GOD-TRACKING IS REMAINING ON TRACK WITH GOD’S PLANS EVEN THROUGH LIFE’S DETOURS

trACker 547The e-Devotional helping to keep you on-track
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31 July 2015

Dear God-tracker

God-tracking is remaining on track with God’s plans even through life’s detours 

Welcome new subscribers to trACker!

Twelve years ago I began producing the e-mail devotional, trACker. trACker developed out of a weekly mailing of the content I used to produce a radio programme that I presented years back called, On Track. The programme was a 2-hour music show broadcast on Christian Voice International and heard by millions of people on shortwave, FM and the Internet. I was very honoured to be involved in this work and developed very many friends as a result, some of whom still subscribe to this mailing. Today trACker has become a weekly Christian e-devotional reaching many people via e-mail, blogs, a 60-second radio spot and a published book. If you have recently joined trACker then I say a hearty welcome! It’s wonderful to have your company and I hope that we will get to know each other well as we enjoy tracking God’s plans and purposes together.

The radio show, On Track came about as a result of an experience God once took me through. When I moved from South Africa to the United Kingdom with my family in 1996, the only opportunity I had was a potential job with a broadcasting company (which eventually turned out to be Christian Voice International). However, this job did not materialise until 15 months after we arrived on the shores of Great Britain. In this time I sought the Lord for anything to keep my family fed. One application I made produced a solid potential of an appointment but after several interviews I was turned down. In asking God why I went through the process – even with signs from him that I would be appointed – he said, “This whole course took place because you are simply on track with my plans for you.”

I have yet to understand why God sometimes takes us the long and often tough way round to track his will for our lives, but he does! What I do know is that he is sovereign and his ways are higher than our ways. The Bible tells us that God knows the plans he has for us. Scripture also says that if we acknowledge the Lord in all our ways then he will direct our paths. If those paths take us the long way round then only God knows how many lives we my touch in the process and how much our faith will grow as we learn to trust him. Anyway, all things work together for the good of those who acknowledge God. This whole process is what I call, God-tracking.

So whatever difficulties or hurts you may be enduring today, be encouraged to stay on track with God’s plans and his purposes for you. Provided you continue to acknowledge the Lord and trust his will for you, then you will always find yourself precisely where he wants you to be in life. Remember that he is your Invisible Champion and he will never leave you nor forsake you.

God-tracking is remaining on track with God’s plans even through life’s detours 

God is with you

Dudley

It’s all in the Book…Isaiah 55:6-11
Jeremiah 29:11
Proverbs 3:5-6
Romans 8:27-28

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VoW Verse of the Week

Deuteronomy 31:8It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”


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!

Thank you for your peace within this conflict

Pray:“Dear Lord I feel as though the bottom of my world has just fallen out. I know that you have a plan for my life and sometimes your plan takes me the long hard way round, but please help me to be strong and to keep going. Dear Lord, I acknowledge you in all of my ways! I confess that Jesus is my Lord and saviour and that he is the Invisible Champion by my side. I that good will come from this difficulty in my life and that you will bless others through my experiences. Help me to seek and track your plans and purposes, even through the detours of life. To your glory. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS RESTING IN GOD’S TRUTH WITHIN MORAL CONFLICT

trACker 546The e-Devotional helping to keep you on-track
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24 July 2015

Dear God-tracker

God-tracking is resting in God’s truth within moral conflict

I believe the time has come when we who believe in the scruples and the moral absolutes of God’s word – the Bible – will be attacked more and more for the ethics of our faith. I believe the era of true freedom of Christian belief has come to end, worldwide. In some countries like North Korea Christians are being severely persecuted for the faith even to the extent of execution. However, in the so-called Christianised West, true biblical Christianity is being persecuted far more subversively. Even under the guise of religious freedom, those who adhere to the indisputable absolutes of God’s word are being ridiculed, ostracised and, at worst, prosecuted for standing up for their principles. But we are encouraged by the words of Jesus when he said, “If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, the world hates you.” And he said, “In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

You may find yourself facing opposition for your beliefs in the principles, purposes and precedents of God’s word today (and that opposition may come from both within the Church and outside of its camp). Perhaps you’ve been accused of being dogmatic about a moral precept found in the Bible. It could be you’re facing a challenge to your belief in the fullness of the Holy Spirit’s outworking in your life. Or maybe you are simply being ridiculed for your flat-line approach to a moral issue at work, at home or even at church. If that’s you then let me encourage you to keep your heart pure with no hidden egotistic agenda on your part, and always walk in the truth! God will always vindicate the truth because Jesus is the Truth!

The Bible says that our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the evil satanic forces behind the actions of men. In 1 Peter chapter 5 it says that our enemy – the devil – prowls around like a roaring lion seeking to devour us. However, note what the Spirit says through Peter in the verses before this. He says, “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.” Therefore, our fight is not with those people who attack us but with the spiritual forces behind these attacks. Therefore, we ought to simply and humbly cast our cares onto Jesus.

If you are under attack today for your Christian scruples or your unequivocal belief in God’s word then be strong in the strength of your Lord and know that he will vindicate you. Only stay true to the truth!

God-tracking is resting in God’s truth within moral conflict.

Shalom

Dudley

It’s all in the Book…John 15:18-19
John 16:33
Ephesians 6:10-18
1 Peter 5:6-11

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VoW Verse of the Week
Psalm 20:1May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!


Quote of the Week A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.
“The simple truth is, because objective, external truth and morality exist, we cannot build an argument against objective, external truth and morality without falling back on objective, external truth and morality.” --- Frank Peretti

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!Look up and Fix Your Eyes on Jesus!

Thank you for your peace within this conflict

Pray:“My Father God, I feel so abused today. It feels as though people are ganging up against me because of my belief in the principles of your word (even some so-called Christian people). Please forgive me if I have reacted in selfish ambition and please reveal to me every time I’m tempted to do so. Lord, I cry out to you to vindicate the truth and help me walk according to that truth. I pray for those who are bullying me that you will help them to come to terms with the truth. But I take my stand against the satanic forces behind this conflict in Jesus Christ’s name and rebuke the lies of the enemy! I put on your whole armour of God – truth, righteousness, faith, the Word of God, the blood of Jesus as my salvation upon my head and the word of my testimony upon my feet. Thank you for your peace within this conflict. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS REMAINING FIRM IN HIS FAITHFULNESS DESPITE SHIFTING SHADOWS

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17 July 2015

Dear God-tracker 

God-tracking is remaining firm in his faithfulness despite shifting shadows

I remember those hot summer days with nothing to do during school holidays when I was a child. By the time late afternoon came my friends and I would be so bored that we’d play a game seeing whose shadow reached the furthest. Living in the southern hemisphere near the tropics, the sun would shine almost directly overhead at midday and then quickly move to set in the west. As it did so our shadows would stretch and stretch until the shape on the ground was twice, three times as long as its vertical counterpart, and changing with every minute.

By the Holy Spirit James, the brother of Jesus, wrote, “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” The light of the mighty sun shining upon the earth produces shadows cast by our bodies that change and shift with every passing minute but the great and mighty Father of heavenly lights casts no shifting shadow with his light. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. The Bible says that he is faithful and that his love endures forever. Father God is always consistent! His words never shift or vary. What he promises today he fulfils tomorrow.

Your heavenly Father loves you so much and his love endures every circumstance of your life. Wherever you find yourself in your Christian walk know that he will always be with you today and tomorrow. You can endure every trial and every affliction, because his love is your endurance. Events and conditions will change but the Lord’s call on your life will never move like shifting shadows. His gifts of love, protection, blessing, healing, purpose and provision will never fade. Your Lord is consistent and every promise he has made to you will endure the seasonal changes of your life. Therefore, hold fast to his word and remain faithful in fellowship with his Spirit.

God-tracking is remaining firm in his faithfulness despite shifting shadows

Keep your eyes on Jesus

Dudley

It’s all in the Book…James 1:16-18
Hebrews 13:8
Psalm 36:5

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VoW Verse of the Week
Isaiah 24:1O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.

 
Quote of the Week A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.
“Affliction only works for you if you keep your eyes on the eternal.” --- Derek Prince

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!Look up and Fix Your Eyes on Jesus!

I know you are consistent even when I fluctuate in my faithfulness

Pray:“Dear God and Father of heavenly lights, thank you that you do not change like shifting shadows. Thank you, O Lord, that you are faithful to your word and that your love endures my every trial. Today I cease my striving and rest in your love for me. I stand firmly upon the promises you have given me to meet my every need and to help me to fulfil your purposes in my life. I choose to remain in fellowship with Holy Spirit and true to your word in my life. I know you are always consistent even when I fluctuate, and I am sorry for my unfaithfulness. Praise you for the plans you have for my hope and my future. Amen.”
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GOD-TRACKING IS RESTING IN THE EFFECT OF GOD’S GRACE

trACker 544
The e-Devotional helping to keep you on-track
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10 July 2015   

Dear God-tracker 

God-tracking is resting in the effect of God’s grace  

The time was 8.30pm and well past Jonny’s bedtime so his mom bundled him in her arms and took him off to bed. Yawning, he prayed his prayers, kissed his mom and turned over to go to sleep. Ten minutes later Jonny’s mom heard a thump and a whimper upstairs. Returning to her son’s bedroom she found Jonny on the floor. “What happened?” asked mom. “I fell out of bed,” replied the 5-year old. Mom picked him up and tucked him in back under the covers and then went back downstairs. To her dismay, Jonny’s mom heard another thump and a whimper a few minutes later. Again she returned to find her son on the floor. “Why do you keep falling out of bed, Jonny?” asked mom. “I dunno,” he said. “Perhaps it’s because I sleep too close to the edge.”

All through life people strive to be good and help their fellow man. They work hard at being righteous in the hope that someday they may be lucky enough to go to heaven. However, true hope for eternal life only comes when we realise that our good works gain us nothing before God. Only through repentance of sin and faith in Christ, by his death and resurrection, can we experience God’s grace. By God’s grace we enter God’s rest. But sadly, some of us still try hard to work at salvation. It’s a bit like someone climbing into bed at the end of a long hard day but remaining too close to the edge. The result is that they keep falling out back into a life of self-effort or selfish gain.

 

Isn’t it funny how we all often sleep with one leg in the bed and the other hanging out on the floor? We think that by striving to be a good person or by placing confidence in our good works we can somehow attain a greater measure of God’s grace. But, and here’s the paradox, grace is effortless! Grace is God’s doing. There is nothing you and I could ever do to earn God’s favour. In fact, Grace is defined as God’s unlimited favour. By grace, God saves us – through Christ – and by grace God empowers us – by the Holy Spirit – to do his good works in us. Even Apostle Paul realised that he was useless without God’s grace. He once said that Jesus told him, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

If you desire to be more effective for God then don’t sleep near the edge of your bed. If you truly desire to succeed in your career, in your relationships and in you ministry then lift both feet off the world and fall back into the slumber of God’s workmanship. If you want to make an impact on those around you or wish to influence others for Christ then retire from selfish effort and rest assured in God’s grace.

God-tracking is resting in the effect of God’s grace.

 

Every blessing

 

Dudley

It’s all in the Book…

Ephesians 2:8-10

Romans 5:2

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 

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Verse of the Week 

Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. 

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“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!

Only by resting in your grace can I ever be want you have planned me to be 

Pray:“My Lord I realise now that I have been sleeping too close to the edge of my life’s bed. I have accepted you as Lord and desire to serve you but I still find myself doing it under my own steam. Forgive me for selfish effort. Today I choose to pick both feet up and climb in deeply into the bed of your grace. Your grace has saved e and your grace has equipped me to serve you. So Lord, I seek your power by grace upon my career and my church work; upon my home life and my relationships. Only by resting in your grace can I ever be want you have planned me to be. Amen.” 

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GOD-TRACKING IS FACING EVERY NEW CALAMITY AS MORE THAN A CONQUEROR

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The e-Devotional helping to keep you on-track
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03 July 2015  

Dear God-tracker

God-tracking is facing every new calamity as more than a conqueror 

When Joshua crossed over the Jordon River to conquer Canaan under command to possess God’s promises he was confronted by a formidable opponent. Jericho was a solidly fortified city. When faced with possible invasion from the Israelites Jericho was shut up so securely that none could enter or leave. Joshua had been encouraged to be strong and courageous for he shall lead God’s people to inherit the Promised Land. With these words still in his ears he faced Jericho. But God gave Joshua a very strange battle plan to take Jericho, which involved simply marching around the city while praising God. If he did this then the city would be delivered into his hands. Joshua obeyed God’s command and miraculously those hugely fortified walls simply collapsed in a heap at the humble sound of the praises of the God of Israel. Joshua was more than a conqueror, because the Lord fought the battle of Jericho for him. Years later the psalmist would write, “For not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.” 

Another great battle occurred more than a thousand years later. One lone man faced the impenetrable city of God’s righteousness. Because of the fall of mankind the Promised Land of God’s riches and freedom were shut up to us all. But through the humble death of Jesus Christ on the cross the walls separating us from the promises of God fell down in a heap! Because of God’s grace though the victory of Jesus, you and I have attained free access to the wonderful riches of the Promised Land. Because of what Jesus did at Calvary we have gained victory over sin, Satan and death itself! Jesus made a public spectacle of all the forces of darkness when he triumphed over them at the cross, and then he handed that victory to anyone who would call on his name. In Christ’s victory we are also more than conquerors!  

Call on the name of Jesus in your dilemma, today! Stop and remember the many times that God has given you victory over sickness, loss or disappointment in the past and shout out again today, “I can still do all things through him who strengthens me.” When faced anew by confusion or calamity, remember that it’s not your own arm that delivered you in the past; it was by his right hand and his arm, and the light of his face. What he has done before he will do again. Just as the praises of the Israelites gained the victory over Jericho at the hand of Joshua so your praises will gain you victory over your fortified opponent at the hand of Jesus!  

So the next time you face life’s battlefield remember to be strong and courageous. Keep on walking with your face toward the Light and God’s praises on your lips. 

God-tracking is facing every new calamity as more than a conqueror. 

Every blessing

Dudley 

It’s all in the Book…

Joshua 1:6-9

Joshua 6

Psalm 44:1-3Colossians 2:13-15

Romans 8:31-39

Philippians 4:10-13

 

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Verse of the Week 

Romans 8:37

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

 

Quote of the Week

A 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! 

I declare that, in Christ, I am more than a conqueror and will march right in to take the promises of God 

Pray:

“Dear God I’m facing problems again in my life. Thank you for the many times you have delivered me in the past. Today I choose to remember those times and put my faith in you to do it again. Like Joshua facing Jericho I want to march right up to my opponent and declare the praises of God. Praise God! I will stand strong in the victory of Jesus at Calvary with my face towards the Light. Satan was defeated at the cross. I declare that, in Christ, I am more than a conqueror and will march right in to take the promises of God. Amen.”

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trACker is a service of godtracker.co.uk. Please consider helping towards expenses in delivering this service to you, HERE or by visiting http://godtracker.co.uk/ 

Listen to GodTracker for Radio here: http://www.godtracker.co.uk/index.html#Listen 

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