GOD-TRACKING RESULTS IN GOOD PRODUCE FROM PRUNED BRANCHES

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15 April 2016

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING RESULTS IN GOOD PRODUCE FROM PRUNED BRANCHES

John 15:16
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name

On more than one occasion Jesus used a vineyard or workers of a vineyard as the subjects of his parables. Growing up in Israel, he would have understood well the finer principles associated with nurturing the vine to produce the best and most succulent grapes. Jesus knew how important it was to annually cut back a vine so that it will both grow well and produce better fruit.

Jesus said, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.” Then later he said, “I am the vine; you are the branches.” By this analogy Jesus is referring to vineyard husbandry, which includes pruning back the plants each year so that their growing energies will go into producing better fruit. Just as a vineyard keeper would prune the vines in this way, so the Father cuts away the dead wood or malformed branches from the true Vine so it will produce a better crop.

You may feel as though you’re being pruned right now. There may be circumstances or situations in your life that have died off or become malformed through the course of time. These could include a bad habit, a wrong relationship or a wrong involvement. God could be pruning your vine today, removing apathy, indifference or pessimism. Whatever it is that you feel is being cut off, you can be sure that you will not be left naked or abandoned in any way. Jesus said that God cuts off the branches that bear no fruit so those that do, will produce even more fruit. Be encouraged, dear God-tracker, God is removing from you those things that are time-wasters or soul-destroyers. The Lord will never cut back anything that is to your benefit. And believe me when I tell you, unless God cuts out the dead wood from your life, you will never be fully productive. God desires for you to produce good results in your studies, your career, your home life and your church life. Your Father is pruning you so that you will produce good fruit in your relationships, your work and your commitments. So, embrace the pruning of the vineyard Keeper so that your harvest may be plentiful!

God-tracking results in good produce from pruned branches

Every blessing

Dudley

READ ALL ABOUT IT!
John 15
Galatians 5:16-25

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Bless all my efforts to serve you and cause me to produce good fruit for your kingdom

Pray
“Dear Father I know there are many areas of my life that need to be pruned back. I submit them to you today. I repent of those things that are grievous to your Spirit and seek to live a productive life according to your purposes for me. Lord, I open myself to your pruning. I ask that as you cut away the dead and malformed branches so that I will produce better product in my life. Bless my output. Bless all my efforts to serve you and cause me to produce good fruit for your kingdom; fruit that will be a blessing to those around me and, ultimately, a blessing to me, too. In Jesus’ name. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS HONOURING THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES – JESUS CHRIST!

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08 April 2016

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS HONOURING THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES – JESUS CHRIST!  

Philippians 2:9
Therefore, God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him
the name that is above every name.

Funny how we read the words, “Frequent use of mild bad language”, in the viewing guidance controls on the reverse of many DVD boxes, but when we watch the film it turns out the “mild bad language” is actually the use of the words, “Jesus” or “Christ”. In fact, the use of the Lord’s name as an expletive is so common these days that the average millennial has no idea that Jesus Christ is the name of a real person. There is power in the name of Jesus; there is salvation in the name of Jesus and there is answer to prayer in the name of Jesus.

In his epistle to Philippi Paul writes about the name of Jesus. He tells us that Jesus is the incarnation of the Almighty God and yet, he did not consider equality with God something to brag about. In fact, he says the Son of God humbled himself to the lowest form of ridicule and death, that of crucifixion. The righteous One became our sin on the cross so that we could become God’s righteousness in him. But then, because of his humble obedience, God exalted Jesus above every man, spirit and force. Listen: “God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth.” The name of Jesus is powerful – supremely powerful! At that name your knee and my knee as well as the knee of every human, angel and demon will prostrate. It was through Christ that God Created the universe. There is power in the name of Jesus; any wonder why the devil attempts to belittle that name?

After healing the lame man at the temple gate, Peter and John were dragged before the Sanhedrin. The authorities challenged them on the use of the name of Jesus to perform a healing. In response, Peter said, “There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Jesus Christ was sinless, yet God placed on him the sin of the world, because all the world has sinned and come short of God’s righteousness. He died to take the results of that sin, but, because Jesus was sinless, he rose victoriously from the dead. In this act, Jesus Christ opened the way for all who would call on his name to be saved. There is power and salvation in the name of Jesus; any wonder why the devil attempts to belittle that name?

Jesus once used the analogy of a grapevine to describe his relationship with his followers. He said, “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” By this he was saying that we need to remain connected to him. We connect to Christ in faith when we accept him as Lord and Saviour. But Jesus said we need to abide in him. In other words, we enter into covenant with him, like a wife enters into covenant with her husband. When a woman marries a man she takes on his name. My wife is called, Karen Anderson. When you entered covenant with Jesus Christ you took on his name, Christian. Therefore, just as my wife bares my name in business and daily dealings so too do you bare the name of Jesus in your daily life. And it is in that name that you pray! By the authority of the name of Jesus you approach the throne of God with confidence. Therefore, Jesus confidently said, “I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.” There is power, there is salvation and there is answered prayer in the name of Jesus; any wonder why the devil attempts to belittle that Name?

God-tracking is honouring the name above all names – Jesus Christ!  

God bless you

Dudley

READ ALL ABOUT IT!
Philippians 2:5-11
2 Corinthians 5:21
Colossians 1:15-20
Acts 4:8-12
Romans 10:8-13
John 15:1-17

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Help me to never again become so casually familiar with that name that I become guilty of blasphemy

Pray
 “Dear God, forgive me if I have ever taken your name for granted, or disrespectfully used the name of Jesus Christ. Today I affirm that I come to you, Almighty God, in the name of Jesus and seek your hand on my life, in that name. I declare that the name of Jesus Christ is the name above all names and I humbly bow my knee to that name. Thank you for giving me salvation, in that name. Thank you that I experience answered prayers, in that name. Help me to never again become so casually familiar with that name that I become guilty of blasphemy. Your name is great! You are high and exalted! Glory to God, in the name of Jesus! Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS STANDING SURE IN THE WISDOM, POWER AND LOVE OF OUR AWESOME GOD

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01 April 2016

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS STANDING SURE IN THE WISDOM, POWER AND LOVE OF OUR AWESOME GOD

Jeremiah 32:17
Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.

Our God is an awesome God,
He reigns from heaven above,
With wisdom, power and love,
Our God is an awesome God!

How many times I’ve sung these amazing words written by the late Rich Mullins, with gusto but not really grasped what I was singing. Listen again: Our God is an awesome God who reigns from heaven above with wisdom, power and love. Our God is sovereign and omnipotent. Our God made the heavens and the earth by his outstretched arm (and the estimated size of the known universe is 8,800,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 metres in diameter), nothing is too difficult for him. Our God is full of wisdom, power and love, showing his love to generation upon generation of mankind while loving each one of us as though we were the only human alive. By the intimacy of personal fellowship through the Holy Spirit our God knows our needs, our dreams and our fears. Our God owns the cattle on a thousand hills; the world and its fullness is his. Our God is able to meet all our needs according to his glorious riches in Christ.

Whatever difficulty you’re facing today, don’t give up; look up!  Gaze at your difficulties through the spectacles of God’s awesome wisdom, power and love. His arm is not too short and his compassions are not too small to reveal his love, grace and power new every morning. If you turn to him today in repentance and submission, putting your trust in his love for you, then I know he will lift you out of that pit you find yourself in. He will be your hope for tomorrow and your strength for today. Our God cares for you, so go ahead – cast all your cares on him. Humble yourself before our God’s awesome hand and stand your ground against the devil’s schemes. God will exalt you above your foes. Never loose heart; always be encouraged. He will never leave nor forsake you.

God’s Word is the only resource you’ll ever need to face the trials of life. God’s Word is your daily food and it will nourish your soul. The living Holy Spirit watches over God’s Word and activates it in your life. So fill your heart and your mind – your very life – with the Word of God and the fellowship the Holy Spirit. Do this and you will have all you’ll ever need to face any attack of Satan. And the next time you sing that lovely simple worship song by Rich Mullins, sing with understanding and listening to its words. Boldly declare, our God is an awesome God!

God-tracking is standing sure in the wisdom, power and love of our awesome God

God bless you

Dudley

READ ALL ABOUT IT!
Jeremiah 32:17-20
Psalm 50:7-15
Philippians 4:19-20
1 Peter 5:6-11
Joshua 1:9
Jeremiah 1:11-12

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

I believe that you possess the wisdom, power and love to help me face this difficult circumstance in my life

Pray
 “Oh awesome God, I believe that you made the heavens and the earth by your outreached arm; nothing is too difficult for you. So I believe that you possess the wisdom, power and love to help me face this difficult circumstance in my life. I put my hope in you and, in faith, believe that you will rescue me from this attack of the devil. You are the source and resource for all I will ever need in life. I cast all my cares on you, because I know you care for me. I don’t need money, I don’t need people, I don’t need possessions to make me happy; Lord all I need is you! So, I choose to acknowledge you in all my ways and trust that you will meet all my needs according to your awesome riches in Christ my Lord. Thank you for the peace, joy and hope I feel at this moment. My God is an awesome God! Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS DEALING WITH REBELLION BEFORE EXPECTING A BLESSING

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18 March 2016

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS DEALING WITH REBELLION BEFORE EXPECTING A BLESSING

Psalm 30:5
For his anger is but for a moment, and his favour is for a lifetime.
Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

Maggie drew me aside after church one morning. “You said today that the Bible says God’s compassion is new every morning and that God desires to bless us every day,” she said. “Well, I don’t feel blessed when I wake up in the mornings. Every day I get up it feels like the world is on my shoulders. There is so much turmoil in my life, I feel like God has abandoned me.”

Indeed, I had brought a word about God’s compassion during worship that morning, quoting from the book of Lamentations that tells us God’s love never ceases and his compassion is new to us each morning we wake up. Yet, what Maggie had failed to realise was the fact that the prophetic book of Lamentations was written as a lament by a Godly man, while his people were in exile to Babylon. Around AD 605 God executed judgement on Judah because of their idolatrous rebellion. Judah had rejected God’s call to seek him and his warnings of pending judgement, brought through prophets like Jeremiah. Jeremiah warned his people that if they did not return to God with a pure heart, God would raise up their enemy against them. Sadly, the people ignored the warnings and, persecuting Jeremiah, continued in their rebellion. So God raised up the Babylonians to come against Judah.

Lamentations was probably also written by Jeremiah, but during the exile to Babylon. These words were most likely written while God’s people were under God’s discipline for their rebellion. Lamentations is a woeful cry about the agony they faced after losing their homes and liberty. Nebuchadnezzar was a ruthless and violent ruler. The Jews were abused and forced into labour under his rule. However, it was under this discipline of Father God that they were drawn back to God in repentance. After 70 years God raised up the likes of Ezra and Nehemiah to bring them back home to Jerusalem. It was during the height of this suffering that the prophet writes, “The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning,” and, “The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.”

I tried to gently explain to Maggie that God’s love is indeed, enduring and his compassion is revealed to us new every morning. However, sometimes, because of our rebellious ways or disobedience to his instructions, we open ourselves to the enemy’s attacks, just as Judah was attacked by their enemy because of their disobedience. Sometimes, it is not God who is to blame for not blessing us it is we who have stepped out from under his blessings, because of our apathy and indifference to his commands. I tried to clarify to Maggie that, instead of blindly claiming God’s blessings, she should ask him why she felt abandoned by him. Perhaps she was enduring her own little exile, because she had ignored his word to her.

Just as ancient Judah needed to repent of her rebellion and turn back to seeking God with a pure heart (as seen through the writings of Lamentations), so too we all need to repent of our rebellion and wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. And he will bless those who seek him with clean hands and a pure heart.

God-tracking is dealing with rebellion before expecting a blessing

God bless you

Dudley

Read all about it!

Jeremiah 34:1-5

Lamentations 3

Psalm 24

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Help me to step out in faith to receive your blessing as I now seek you with all my heart

Pray
“Father God, I know that you love me. I know that it is your desire to bless me and I know that all things work out for my good, in Christ. But I still feel as though you have abandoned me. It seems that every morning I don’t have joy. However, I realise now that one thing that inhibits your blessing in my life in my rebellion. Dear God, I am sorry. I repent of all the things I have said, done or even though in my mind that has grieved your Spirit. I’m sorry for not obeying your instructions. Please forgive me for my indifference and my apathy toward your calling. Help me to step out in faith to receive your blessing as I now seek you with all my heart. Amen."

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GOD-TRACKING IS EXPECTING JOYFUL VICTORY IN THIS FIGHT WE FIGHT

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11 March 2016

Dear God-tracker

God-tracking is expecting joyful victory in this fight we fight

Psalm 142:3
When my spirit faints within me,
you know my way.

I once heard a little story about a woman who had been having trouble getting to sleep at night, because she feared burglars. One night her husband heard a noise in the house and went downstairs to investigate. When he stepped into the kitchen, he found a burglar. "Good evening," said the man of the house. "I am very pleased to see you. Please come upstairs to meet my wife. She has been waiting 10 years to meet you."

You may smile but the truth is, we’re all like this woman. We live constantly anticipating the worst, instead of living by faith; expecting God’s joyous purposes to work out in our lives. It doesn’t help that we’re lured into despondency by the bombardment of negative stories we hear when we turn on the news or read a newspaper: So much war, so much poverty, so much despair; children dying in overcrowded boats as parents flee conflict while whole cities are blown apart, because of the blaze of man’s pride. And then, when we put the tele off and make our way to bed, our minds wonder with the worries in our own lives: uncertain future, financial needs, family conflict. I think it’s time we wise up to the reality that exists in Christ. That is, whatever difficulties we face in our lives or whatever calamity we witness in the world around us, we need to remember, we are seated with Christ in heavenly realms. By our God we can run against a troop, and by our God we can leap over a wall.

Dear God-tracker, in Christ, you are already a winner! The Scripture tells you that if God is for you, none can be against you. In Christ you are more than a conqueror, because Jesus won the battle in the first place when he triumphed over sin, Satan and death at Calvary. If you continue to acknowledge the Lord in all your ways, then he will continue to direct the outcome of your days, meeting your every need. He is faithful and his love will endure every circumstance you may ever face. So why not live expectant of abundant life in Jesus rather than expecting the thief who comes to kill, steal and destroy?

God-tracking is expecting joyful victory in this fight we fight

God bless you

Dudley

Read all about it!
Ephesians 2:1-10
Psalm 18:28-30
Proverbs 3:5-6
Psalm 100:5
Romans 8:31-39
John 10:8-11

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

I will continue to acknowledge God in all my ways and I declare with confidence, I am already a winner, in Christ

Pray
Dear Lord, I praise you for your faithful love and care. I cast all my cares on you, because you care for me. Thank you that I am seated in you in heavenly realms and nothing can ever pull me away from your love. I am more than a conqueror over every difficulty I face! I choose not to fret about what I see happening in the world around me, because I am more than a conqueror through Christ. I will stand strong! I will continue to acknowledge God in all my ways and I declare with confidence, I am already a winner, in Christ. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS CONSISTANTLY LIVING THE LIGHT

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04 March 2016  

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS CONSISTANTLY LIVING THE LIGHT

1 Corinthians 2:18
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord,[c] are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

 

Jesus once said, “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” Also, by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Paul instructs the Ephesians to not live under the wiles of the world in dark decay but rather to live in the light of God, exposing the corruption of the world. He says, “At one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.” And to the Thessalonians Paul writes, “For you are all children of light, children of the day.” In 2 Corinthians we read how when Moses came down from Sinai he needed to veil his face, because he shone with the brilliance of God. It goes on to say that, through the work of Christ, that veil has been removed. In other words, the light of God, which comes from within each true Bible believing Christian, is free to shine through our lives

Imagine you’re facing a dazzling car headlight on full beam. I’m sure you’ll agree that the light might hurt your eyes, perhaps even be offensive to you. Now imagine taking a thick heavy blanket and covering that headlight. At last, as the light is covered, your eyes can rest. However, not only have you veiled the luminescence of that halogen light bulb but you have also removed the source of light that enables you to see all around you. Not only so, but that light is still shining as intensely as it always has... under the veil!

Dear God-tracker, you are that headlamp, shining bright. That light in you comes from the glory of the Holy Spirit. This light exposes works of darkness. This light reveals the love, grace and holiness of God; it’s the source of spiritual luminescence that enables those around you to see their way to God. However, dear child of Light, this light will also offend those around you who walk in darkness, because it hurts their depraved spiritual eyes. Therefore, they may try to cover your light with a veil, but, even so, they will never prevent your light from burning. You may find you are being ridiculed for your faith or bullied because you call yourself a born again Christian. You may find the devil trying to snuff out you light by covering up what you believe about homosexuality, creation, promiscuity or about Jesus being the only way to God. You may feel as though the world is attempting to cover-up their sin by trying to conceal your standing for God’s truth. But remember your light will always be burning, even under that cover! And whenever they lift the edge of that veil to peak inside, they will be dazzled once again by God’s brilliant light coming from within you!

(Please read all the scriptures listed below.)

God-tracking is consistently living the light.

Keep on shining

Dudley

Read all about it!Matthew 5:13-16
Ephesians 5:1-21
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
2 Corinthians 3:12-18

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Lord, help me to be strong as I choose to consistently shine your light even under the veil of indifferent secularisation

Pray
 “Father God, thank you so much for your light that shines in and through me. Because of what Jesus did for me at Calvary, all my sin has been atoned for. Therefore, as I have confessed my sinful darkness to you, you have replaced it with your righteous light. That light is in me! I lay claim to that light and choose to reflect your glory into the world around me, no matter how they may react. Some may accept your light and turn from their darkness while others may attempt to veil the light that shines from my life, because of their guilt. Lord, help me to be strong as I choose to consistently shine your light even under the veil of indifferent secularisation. I will always shine for your glory, Lord! Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS ACCEPTING YOUR 2,000 YEAR OLD FORGIVENESS, TODAY

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26 February 2016 

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS ACCEPTING YOUR 2,000 YEAR OLD FORGIVENESS, TODAY

 

Acts 2:38
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

 

Pastor Frank’s eyes were closed as he sang along to the worship song. The time was a little after 6.15 pm. Frank was content as he worshiped. Suddenly the rear doors of the church burst open! What happened next would change and Frank’s understanding of forgiveness forever. Repetitive cracking noises; several intermittent thundering bangs then stunned silence. Some people groaned then one woman screamed, then another. More cracks and soon pandemonium erupted as people rushed for the doors. More cracking noises… and blood. Frank froze in terror. He realised his church was under attack. Four terrorists had burst in on their Sunday evening worship service wielding R4 automatic assault rifles and hand grenades.

The St James Church massacre on 25th July 1993 in Cape Town, South Africa took 11 lives and wounded 58 more. Like all terrorism, this was an atrocious act of cowardice. However, what the devil planned for evil, God turned for good. Immediately after the attack, Frank Retief was heard saying on camera that he forgave the attackers. Many years later, after the end of Apartheid in South Africa, these perpetrators appealed to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for amnesty. As was the crux of the Commission, Frank Retief was called upon to offer pardon to his attackers, which he willingly did with clear conscience before his God. Later Frank was quoted as saying, “Forgiveness can be offered immediately after an offence but forgiveness is never received until it is actually asked for by the offender.”

While hanging in shear agony on a cruel wooden cross, Jesus Christ cried out, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Almost 2,000 years ago Jesus spoke those words not only to the people who had crucified him but to the entire world. If, indeed, God loved the whole world so much that he sent his Son to save those who would believe in him then what Jesus did and said on the cross was universally applied. Jesus died for your sins so that you could be included in those words, “Father, forgive them.”

Frank Retief discovered he was able to honestly offer forgiveness to his attackers immediately after their attack, but that forgiveness was not theirs until repentance was sought by his attackers. Just so, God has already forgiven all your acts of sin, long before you ever repented. However, that forgiveness was never yours until you actually asked for it. Just as Frank was able to offer instant forgiveness only by God’s grace, your forgiveness became available the instant Jesus died for your sins, only by God’s grace. There is nothing you can do to make right with God for the wrong you’ve done, except to repent and accept his forgiveness. It does not matter how dreadful your sins may have been, Jesus has already paid the price for that sin on the cross almost 2,000 years ago. Don’t delay one minute longer. Reach out and accept his forgives, now. Listen: For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Only by his grace is God offering you this free gift of life, made possible by Jesus’ atonement for your sins the day he died. So why not repent now and receive the forgiveness he offers, today?

God-tracking is accepting your 2,000 year old forgiveness, today

God bless you

Dudley

Read all about it!Luke 23:32-43
John 3:16-18
1 John 1:8-10

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Thank you for forgiving me 2,000 years ago. Today I accept your forgiveness, by your grace.

Pray
 “Dear Heavenly God, thank you so much that you sent Jesus to take the weight of my sin upon himself. Thank you that Jesus died for my all sin and rose again to set me free from sin, Satan and death. Thank you that when Jesus cried out ‘Father forgive them,’ he was asking you to forgive the sins of the whole world, including mine. Dear God, I admit to my wrong; I repent of my sins, in Jesus’ name. I am sorry for all that I have thought or done that has grieved you in in way. I confess and repent of the sin into which I have been born and seek your forgiveness. I surrender my life to you and ask you to come dwell inside of me, by your Spirit. Thank you for forgiving me 2,000 years ago. Today I accept your forgiveness, by your grace. Help me to keep my eyes on you and walk in righteousness. In the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.”

If you need more prayer please email dudley@godtracker.co.uk

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