Before salvation, God’s law is something external and burdensome. After salvation, we understand more of its depth and we have a God-given desire to keep it, fuelled by our love for Jesus and motivated to please him.
Author: John Johnstone
The light of the world…
Will you go into the coming days determined to love those around you and to help them? Even if you are in a time of stress and trouble. You are still watched at such times as to how you will react. If you can maintain a love for others at such times, your light will be powerful and impactful. May the Lord help us all to shine for him as we do good to others.
The salt of the earth
As Christians, we are called to season the world we live in by our passion to live out Jesus’ teachings in all we do.
Merciful and pure in heart…
Where would we be today were it not for the mercy of God? We would be lost and without hope. Surely, then, we ought to be the first to show mercy to others.
We cannot change ourselves and so we need to pray for a pure heart. God will give this to us if we ask! And the other thing we need to do is soak ourselves in scripture.
Meekness and hunger…
Meekness is evidenced as humility towards God and gentleness towards other people. We were made for a relationship with God and so it stands to reason that only he can satisfy our souls. May we hunger and thirst after his righteousness.
Transforming our attitudes
When we turn our lives over to Christ, we are transformed and we will become more like him. Are you ready to pursue the kind of life Jesus wants you to? If you are, the Sermon on the Mount is a great place to start. It begins with the beatitudes.
An astonishing invitation
Jesus issue the most astonishing invitation; ‘Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.’ (Matthew 11:28)
Stop carrying the heavy load of sin and guilt and meaninglessness and rebellion. Instead, come to Jesus in prayer. Ask for forgiveness. Learn from him. And you will know rest.
The power of prayer
Scripture makes it plain that there will be a day when we are all brought to account for how we have lived. We cannot live any way we please and ignore God with impunity. Judgement will come and we need to be ready for it, by becoming followers of Jesus.
God uses his people’s witness
However challenging it can be to witness our faith to believers, God uses the witness of his people in a powerful and often far-reaching way.
Waiting on God
Do you ever feel like God has forgotten about you? Do you ever feel that he doesn’t care? In fact, it’s good when we come to the place where we realise we cannot cope on our own. It’s good when we stop relying on our own limited strength. Because only then will come to God in prayer and wait upon him for strength from above.