23 January 2015
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God-tracking
Through the Year – year one
By Dudley Anderson
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Dear God-tracker
A story is told about one of the world's
most renowned photographers, Edward Steichen, who almost gave up on the day he took
his first pictures. At the tender age of 16 young Edward bought a camera and
took 50 photos but only one turned out – a portrait of his sister sitting at
the piano. Edward's father thought that he was wasting his time, but his mother
said that the photograph of his sister was very beautiful. She insisted that it
more than made up for his 49 failures. Her encouragement convinced the
youngster to stick with his new hobby. He stayed with it for the rest of his
life. What tipped the balance for Edward Steichen? A word of encouragement to
persevere in the midst of much of failure.
Failure has a bad habit of being the most
discouraging force in one’s life. For a person who has not succeeded at
something, failure can be viewed as an impenetrable high wall, impossible to
scale or demolish. But failure is only failure if one fails to try again.
Failure has one crack in its formidable structure – the inability to resist
perseverance!
It could be that as you’re reading this
devotional today you’re grappling with the prospect of failure. It might be
that you have put much effort into a dream or a project only to feel that
you’ve wasted your time. Perhaps you’ve been serving the Lord all your life but
you’re still contending with that proverbial thorn in the flesh, saying, “I
keep doing what I don’t want to do and not doing what I should do.” But listen: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is
made perfect in weakness,” and, “So do not throw away your
confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God,
you will receive what he has promised.”
God has
wonderful rich promises for you and your family. His promises are all yes and
amen in Christ. Are you in Christ? If you have put your faith in God and
accepted Christ as saviour then you are in
Christ. And if you are in Christ then never fear failure! He is your source
and your resource; your confidence and your courage. So be encouraged today to never
quit. Get up, try again and demolish that wall of failure with the hammer of
perseverance.
God-tracking is never, never, never giving up!
Keep your eyes on Jesus
Dudley
It’s all in the Book…
Romans 7:15-20
Hebrews 10:30-39
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
2 Corinthians 1:19-22
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2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that
you need, you will abound in every good work.
Quote of the Week
Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes
“Deliverance
is always found on the ‘mount’; living faith must first prove to God that it
has taken his word and promise for victory.” --- Rees Howels
Don’t Give Up, Look Up!
Look up and Fix Your Eyes on Jesus!
By your grace I will persevere!
“Dear Lord
I feel like a failure! Forgive me for quitting, O Lord. I’m sorry for doubting
your grace. I believe that grace is God’s doing; your grace saved me at Calvary
nearly 2,000 years ago and your grace empowers me still here today. So I repent
of allowing failure to get the better of me and I choose now to put my faith in
your grace to be my strength to try and try again. I acknowledge you as my Lord
and I acknowledge your hand upon all I set my hand to do. By your grace I will
persevere! Amen.”
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GodTracker and trACker owe their origins to an international Christian radio programme produced by Dudley Anderson called, OnTrack. Although OnTrack went off-air in 2005, trACker has continued to help people to track God's plans and purposes for their lives since July 2003.
GodTracker and trACker owe their origins to an international Christian radio programme produced by Dudley Anderson called, OnTrack. Although OnTrack went off-air in 2005, trACker has continued to help people to track God's plans and purposes for their lives since July 2003.
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