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Getting Rid of The Cobwebs

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The other day I was sitting at my computer when for some reason I decided to switch on the light and suddenly noticed a big cobweb by the side of our television.  Now I’m not sure how long the cobweb had been there but all the time the light was not on it remained invisible to me. Once however I saw the light the cobweb reached the end of its life!

It occured to me that there is a spiritual lesson for us to learn here. When we expose the light of Christ to our life we will see sin that needs to be destroyed.  If we bring our sin to the light of Christ and ask for His forgiveness and turn from our wrong ways we will know the joy of His cleansing touch.

Sometimes bringing sin to the light can be painful. We may not want to admit what we have done and would prefer that it remained hidden. However the more we allow the light into our hearts the more cobwebs we can see destroyed!

It’s time for Change

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Anyone who is following the current general election campaign will have heard that David Cameron is speaking a lot about change.

Whatever your political views maybe as Christians we all know that God will challenge us about the changes that are needed in our life. But are we willingly to change?

Here is a link to an article I previously wrote on change.

Not the way to live

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This morning I read the following verse which is the final one in the book of Judges: “In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.” If ever there is a receipe for disaster then that is it!

I got an email devotional this afternoon from The High Calling entitled Stunted Shrubs or Towering Trees? which contained the following quote:

When I live for myself, my goals, and my glory, when I rely on my own moral judgments rather than God’s revelation, I stop growing as a Christian. Yet when I trust more consistently in the Lord, when I entrust my life to Him, when I seek Him and His ways above all else…….. My growth is strong and steady, and I can see the fruit of God’s Spirit growing in my life.

It’s obvious which of the two is the best way to live. May God help us daily to choose the right way.

The Heart is the Target

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I came across this challenging article by Paul Tripp which was written on BuildingChurchLeaders.com yesterday. It is called The Heart is the Target  

Paul Tripp makes some interesting observations including the following comments which are worth pondering:

 People and situations do not determine our behaviour; they provide the occasion where our behaviour reveals our hearts.

Any agenda for change must focus on the thoughts and desires of the heart.

Therefore, the heart is our target in personal growth and ministry. Our prayer is that God will work heart change in us and use us to produce heart change in others that results in new words, choices, and actions.

Jesus transforms the Son of Thunder

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Yesterday in our service we were thinking of the apostle John. He and his brother James were known as the “Sons of Thunder” so I guess it’s fair to say that he was quite a fierce character! However if you read the three letters that he wrote towards the end of his life you can see how he had been transformed into a man of love. This should give us hope and encouragement because if Jesus could transform John like this then we can trust him to do the same for us.