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TEXT: ‘Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand’ (Philippians 4:4). In Paul’s letter to the Philippians, the word “rejoice” is used eleven times, so it’s important to take note of why he used this word. As we move through 2025, let’s rejoice a bit more. Sometimes we cannot change our circumstances, but we can ensure that circumstances only change us for the better. Today’s Teaching focusses on some key reasons why Paul was able to rejoice! 1. Because he did not have to rely on his own efforts to please God to be saved – ‘We Christians glory (rejoice) in what Christ Jesus has done for us and realise that we are helpless to save ourselves’ (3:3 TLB). Paul was brought up a strict Pharisee. He was hard on himself and others if God’s law was broken. Out of zeal for God he persecuted Christians. He prided himself on being blameless keeping the law of Moses (3:6). It was a shock to discover he could never do enough to have eternal life and that all he had to do was to believe in Jesus, the very One he was trying to destroy! The things Paul had trusted in were discarded in favour of Christ. Through faith he was accepted, forgiven and born again. He would live out that new life from within. The good works he once did trying to gain God’s salvation, would become the fruit of God’s plan for his new life as a believer (See Ephesians 2:8-10). That’s why when he despaired over doing...
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TEXT: ‘And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him’ (Romans 12:1 NLT). While we can make changes at any time, the New Year gives us a golden opportunity to press the reset button, simply because so many people will be talking about doing the same thing. Some will write down their New Year resolutions and try their best to keep them. For others, it’s merely words, as they lack the will power to carry them out. Today’s Teaching highlights five actions that will help us to start and finish well in 2025. 1. Forgiveness Some wrongly feel that because of the past, they can’t forgive or be forgiven. The Lord’s Prayer covers both aspects, ‘Forgive us as we forgive others’ (Matthew 6:12 GW). Whether we are praying while we are walking, standing, sitting or kneeling, the Bible says, ‘If you have anything against anyone, forgive’ (Mark 11:25). Don’t take unforgiveness into the New Year. We can forgive, regardless of whether the one who has hurt us is sorry or not. Forgiveness frees us to leave the matter in God’s hands. He can repay as He sees fit! Keep a short account with God. If there’s something in the past that you need to repent of, do it quickly and let God’s forgiveness flood your heart. 2. Fellowship Winter is always a testing time for church attendance. Cold, wet and dark days are...
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TEXT: ‘When Joshua had reached a venerable age, God said to him, “You’ve had a good, long life, but there is a lot of land still to be taken. All you have to do is allot this land to Israel as an inheritance, as I have instructed you’ (Joshua 13:1,6 MSG). When life doesn’t go according to plan, it’s very easy to start the blame game, play the victim and think it’s someone else’s fault. It’s time to take personal responsibility. The sales slogan is very apt, “If it’s to be, it’s up to me!” Peter reminded the Israelites that God’s promises were not just to those present in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost, but to their children and subsequent generations. Those promises are still true today for us. 1. Great leaders don’t last forever Moses died aged 120, and Joshua took his place. Now Joshua was old, having done all that God had asked him to do, but the tribes had not yet possessed their inheritance. Joshua had conquered the major cities and their kings. For him there would be no more fighting; it was down to the tribes as to how much of the land they would take. When Joshua died aged God did not instruct him to choose a replacement leader. God wanted the tribes to look to Him. The elders who served under Joshua stayed true to God after his death, but the Bible says, ‘After that generation died, another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the Lord or remember the mighty things he had done for Israel’ (Judges 2:10 NLT). Although the Bible says, ‘Strike the...
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