Comments Off on Money
Jesus, take inventory of my heart right now. Show me where I love money and the material. I confess that I often want to serve this master. By the power of Your Spirit and the wisdom of Your Word, free me from the master of money so that I can follow You in complete freedom and truth. Amen.
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β Testimony “Lecrae”
May 11, 2013 5 Comments
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Be Loyal In What You Say
May 10, 2013 7 Comments
Be loyal in what you say about those who are absent and you will build the trust of those who are present. ~ Nicky Gumbel
Worry
May 9, 2013 4 Comments
You can’t change the past, but you can spoil the present, by worrying about the future. ~ Nicky Gumbel
π¬ Another Quote 4 2dayΒ
Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a centre of fear. Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Corrie Ten Boom
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Don’t Compare Yourself With Others
May 8, 2013 3 Comments
π¬ Quote 4 2dayΒ
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“Don’t compare yourself with others. God made YOU. God loves YOU. No one can do a better job of being you than YOU” Β
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Reprogramming
May 2, 2013 10 Comments
π Verse 4 2day!Β
Romans 12:2
New International Version (NIV)
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what Godβs will isβhis good, pleasing and perfect will.
My Thoughts πΒ
I have had a real impression on my heart to focus on the pollution that goes into my body through the filter called my face.
Travelling into London on the train IΒ felt a real conviction to listen to what God was trying to tell me in that moment. As I was stood up and squashed into the carrage, I could just make out a few people intently reading books, magazines and newspapers and I thought about their brains as the most advanced computer on the planet and how they were programming it with the computer language from the stories they were reading. My thought process continued and as wondered how that code would affect their behaviour when they left the train to meet people,
Reprogrammingβ¦.
On my iMac (desktop computer) there is an app called Terminal, if you type in a simple piece of code it can change the way the iMac responds, reacts and behaves for the rest of its life, or until you remove that piece of coding.Billions of pounds (maybe more) are spent trying to protect and secure ourselves when using a computer, smart phone, tablet etc, yet we fail to protect ourselves from this creeping death that we choose to let into our immeasurably more advanced brains as we watch TV, listen to music, audiobooks, Read magazines, listen to gossip etc we’re failing to empty our own trash and also stop more from seeping in and reprogramming our brains and hearts!
Soβ¦how is your programming doing? Are you using “wholesome” or “Worldly” code?
Are you aware of the code you use and how it affects your life and the people around you?
Or do you wear a face filter?
π Another Verse 4 2day!Β
Philippians 4:8-9
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirableβif anything is excellent or praiseworthyβthink about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in meβput it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
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The Nobodies
April 30, 2013 7 Comments
π¬ Quote 4 2dayΒ
Moses spent forty years thinking he was somebody; then he spent forty years on the backside of the desert realizing he was nobody; finally, he spent the last forty years of his life leaning what God can do with a nobody! ~Β Dwight L. Moody
The Real Measure Of Our Wealth
April 29, 2013 2 Comments
π¬ Quote 4 2dayΒ
The real measure of our wealth is how much we would be worth if we lost all our wealth.
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Better Not Bitter
April 26, 2013 2 Comments
π¬ Quote 4 2dayΒ
Let the past make you better, not bitter.
Don’t Move Ahead Of God
April 25, 2013 10 Comments
π¬ Quote 4 2dayΒ
When things aren’t working out as you wish, be patient. Stop trying to move ahead of God. His timing is perfect. Trust Him.
π Prayer 4 2dayΒ
Father,Β I have been waiting for so long now, and I come before You today to ask your help. I pray that You will increase my faith and patience so that I will put my whole trust in your perfect timing and plan for my life.Β I will put my complete trust in You with confidence and eager expectation of Your answer, whatever that answer may be and whenever that answer may come.
Thanks for being always with me.
Thanks that You hear my prayers and will answer in Your time and in Your way.Β
Thanks for Your unfailing word and that You always keep Your promises.
I believe with my heart, mind and soul Your plan for my life is the best one possible and I thank You for Your answer.Β Being in Your will is the safest place I can ever reside.
In Jesusβ name, Amen.
Do You Do All The Talking?
April 23, 2013 4 Comments
π¬ Quote 4 2dayΒ
Most commit the same mistake with God that they do with their friends: they do all the talking! ~Β Fulton J. Sheen
Prince Of Darkness
April 21, 2013 18 Comments
My Thoughts πΒ
I am writing this post after being completely stunned by just listening to an Alice Cooper song that I spent most my adult years (aged 14-30) listening to, singing to and rocking out to, but had no idea what it meant! I simply can’t believe this and how I could ever miss it!Β
This instantly brought me to the verse below and got me thinking just how thick the veil must be as I wore it for so long. I sit here in complete disbelief that I could have missed what the song is about and I knew every word. This is the first time I have heard this song as a Christian and it just stopped me in my tracks,
π Verse 4 2day ~Β 2 Corinthians 4:3(NIV)
And even if our gospelΒ is veiled,Β it is veiled to those who are perishing.
π Lyrics 4 2day!
Alice Cooper ~ Prince of Darkness Lyrics:
An angel fell one stormy night
From Heaven’s Glory
He split the earth to reign in Hell
He fears the light
He fears the truth
He fears what’s going to be
He spits on life
He spits on God
He spits up death for you and me
Prince of Darkness
Studies the world with hungry eyes
Prince of Darkness
Ready to baptize you in lies
Heart of evil, soul of blackness
Prince of Darkness
He saw that man was just a boy
With a baby’s mind
He swore damnation of God’s creation
He lives for hate
He lives for tears
He lives up to his name
He knew the light
He knew the one
Who was crucified in pain
Prince of Darkness
Studies the world with hungry eyes
Prince of Darkness
Ready to baptize you in lies
Heart of evil, soul of blackness
Prince of Darkness
He fears the light
He fears the truth
He fears what’s going to be
He spits on life
He spits on God
He spits up death for you and me
Prince of Darkness
Studies the world with hungry eyes
Prince of Darkness
Ready to baptize you in lies
Heart of evil, soul of blackness
Prince of Darkness
He smells the breath
Of sweet human sin
And deeply breathes it in
Prince of DarknessΒ
More Thoughts πΒ
I feel pretty silly revealing this to you but I felt I needed to share this, I have read this verse so many times just lately as I am praying for the salvation of my family, but Β today I sit amazed how the word of God is right there in everything, and they simply can’t see it through the veil.
The irony is that I was fully sighted when I was blind to the truth, and now I am registered blind I can see! π
The Armour Of God
April 19, 2013 8 Comments
Β π Verse 4 2day ~ Ephesians 6:10-18
Β The Armour of GodΒ
10Β Finally, be strong in the LordΒ and in his mighty power.Β 11Β Put on the full armor of God,Β so that you can take your stand against the devilβs schemes.Β 12Β For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,Β but against the rulers, against the authorities,Β against the powersΒ of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.Β 13Β Therefore put on the full armor of God,Β so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.Β 14Β Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist,Β with the breastplate of righteousness in place,Β 15Β and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.Β 16Β In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith,Β with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.Β 17Β Take the helmet of salvationΒ and the sword of the Spirit,Β which is the word of God.
18Β And pray in the SpiritΒ on all occasionsΒ with all kinds of prayers and requests.Β With this in mind, be alert and always keep on prayingΒ for all the Lordβs people.
My Thoughts πΒ
Each morning I like to pray the armour of God prayer to ask God to equip me for the day. When not in prayer, and when I hear the words armour of God my mind shoots back to the image above, which is my fave armour (T51b Power Armour) from the Playstation 3 game Fallout 3.ΒIΒ know that video games get a lot of negative abuse, butΒ IΒ would just like to share this with you. No i’m not losing sight of reality, please bear with me. π
A little about Fallout 3Β
Fallout 3Β is anΒ action role-playingΒ open worldΒ video game developed byΒ Bethesda Game Studios. It is the third major instalment in theΒ FalloutΒ series.Β .Β Fallout 3Β takes place in the year 2277, 36 years after the setting ofΒ Fallout 2Β and 200 years after theΒ nuclear apocalypseΒ that devastated the game’s world in a future where international conflicts between the USA and China culminated in a Sino-American war in 2077, due to the scarcity of petroleum reserves that ran the economies of both countries. more on Wikipedia.
The game is based around Washington DC (theΒ CapitalΒ Wasteland). The player faces all kinds of moral choices, situations, people, mutants andΒ feralΒ l ghouls (and worse), as he tries to find his father and the truth. As you encounter more powerful enemies without much armour yourself, you keep wishing that you will find the location of the power armour (see image above). The game (like life) is full of choices, Β you can choose to do good or you can choose to do bad, and the consequences of these choices send ripples throughout the game and change the way people receive you.
My point……Β
Β For us to stand any chance ofΒ survivingΒ against the devil’s schemes,Β powersΒ of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms, we MUST choose to put on the spiritual armour. Unlike the game we know the location of this armour is in prayer.Β
Readyβ¦..Aim..β¦Pray!
Β Each and every morning I urge you to pray on the literal Armour of God Ephesians 6 (as listed above). Take a moment and carefully consider the power, purpose and reality of each piece as you put it on. Whether you pray this prayer or a prayer like it, make it a daily routine that you take seriously.
π Prayer 4 2day!Β
“Lord, please help me this day put on the Full Armour of God.
Help me put the Helmet of Salvation on my head that I might always remember I am saved, and who I belong to, that my mind is guarded in Christ Jesus, and that I may have the mind of Christ and that I may think the thoughts of Christ and reject all others.
Help me put the Breastplate of Righteousness on so that I may walk about in Righteousness and others may see your Righteousness in me, and that my heart is guarded in Christ Jesus, and that I may have the desires of Christ and reject all others.
Help me keep the Belt of Truth securely buckled on my waist, that I may always be secure in the knowledge of the Truth and always speak the Truth.
Help me fit my Feet with the Readiness that comes from the Gospel of Peace, that I may stand firm in the Gospel, and spread the Gospel of Peace wherever I go.
Help hold the Shield of Faith with which to extinguish the flaming arrows of the evil one, strengthen my arm and help me hold it high, that I may use it to protect myself, my family, my household and those under my care, and help me use the Shield of Faith to press ahead and push forward for the kingdom of God.
And Lord, help me take up the Sword of The Spirit which is the Word of God, and use it every day, help me us it to protect myself and others from the evil one through the power and authority of Your Word, and to strike the hearts and minds of those who do not know You calling them towards repentance and salvation, help me use Your Word – the Sword of the Spirit – to cause those who know you but are backslidden to repentance, obedience and service, and to help awaken those who know you, but are asleep so they may obey and serve you, and please help me use your Word to bring, encouragement, strength and wisdom to the Remnant of God through your Word.
Help me serve you this and every day. Please use me Lord. These things I ask in the Name of Jesus Christ.
Amen”
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A Radiance Hidden In Your Heart
April 15, 2013 0 Comments
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π¬ Quote 4 2day!
There is a radiance hidden in your heart that the world desperately needs. –Β John and Stasi Eldredge
π Verse 4 2day!Β
Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception.Β Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God- truly righteous and holy. –Β Ephesians 4:21-24
π Prayer 4 2day!Β
Jesus, I believe in You, I believe You have made me fully. I’m choosing today to leave the way I used to live. I place my faith in You, and not in the strength of my flesh! I choose Your wisdom and not my own knowledge. As a leap into this new existence, I trust You and You alone to live the Christian life through me. Show me the way! Amen.
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Draftin’
April 5, 2013 3 Comments
Β My Thoughts πΒ
is your heart causing a draft over people?
Are you the ice cold draft that puts a chill into people even before you meet? If someone were to say your name does it make them sigh and say “Oh no I haven’t got the energy.” Or does your name bring a smile to their face as they can’t wait to meet up again.
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Or are you a draft project?
Not quite finished or ready to be publishedΒ yet, a broken toy forgotten on a shelf complaining because you feel your days are over. Are you sat waiting to bury your dead? waiting for your inheritance which you think will heal you. Then, and only then you decide to let Jesus walk alongside you but NEVER in front.
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Or do you create a backdraft?
Are you opening doors you know you shouldn’t be opening? Are you letting the flames consume you and pollute your mind?
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Or are you draftin’?Β
Are you letting Jesus lead?Β Are you following really close behind as he pulls you along, while leaving you with the energy to help others and become your own draft?Β
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