trACker number426 God-Tracking Is a Labour of Rest

trACker number426

The e-Devotional helping to keep you on-track

 

11 January 2013 

 

Dear God Tracker

 

God-Tracking Is a Labour of Rest

 

“But I am trying to be born again,” Sue said to me as the bus rolled on toward the local Baptist church we attended every other Sunday evening. These were the tough yet exciting days of my police training. Every other Sunday, when we were not on weekend pass, we were bussed from the training camp to a local church of our choice. “How do mean, ‘trying to be born again’,” I asked. ”You know,” Sue answered with note of frustration, “I’m really working at trying to be on God’s side and to deal with life’s difficulties. I try my hardest but somehow I’m just not getting it right with God.”

 

Like so many of us, Sue was doing all she could do to “get it right with God”. She’d had her fair share of difficulties and was trying very hard to live a good life but, sadly Sue had been doing it all in her own strength. After all when you commit to become a Christian there are so many things to get right, aren’t there? It’s wearisome trying to be a Christian. But didn’t Jesus once say, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest?” And then he added that we should be yoked with him. In other words, are we to come to him for rest but then also labour with him? This is paradoxical: labour in rest.

 

Jesus himself completed all the work for our salvation upon the cross asyn'get it right”rk at anything then we should be working at resting in the labour of Christ.ta him. to help, sins to stop he died and when he rose from the dead he set us free from sin and strife. Jesus was sinless and yet he was tempted to sin. He laboured at remaining sinless before God so that he would be sinless at the cross. When he died, Christ became the Sabbath rest for all who call on his name. He completed all that was required in order to earn God’s favour. You could say Jesus ticked all the boxes on the application form for life. This means that he not only bore sin but he laboured for righteousness, healing, joy, peace and blessing. Jesus set us free from our efforts to “get it right with God” by becoming the “yes” and “amen” to all of God’s promises to us. So if we are to work at anything then let us work at resting in the labour of Christ.

 

God-tracking is a labour of rest.

 

Every blessing

 

Dudley

 

It’s all in the Book. Read more…

Matthew 11:28-19

Hebrews 2:17-18

2 Corinthians 1:18-21

Hebrews 4:8-11

 

 

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Verse of the Week

 

Hebrews 4:11

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience.

 

 

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!

 

You Are My Sabbath Rest

 

Pray

“My holy God I realise that I cannot work at getting my life right with you. I realise that I can’t bring my own healing or orchestrate my own success in life and that it is only you working in me that brings right living. I’m sorry for my strife and accept the work of Christ upon the cross in faith today. I come to you, Jesus, because I am weary and burdened. I take up your effort to bring me into a place of blessing and trust that you will give me rest from my difficulties. I let go of my human effort to get things to work out right in my life and trust in your eternal supernatural power to bring about healing, deliverance and victory. Jesus, today I confess that you are my Sabbath rest. Amen.”

 

 

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trACker number425 God-Tracking Is Always Acknowledging the Lord In Every Decision You Make

trACker number425

The e-Devotional helping to keep you on-track 

04 January 2013   

Dear God Tracker 

God-Tracking Is Always Acknowledging the Lord In Every Decision You Make 

In January 1997 Karen and I sat across the kitchen table in a friend’s house some 5,600 miles from our old home in South Africa. She and I had always believed in acknowledging God in every decision we made and two years prior, after sensing the call of God, we had made the decision to move abroad. I had written to several companies in English speaking countries for job opportunity in the radio or music ministries but had only received a moderate response from England. So, with faith in the call of God and trust that he would always direct our paths we sold our home and booked a trip to visit friends in the UK. Both Karen and I qualified for ancestry visas to live in Britain so we sensed God’s leading to move to that country. Our month’s holiday was over and with return tickets to S.A. in our pockets, we sat gazing searchingly into each other’s eyes over a cup of coffee. “We have acknowledged God in all this; as always,” said my lovely wife, “so I’m sure he will direct the outcome.”

“Hmm,” I pondered. “No doubt God has opened a door for us here and he has led us as he always has in the past. But, as always, it’s we who need to make the decision. So… yes, let’s go for it!”

At its best, God-tracking requires that we acknowledge God’s foreknowledge of the plans and purposes he has for our lives and then step out in faith and make those decisions based upon the sure fact that he will direct our paths. Scriptures tell us that as we try to map out our lives it is God himself who determines our steps. So we need to always seek his face through the Bible, in prayer and in confession then simply make those choices with our eyes on Jesus. 

I left my family in the UK and returned to South Africa. After winding things up a few things I returned to start my new life in my new home in England. However, it took all of one year for me to become employed during which time we used up all our savings. Those first few years were tough – very tough – but we knew without doubt that God had moved us, because we had made our decisions in acknowledgement of his plans and purposes. Now many years later I can firmly say that God has proven his purpose for my family and me as he has directed our paths in ways that far outstripped our dreams. 

God-tracking is always acknowledging the Lord in every decision you make. 

Every blessing 

Dudley 

It’s all in the Book. Read more…

Proverbs 3:5-6

Proverbs 16

Jeremiah 26:11-13

Hebrews 11:6

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What is trACker?

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Join Dudley Anderson on UCB UK

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Verse of the Week 

Proverbs 16:3

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

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes. 

“When the Lord gives you a sense of purpose, that purpose ruins you for anything else. Nothing else will ever bring true peace, because peace is found only in pursuing the purposes of God.” --- Brian Houston

 

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

Give Me the Courage To Make My Choices In Faith 

Pray

“Father God I want to take a moment right now to reaffirm that I acknowledge you in everything in my life from my career to my church work; from my recreation to my relationships and from my past to my future. I recognise your foreknowledge of my life for this coming year and beyond. I confess that you are my God and my guide in all I do. Lead me by your Word and Spirit to make all my decisions according to your plans for my life.  Believe that you determine my steps if I seek you in all I do. Help me to never, never do anything in life without first acknowledging you. Then, O my Lord, give me the courage to make my choices in faith. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.”

 

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trACker number423 God-Tracking Is Walking In Faith That His Plans Will Prevail

trACker number423

The e-Devotional helping to keep you on-track 

07 December 2012   

Dear God Tracker  

God-Tracking Is Walking In Faith That His Plans Will Prevail 

Through the prophet Jeremiah the Lord has said, “I know the plans I have for you.” He goes on to say that these plans are to give us a hope and a future. The Lord God knows our tomorrow. He has foreknowledge of all we will go through in order to realise his plans. However, the Bible also tells us that we have an enemy who is intent on our destruction. The devil’s plans are to disrupt the plans of God for our lives.  

After we were married Karen and I moved from Johannesburg to Pretoria in South Africa where we lived. After we had settled in we looked around for a church to join. For three months we attended a very large church but somehow knew that God didn’t want us there. One day as I was driving through town I came across a small whitewashed church set back from the road. I was intrigued so I stopped the car and made my way to the notice board. As I approached the door a man came out and greeted me. We struck up a conversation and I discovered that he was the pastor. He had just popped into the church at the exact moment that I arrived. We chatted a while and then I left. As it turned out my best friend had also recently moved to Pretoria with his wife and was looking for a church so we both decided that we’d give this church a try that coming Sunday. 

Unbeknownst to me the whole worship team had grievously walked out the week before we arrived, leaving the pastor in a quandary. God had a purpose for that man and that church but somehow the devil had second-guessed God’s plans and caused disorder. Oddly enough (funny how God works) my friend and I were both guitarists with some year’s experience in worship leading. And so it turned out that at the exact time that the devil had disrupted God’s plans for our new pastor’s life, God’s plans for my friend and me were to coincide our paths with his, so frustrating the devil’s attempt to derail God’s purposes. 

The devil will do whatever he can to disturb God’s plans for you. Satan’s plans are wrought through sin, illness, loss, disorder, confusion and through physical attack. Satan is not unintelligent. He too has strategy and purpose and, although he does not know God’s plans for your life, he can make a very good guess at God’s purposes for you. He will do his level best to derail you from your God-track. But take courage, Jesus has overcome the devil! So if you feel as though your plans for the future are falling apart then simply continue to acknowledge the Lord in all you do and keep your eyes of Jesus. Then trust that your Lord will direct your path, always! 

God-Tracking is walking in faith that his plans will prevail. 

Every blessing 

Dudley 

It’s all in the Book. Read more…

Jeremiah 29:11-13

1 Peter 5:8-9

Colossians 2:15

Ephesians 6:12-18

James 4:7-8

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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. 

Join Dudley Anderson on UCB UK

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Verse of the Week 

John 16:33

"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

 

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes. 

“Satan is not afraid of our theology he is afraid of our commitment. Committed Christians cause him to tremble.” --- Derek Prince

 

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus! 

I Stand Strong in the Knowledge That You Are In Control of My Life 

Pray

“Dear Lord, thank you so much that you have plans for my life and that your plans are for my good. I confess that I acknowledge you in all my ways: in my relationships, in my work, in my church life, my hobbies and everything I set my hand to do. I know that you know my tomorrow so I put my trust in your will and purpose for me. I also believe that Jesus has conquered the devil and made a spectacle of him at Calvary. Therefore, I will continue to keep my eyes fixed on Christ and stand strong in the knowledge that you are in control of my life. I repent of my sins, resist the devil and put my faith in God. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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trACker number421 God-Tracking Is Walking With the God of 70 Times 7

trACker number421

The e-Devotional helping to keep you on-track 

30 November 2012   

Dear God Tracker  

God-Tracking Is Walking With the God of 70 Times 7 

Someone once said that God is the God of second chances. I don’t think I fully agree with this statement. I think God is not the God of only the second chance but the God of 70 times 7 chances. 

Jesus had just completed an amazing discourse on the power of agreement when Peter quietly approached him and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?”  Peter thought, as only Peter could think, that he’d impress Jesus by suggesting that he was willing to forgive a grievance seven times, since he knew that the number seven represented completion in Hebrew thinking. Peter assumed, as only Peter could assume, that there was a limit to forgiveness. However, good old Pete was knocked sideways by his Lord’s reply: “No Peter, not just seven times but seventy times seven!” Jesus once again had used exaggeration as a figure of speech to point out that there is no limit to forgiveness. 

I thank God that he is willing to forgive me perfectly every time I sin or make a godless decision. Of course, I am by no means qualified to deliberately sin in the expectation of God’s forgiveness but I do know that even as a born again Christian I’m less than perfect (sometimes we “born-againers” tend to think that we are perfect). The truth is, although I have confessed and repented of sins that I have actually committed, I sadly find myself doing the same thing time after time.  

Have you ever found yourself in this sin-confess cycle? Well you’re not alone. Even the apostle Paul battled with this dilemma, however he also knew that grace gave him no license to sin. And yet God views the heart and true repentance comes from the heart. If you’ve made a mistake or two or if you’ve made a bad decision then, with a true heart, bring it to Jesus and lay your failures at the foot of the cross. Our God is faithful and just – because of the cross of Jesus – to forgive and restore you, “seventy times seven”.

God-Tracking is walking with the God of 70 times 7 

Every blessing 

Dudley

 

It’s all in the Book. Read more…

Matthew 18:19-35

Romans 7:14-20

Romans 5:20-6:4 

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3 - in - 1 Walking in the Light Ministries (int.)

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Listen to 1-min GodTracker for Radio at:

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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. 

Join 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://ucb.co.uk

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Verse of the Week 

Romans 6:6

For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

 

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes. 

 “Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.” --- Henry Ward Beecher

 

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

Be my guide and my guard that I will not mess up again 

Pray

“Father God I admit that I made a bad choice in life. I’m sorry for my sin and confess it before you. Today I repent of all wrongdoing and wrong decisions and determine never to do these things again. Thank you for your love and mercy and the grace to forgive. Help me to make the most of this situation I find myself in. Be my guide and my guard that I will not mess up again. Thank you Jesus. Amen.” 

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