trACker number412 God-Tracking Is Enjoying God-Incidences

trACker number412

The e-Devotional helping to keep you on-track

 

07 September 2012   

Dear God Tracker 

God-Tracking Is Enjoying God-Incidences 

Karen and I were in a quandary. We were considering emigrating from our homeland, South Africa. It would be a massive step for us as a family and we were uncertain what to do next. Should we wait and do more research or should we set a date and take the plunge? One Saturday afternoon we happened to be chatting in our garden. “Perhaps we should sell our house and rent for a while,” said my dear wife. “I wish God would just give us a sign.” Just then Karen noticed a slip of paper pushed through the gate. “This junk mail drives me crazy,” she said pulling out the leaflet. Then she froze as she read the words, “We want to sell your house.” 

As a follower of Christ and a tracker of God’s purposes I do not believe in random coincidences, because the scripture tells us that if we acknowledge the Lord in all our ways then he will direct our paths. Karen and I were indeed, doing this. We’d prayed together and asked God to direct us in our decision making. So when Karen read those words on that nondescript A5 handbill we were completely convinced that the Holy Spirit had planned our conversation to coincide with the junk mail post. The Lord, who designs our lives, had turned a coincidence into a coordinated encounter. 

That very month we employed the services of the agent who had posted that advertisement through our gate and put our house on the market.  

God-tracking is enjoying God-incidences. 

Blessings 

Dudley 

GodTracker is online at www.godtracker.co.uk  

 

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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. 

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Verse of the Week

 

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding

 

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes. 

“I believe that God delights to use his children in the fulfilment of his plans for the world.  I am sure he loves to use small people to do great things.” --- Corrie Ten Boom

 

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus! 

Direct My Footsteps According To Your Word 

Proverbs 16:3

Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me. 

Pray

“My Father, I confess that I’m in a quandary about a decision I am making. I also confess that I acknowledge you in all my plans and trust you to direct my footsteps. Help me to keep my eyes and ears open for your word even through circumstances. I ask that you will supernaturally direct every encounter I have so that I will follow your will for my decisions. Therefore, I choose to live by faith and not random coincidence. I believe that you delight to use me in the fulfillment of your plans. So direct my footsteps according to your word. I pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.” 

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trACker number411 GodTracking Is Making Gods Most of Your Bad Situation

trACker number411

The e-Devotional helping to keep you on-track 

24 August 2012   

Dear God Tracker 

God-Tracking Is Making God’s Most of Your Bad Situation 

Have you ever faced a situation where you’ve wondered, “How in the world will this ever work out for the good?” The Apostle Paul faced many situations like that, most of which were inflicted upon him by others. However, there was one occasion where he was part of the conflict himself.

A while after completing his profound first missionary trip across Asia Minor, Paul made plans to return to the churches he’d planted to encourage them. He intended to travel with Barnabas but Barnabas wanted to take his cousin, John Mark with them. Paul had a problem with this, because Mark had deserted them on the previous trip. This caused a rift between Paul and Barnabas, which caused them to part ways. In the place of Barnabas, Paul took a young Greek-born friend along with him on his second missionary trip. This friend’s name was Timothy. Through Paul, God raised this young man up to oversee the first mega-church - the church in Ephesus and also resulted in the writing of the Bible books of 1 and 2 Timothy. On the other hand, Barnabas took his cousin back home where Mark picked up his pen and scribed Peter’s account of the life of Christ. This account we still have today as the Gospel according to St. Mark. (Read the story in Acts 15.)

You see, as you track the purposes of God for your life, things will not always go according to your plans. Sometimes it may even seem that things go horribly wrong. But take courage, even as the Apostle himself wrote, “In all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose,” (Romans 8:28). 

God-tracking is making God’s most of your bad situation. 

Blessings 

Dudley 

GodTracker is online at www.godtracker.co.uk  

 

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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!

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.

Listen to 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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Verse of the Week 

Proverbs 16:9

In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

 

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes. 

“I pondered the way God knits together the often chaotic threads of life to make things happen his way.” --- Stuart Windsor

 

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus! 

I Commit My Ways to You So That My Plans Will Succeed

 

Proverbs 16:3

Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. 

Pray

“Lord, I know that God-tracking implies tracking your plans for my life and yet I so often find myself making my own plans without consulting you. I am sorry, Lord. I choose today to acknowledge you in all my ways – all my plans – and to trust you to direct my paths. I know your plans are for my good, even when it does not appear so to me. Help me deal with every conflict and every difficulty that I have at this time so that I will see your hand working all things out for my good according to your purposes. Today, Lord my God, I commit my ways to you so that my plans will succeed. Amen.” 

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trACker number410 God-Tracking Is Looking At Your Clouds through His Light

trACker number410

The e-Devotional helping to keep you on-track 

17 August 2012   

Dear God Tracker 

God-Tracking Is Looking At Your Clouds through His Light 

I stood at my bedroom window mesmerised by the sun shining on my face. What a glorious day, and yet I had just been praying about a serious need in my life. I’d woken up under a cloud that morning worrying about money matters again. As one does in our society, I was consumed about looming bills and busting budgets. But then as I looked out my window through the haze of self-pity I noticed that the sun I was gazing at was not shining directly on my face. I was, in fact, looking at the reflection of the sun from the east in my half opened north facing window. And then I noticed something even more amazing. Outside my window the northern sky was darkened with clouds! My Lord spoke gently to my heart, “My light will shine in spite of the clouds.” 

So often we get so absorbed by our growing needs, be they financial, emotional or physical, that we completely forget that our God’s generosity totally outshines all our needs. When I looked out of my window toward the cloudy sky it wasn’t the clouds I saw but the reflected light of the sun, and it comforted me. Dear God Tracker, may we learn the secret of always looking at our needs through the reflection of God’s word: “And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus,” (Philippians 4:19). 

God-tracking is looking at your clouds through his light. 

Blessings 

Dudley 

GodTracker is online at www.godtracker.co.uk  

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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! 

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. 

Listen to 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 

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes. 

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” --- C. S. Lewis

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus! 

I Believe That You Will Give Me Whatever I Wish 

John 15:7

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 

Pray

“O Father God, sometimes it feels like my problems are insurmountable. Everywhere I look I seem to see a need. It’s like looking out the window and seeing nothing but clouds. But I know that, in spite of my many needs, you are still the author of my life. In spite of the fact that there are clouds outside my window, I cannot avoid the light of your word shining brightly in my eyes. You have promised to restore my fortunes; you have promised to meet my needs and you have promised to heal my body. Today I stand in the light of your word, as it remains in me and ask that you will meet all my needs according to your promises. By your word here today I believe that you will give me whatever I wish. I pray in Jesus’ name and to your glory. Amen.”

 

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trACker number409 Godtracking is humbly wearing Christ's Gold Medal

trACker number409

The e-Devotional helping to keep you on-track

GodTracker is online at www.godtracker.co.uk 

10 August 2012 

 

Dear God Tracker

God-tracking is humbly wearing Christ’s Gold Medal

The crowd roars as Michael Phelps rises to the podium to receive his medal at the London 2012 Olympics. What a feat. The athlete who has won the most gold medals ever gently lowers his damp head as the official hangs his 19th gold medal around his neck. No other swimmer – no other athlete - has ever achieved this accomplishment. With his team’s victory in the 4x200m freestyle, Michael Phelps became the greatest Olympian. What a hero! What a conqueror! However, when asked if his record would be broken, Michael Phelps replied: "Nothing's untouchable."

But there was hero of old who won a victory 2000 years ago that is still untouchable today. He competed in a race against all odds and won victoriously. Many had tried before to gain the triumph that he had gained but had failed, because of their sinful nature. But when this great athlete ran his race he ran as one sinless and perfect in every way. And it pleased the Official of his race to inflict him the consequence of the sin of all other runner. As our hero hung on his podium at the end of his race he did not cry tears of joy but painfully cried out, “It is finished,” and died. At that moment the crowd fell silent for Christ had made a spectacle of the forces of darkness, triumphing over them by the cross.

But this was not the end of the race at all. After he’d died our hero was taken down from his podium and placed in a tomb but only three days later he came alive again. By the power of the Holy Spirit and because he was sinless Jesus Christ rose from the dead! What a victory that was! Not only had he run the race and paid the price but he had set the world record for all eternity by rising from the dead and ascending to the right hand of God; a record never to be touched again.

However, what truly separates our hero from all other athletes of all time was the fact that after he had run the race, paid the price and gained the victory he graciously removed his Gold Medal and hung it on the necks of every athlete that had run with him saying, “No, in all these things, you are more than a conqueror.” 

God-tracking is humbly wearing Christ’s Gold Medal.

God bless you

Dudley

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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 

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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.

Listen to 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

1 Corinthians 9:25

Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“A defined vision gives us both a reason to run and something worth running after… any vision is only as effective as the cause to which it is attached.” --- Brian Houston

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

Already Gained Victory

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

Pray

“Dear God thank you so much for sending Jesus to run my race and win the victory. I confess that I don’t have what it takes to win the gold. And yet you paid the price for my sin by dying on the cross and graciously made me more than a conqueror over all the world and the devil by winning the gold for me. Thank you O Lord my God! Thank you for the victory I have in Jesus! Thank you for the triumph Jesus gained at the cross and that he has made a way for me to have victory over all the forces of darkness. So now a choose to throw off all sin that hinders me and run the race you have marked out for me in already gained victory. Amen.

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trACker number408 God-Tracking Is Boasting In the Cross of Christ

trACker number408

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GodTracker is online at www.godtracker.co.uk 

 03 August 2012 

Dear God Tracker

God-Tracking Is Boasting In the Cross of Christ

The whole world has gold-rush fever again. As we approach the height of the Olympic Games we notice each athlete and each country vying against the other to win that elusive Olympic Gold medal. It reminds me a little of how some of us live these days, particularly in the so-called Christian West. Perhaps it has much to do with Western culture in that we live in a state of continual comparison: capering our cars, our houses our careers our big screen home entertainment systems and even our churches. It’s like we’re in a constant gold-rush, rushing to stake our claim to the biggest and best for King “me”. Sadly, this does not portray the attitude of Christ.

The Bible says, “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,” (Phil 2:5-6). Jesus had every reason to boast while he walked on earth. He was a great teacher, miracle worker and leader. Jesus is Emmanuel – God incarnate – equal with God, and yet when he lived among us he humbly put the needs of others before his own. In fact, God demonstrated his own love for us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. The culmination of Jesus’ humility was his dying on the cross, alone and dejected.

Dear God Tracker, we do indeed have every reason to boast: we are saved and delivered; we are the head and not the tail; we have every need met in Christ and we’re destined for glory! But all this is all only due to God’s grace and has nothing to do with our own achievements. This is perhaps why Paul said, “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me,” (2 Cor 12:9). You see, Paul knew that Jesus had run the race and got the gold so that he (Paul) could be made more than a conqueror. And in God’s grace, I too stake my clam!

God-tracking is boasting in the cross of Christ.

Keep your eyes on Jesus

Dudley

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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

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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.

Listen to 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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Verse of the Week 

1 Peter 4:1-2

Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin. As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes. 

“We are absolutely nothing.  We have nothing to be proud of.  We have no abilities and nothing to offer God.  The fact that he chooses to use us is only due to his grace.  It has nothing to do with us.” --- Brother Yun

 

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

In Christ I Am More Than a Conqueror 

Romans 8:37

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 

Pray

“O Lord God, I admit that I have been chasing after personal gain. I am sorry for my boasting and my self-seeking attitude. I ask your forgiveness and pledge to humbly serve you and live by your grace. Thank you that you are my strength and my exceeding great reward. Thank you the cross of Jesus has made a way for your grace to be my victory. I stand today in and by your grace and lay claim to your great purposes and your blessings – by grace – for my life. In Christ I have overcome! In Christ I have won the gold medal! In Christ I am more than a conqueror! Amen.”

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trACker number407 God-Tracking is Making Decisions Based upon His Knowledge of Your Future

trACker number407

The e-Devotional helping to keep you on-track

GodTracker is online at www.godtracker.co.uk 

27 July 2012 

 

Dear God Tracker

God-Tracking is Making Decisions Based upon His Knowledge of Your Future

The funny thing about prophecy is once it is uttered it stands as God's word for all time. By the Holy Spirit the prophet Jeremiah once said, , "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'" (Jeremiah 29:11). Israel's prophet spoke these words to his people about their future after the Babylonian captivity. Indeed, a word to a nation many years ago but recorded in the Bible for all time to all people who call upon God's name; a word to you and me today. God's word never gets old. God's word never expires. And the truth of this prophecy is, it is God who knows his plans for us but we do not, not until we discover them, that is. This is why we need to commit ourselves to tracking God's plans and purposes day by day. And God's plans for our futures are wonderful!

In our finite existence here on earth we cannot see into the future, yet we are often called to make decisions that affect our futures. There comes a time in every plan when one encounters a choice between two or more options. It's like when an expert tracker comes across hard dry ground in the bush as he tracks his prey. Which way did the animal go? It's then that he calls upon his knowledge of the animal he is tracking and its influence on the environment. In the same way, when we come to crossroads in our life walk we need call upon our knowledge of the God we are seeking and his influence on our environment. This knowledge we gain by opening our hearts to his word through the Bible and fellowshipping with his Holy Spirit in prayer.

So he next time you face a life changing decision be sure to keep your eyes on God’s word and acknowledge his influence on your plans through prayer. Then simply go ahead and make your choice! It amounts to cause and effect: acknowledge the Lord and he will direct your paths. And even if you make the wrong decision then, because you have acknowledged God and are open to his voice, he will never-the-less direct your paths and bring you back on-track with his plans, always.

God-tracking is making decisions based upon his knowledge of your future.

Bless you as you track God.

Dudley

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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 

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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

Proverbs 16:1

To man belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the reply of the tongue.

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

If you want to know why you were placed on this planet, you must begin with God.  You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.” --- Rick Warren

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

I Know You Are Always Familiar With My Ways

Psalm 139 2-3

You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.

Pray

“Dear Lord I’m sorry that I’m so indecisive in my life. Help me to make decisions based upon your knowledge of my future. I recognise that you have plans for me but help me to seek your plans by keeping my eyes on you and my heart in tune with your word. Help me to hear you in the decisions I am about to make. I choose to acknowledge you in all my plans and so I trust that you will direct all my paths. Give me courage to step out in faith and help me be content with my choices, because I know you are always familiar with my ways. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.”

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