Friday, 30 March 2012

trACker number394 Like Hunters and Not Scavengers


trACker number394
The e-Devotional helping to keep you on-track
GodTracker is online at www.godtracker.co.uk 

30 March 2012 
  
Dear God Tracker

Like Hunters and Not Scavengers

I’ll admit it. I’m a bit of a television documentary junky. I love programmes about science and nature, provided they are based on proven fact and not prefabricated fallacy. Some of my favourites are wildlife documentaries. Often the viewer is shown most incredible footage of the great cats tracking and killing their prey. After each kill the whole family joins in to gorge on fresh meat. However, after the cats leave, the next crowd of greedy carnivores converge – the scavengers. Hyenas and vultures pounce on the corps to consume the leftovers of the hunters.

As trackers of God it is our privilege to personally look for his plans and purposes for our lives. Jesus told us to ask, seek and knock. He said that everyone who asks receives; he, who seeks, finds and to him who knocks the door is opened. Like the great lioness stalking her prey through the African scrub so we are called to personally track God’s will for our lives. However, there are those who neglect to do this. They find it a lot easier to glean off of the lives of others.

Growing up in a Christian home a child needs to discover that he cannot piggyback on his parent’s faith for the rest of his life. The young woman who finds herself under the ministry of a seasoned youth leader cannot expect him to be her source of spiritual discovery forever. The dear Christian wife who has leant on her husband’s walk with God cannot feed off his spirituality indefinitely. All these need to discover their very own God tracks. They need to personally fix their own eyes on Jesus, author of their faith. As God-trackers, let’s not feed off faith leftovers. Let us seek the Lord and track his purposes like hunters and not scavengers.

God tracking is a personal experience.

Ever blessing

Dudley


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GodTracker is now also available as a blog. Check out: http://godtracker.blogspot.com/

Our hope is that, by sharing experiences in tracking the will of God, we will draw closer to him and discover the awesome value of walking with God. Let us know what you think by e-mailing dudley@godtracker.co.uk God knows the plans he has for you. So go ahead and track them!

GodTracker now on Facebook 
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=46298024089

What is trACker?
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.

You can now hear Dudley Anderson on UCB UK
Saturdays from 00:00 to 05:00 GMT and Sundays from 06:00 to 12:00 GMT
Listen to UCB UK on DAB, Sky channel 0125 or online at http://ucbmedia.co.uk

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VoW

Verse of the Week

Jeremiah 29:13
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.


Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“The art of tracking is the ability to observe minute details.” Ray Mears

 

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

The Purpose of Your Will For The Rest Of My Life

Ephesians 1:11
In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,

Pray
“My personal Lord and saviour, thank you for dying for me. Today I put my faith, personally, in Jesus. Forgive me for living off the faith of others. I want to serve you where and how you want me to do so, personally. Thank you for your plans for me, O Lord. Help me to walk the way you have designed exclusively for me. I give myself to you to seek the purpose of your will for the rest of my life. In Jesus. Amen.”


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Friday, 23 March 2012

trACker number393 Put a Name on Your Hand Today and Pray


trACker number393
The e-Devotional helping to keep you on-track
GodTracker is online at www.godtracker.co.uk 

23 March 2012 
  
Dear God Tracker

Put a Name on Your Hand Today and Pray

The column I’d set aside for my “2-Do-2-Day” list in my diary seemed to be overflowing one Tuesday morning as I prepared my day. I was already running late and had no idea how I would complete my tasks. On top of my work load, I was feeling the onslaught of the old enemy: discouragement, fatigue and temptation. “Lord I need some help here,” I grunted as I rubbed a wrinkled brow. Just then my mobile phone jingled with a text message notification. What now? Picking up my phone I clicked into my inbox and read the name of a dear friend and member of our church. Opening the text I read, “Hi Dudley. Just want you to know that your name is the name on my hand today to pray for. I’ll be praying for you all day.”

Something I’d personally been doing for some time now was to write a different name of friends and family on my hand each day. As I went through the day I’d spot that name from time to time and pray for its owner. Even when the ink began to fade I’d still notice the left-over smudge and pray. Today, someone else was doing this for me! I was the name on a hand, and just when I needed it most.

God-tracking can be very precarious at the best of times. The devil hates a life intent on walking in the purposes of God. From temptation to physical abuse to overload, in this world, Satan will do all he can to distract, dissuade and discourage the Tracker of God. But we take courage because Jesus has said that he has overcome the world. This is why, by the Holy Spirit, Paul said, “And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints,” (Ephesians 6:18). Why not put a name on your hand toda, and pray?

God-tracking is praying for other God Trackers.

Blessings

Dudley


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GodTracker is now also available as a blog. Check out: http://godtracker.blogspot.com/

Our hope is that, by sharing experiences in tracking the will of God, we will draw closer to him and discover the awesome value of walking with God. Let us know what you think by e-mailing dudley@godtracker.co.uk God knows the plans he has for you. So go ahead and track them!

GodTracker now on Facebook 
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=46298024089

What is trACker?
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.

You can now hear Dudley Anderson on UCB UK
Saturdays from 00:00 to 05:00 GMT and Sundays from 06:00 to 12:00 GMT
Listen to UCB UK on DAB, Sky channel 0125 or online at http://ucbmedia.co.uk

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VoW

Verse of the Week

James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.


Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbour on our knees.”  --- Charles Brent

 

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

That I May Daily Pray For Others

Jude 1:20
But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit.

Pray
“First off, my Lord, I want to thank you for the many folk who have been praying for me. I pray for them, too, that you would bless them and meet their every need in Christ Jesus. Now I choose to pray for my loved ones and the many people in my life. Help me to pray for each individually and to be fervent in prayer. Give me insight into their needs, because I believe that if I pray believing that I have received that for which I pray, it will be mine. Praise God for the power of prayer! Lead me by your Holy Spirit that I may daily pray for others. Amen.”


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Friday, 16 March 2012

trACker number392 Would that I could Rise Effortlessly on Wings of an Eagle


trACker number392
The e-Devotional helping to keep you on-track
GodTracker is online at www.godtracker.co.uk 

16 March 2012 
  
Dear God Tracker

Would that I could Rise Effortlessly on Wings of an Eagle

One afternoon while on holiday Karen and I stopped off at a quaint beach café for a hot cuppa. The sea breeze was strong that day and as we sat at the outside tables I watched the birds flittering about. Above, noisy seagulls were making the most of the stout breeze off the ocean and soared effortlessly high above. I loved watching the gulls. They read the winds so well. They barely flapped a wing yet seemed to be up there for hours, carefully surveying the waters below.

Dropping my gaze for a second to take a sip of coffee I noticed a bunch of twittering sparrows fluttering around the outdoor tables, in search of a crumb. Cute as they are, sparrows are in a different league to seagulls. Wings were beating madly in a frantic effort to combat the strong winds. One little guy took off from a table to fly forward but landed 3 inches back from where he had launched. Despite his frenzied flutter this little sparrow got nowhere. In fact, he went backwards.

I saw myself in this bird. I too have a deep seated desire to move forward and on with God’s plans and purposes yet seem to get nowhere. I attend church every Sunday – twice – and three meetings during the week. I tithe, I pray and I read the Bible, and I even help little-old-ladies across the street from time to time but sometimes I feel as though I don’t seem to gain an inch in my spiritual walk. Like the frantic flutter of sparrow wings I weary myself so trying to do God’s work in my own strength. Would that I could rise effortlessly on wings of an eagle (…or seagull, as the case may be).

Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Jesus came to do God’s work when he died on the cross. His death and resurrection set me free of all obligations to good works. And the Holy Spirit is my helper to function in the work God has called me to do. All that I do should be done in and through Christ. So why is it then that I seem to think that personal effort in my many church works will gain me credit with God? I know that I am saved by grace and faith and not by works but, once saved, I seem to think that I need to show how saved I am by my many church works. Jesus also said, “My yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Working for God can certainly be a busy occupation but if I was truly yoked with my saviour and helper then that work would be easy and light. You see, it is Christ in us who is doing the work. This is so, so that he can receive all the credit. So like a seagull rising high above the waves on outstretched wing I need to function solely by his power and might.

God-tracking is a breeze, in Christ.

Blessings

Dudley


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GodTracker is now also available as a blog. Check out: http://godtracker.blogspot.com/

Our hope is that, by sharing experiences in tracking the will of God, we will draw closer to him and discover the awesome value of walking with God. Let us know what you think by e-mailing dudley@godtracker.co.uk God knows the plans he has for you. So go ahead and track them!

GodTracker now on Facebook 
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=46298024089

What is trACker?
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.

You can now hear Dudley Anderson on UCB UK
Saturdays from 00:00 to 05:00 GMT and Sundays from 06:00 to 12:00 GMT
Listen to UCB UK on DAB, Sky channel 0125 or online at http://ucbmedia.co.uk

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VoW

Verse of the Week

Isaiah 40:31
but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.


Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“So many of us are so busy doing God's work, we forget sometimes that God is actually the One working.” --- Bonnie Ricks

 

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

Lord, My Help Comes from You

Psalm 121:1-2
I lift up my eyes to the hills--where does my help come from?  My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

Pray
“Oh Father, I realise that I have been chasing about like a fluttering sparrow lately. I’m sorry for becoming so caught up in doing the work of God that I have neglected the God of the work. I’m sorry Lord and want to just still myself for a moment, take a deep breath and rise on the winds of your Spirit in me. I commit all that I do at home, at work and at church to you and ask for your strength, wisdom and guidance to do what you have called me to do. In you, I know my labour is not in vain. So I come to Jesus now and yoke up with you to fulfil your plans and purposes for my life. Lord, my help comes from you. Amen.”  


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