GOD-TRACKING IS LIVING EVERY MOMENT CONFIDENT IN HIS SOVEREIGN TIMING

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06 November 2015 

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS LIVING EVERY MOMENT CONFIDENT IN HIS SOVEREIGN TIMING

“The fall of Jericho could be described by a natural disaster,” said the commentator in a TV documentary I was watching about Joshua’s conquest of the city. “The Jordan Rift Valley runs closer to Jericho than the San Andreas Fault does to San Francisco,” he went on to say. “In all likelihood, the walls of Jericho collapsed because of an earthquake.” 

Very often science tries to argue away the supernatural acts of God with natural conclusions. However, as feasible as the scientific conclusion seemed to be in this instance, as I watched, I became even increasingly impressed by the biblical account. If Jericho was breached by a natural earthquake then it’s even more amazing how Joshua was compelled by supernatural timing to blast the ram’s horn at the exact moment that the earth would shake. We need to remember that God is sovereign, his timing is perfect and his ends are supreme!

Through Isaiah the Holy Spirit said, “The former things I declared of old. As they went out from my mouth, and I announced them, suddenly I did them and they came to pass.” And he said, “I am he; I am the first, and I am the last. My hand laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I call to them, they stand forth together." The creator God we serve is all-knowing, all-powerful and ever-present. Here he is called the first and the last. If this is true then God exists in the past, the present and the future, all at the same time! Therefore, God is superior to time. In other words, God holds time in his hands. The timing of every event in the universe is designed and orchestrated by God Almighty.

God knows your beginning from your end and everything in-between! He was there when you took that first breath and he will be there when you breathe your last. Your God knows every moment and every movement of your life. Is it any wonder the scriptures tell us to acknowledge him in all our ways? If it is true that God prompted a mighty earthquake at precisely the moment the Israelites blew their trumpets in his praise after walking around Jericho 7 times in 7 days then I know that this same God can move your world according to his perfectly timed plans for your life. Rest in his sovereignty over your today and his perfect will for your tomorrow. Try not to fathom God with intellect. Rather fathom him with faith. Commit your moment by moment to him and it will amaze you how all things – both good and bad –  will work out for your good, always!

God-tracking is living every moment confident of his sovereign timing

Every blessing

Dudley
It’s all in the Book…

Joshua 6

Isaiah 48:1-8

Isaiah 48:12-13

Proverbs 3:5-6

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Verse of the Week

Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Quote of the Week
A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes

“Nothing can separate you from God's love, absolutely nothing. God is enough for time, God is enough for eternity. God is enough!” --- Hannah Smith 

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

I put my trust in your timing for every event in my life

Pray
“Dear Lord I realise now that my times are in your hands. I believe that, if I acknowledge you in all my ways then you will direct the timing of my paths. Therefore, I believe that all things – good or bad – in my life will work out according to your will for my good. So I put my trust in your timing for every event in my life. I commit my relationships, my work and my recreation to you. I commit my present and my future to you, and thank you for your hand on my past. Help me to rest assured that you will orchestrate every moment of my life according to the plans you know you have for me. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS WAKING EVERY MORNING TO CALL HIM DAD

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30 October 2015 

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GOD-TRACKING IS WAKING EVERY MORNING TO CALL HIM DAD

“I thought we would stay there longer or be adopted by this family,” said Clair as she shared stories of her childhood one evening around the dinner table. “But we were soon moved on to a new foster home. All my foster carers were wonderful people, but all my brothers and I wanted was a stable, loving home with a mom and dad who would never abandon us like our own parents had.” Clair was the eldest of three siblings. Their biological parents were abusive and negligent resulting in social services had removed them from their birth home, placing them into foster care. Clair was accustomed to looking out for her younger brothers as they moved from home to home but all she ever longed for was for was to be adopted by two caring adults she could call mom and dad. “Finally, when that day came, I remember waking up every morning thinking, mom and dad will always be here every time a wake up. They will never leave me or forsake me.”

Child fostering is a noble and caring occupation but nothing beats the real thing. There is a great need in our society to fully adopt abandoned and abused children. To me, people who choose to adopt other people’s children to love and care for them as their own are heroes. These often abandoned children are welcomed, cared for and shown grace in their time of need.

Christian, when you were once abandoned and lost in this world, Father God chose you in him that you should be holy and blameless before him. In love God predestined you for adoption as his son or daughter through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will. Father God did not need you. Father God did not inherit you – he chose to adopt you. Through the atoning work of Jesus Christ (God’s only begotten Son) Father God made the way for you to come to him just as you are – warts and all – and, because you have acknowledged Jesus as Lord, he has adopted you regardless. Yes, as your Abba Father he will discipline and guide you, but his discipline is always in love like a true father. Though you may rant and rave at times he will never abandon or forsake you. He is your carer, your provider, your comforter and your counselor. He is anything a good father would be and all his children are co-heirs to his Kingdom. All this because he has adopted you by choice, through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will.

God-tracking is waking every morning to call him Dad

God bless

Dudley

It’s all in the Book…Ephesians 1:3-14
Joshua 1:5
Romans 8:14-17

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Romans 8:15  
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Quote of the Week
A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.
“God is not a power or principle or law, but he is a living, creating, communicating person -- a mind who thinks, a heart who feels, a will who acts, whose best name is Father.” --- Robert Hamill

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!
Look up and Fix Your Eyes on Jesus!
Lord, help me to grow up under your care to be the child you want me to be

Pray
“O Abba Father, thank you so much for sending your only begotten Son, Jesus, to be a sin offering for me to make the way for you to choose me to be your child. Thank you so much for adopting me. Thank you for committing to care for me and provide for me like a loving dad. Thank you that I can wake up every morning to know that you’ll always be there for me. I am so grateful to be called your son/daughter. Thank you for the intimacy of our relationship. Thank you that I can sit on your knee and pour out my needs to you. Thank you for your counsel and your fatherly discipline. Lord, help me to grow up under your care to be the child you want me to be. Amen.”
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GOD-TRACKING IS A RELATIONSHIP NOT A RELIGION

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23 October 2015

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS A RELATIONSHIP NOT A RELIGION

It’s been said that true Christianity is a relationship and not a religion. I think it is bit like marriage. I think I can safely say that I know my wife sufficiently well enough to have a reasonable conversation with her. Because of my relationship with her (which is based upon openness and spontaneity) I don’t need to follow any set of rules or traditions in order to communicate with her or enjoy her company. Karen knows my deepest thoughts and I know hers, because we do not recite routine dialogue by rote. We are intimate and natural with each other. I know that at the end of a long hard day, for instance, I can pour out my heart to my wife and draw strength from her counsel. And though I do my best to make her happy I know that she is little impressed by any effort of mine to win her favour by false good works.

Religion is a striving for God's fellowship through rote rapacious recital, while true faith is worshiping God in Spirit and in truth. Religion is a striving for God's favour through one’s good works, while true faith is coming to God through Christ's good work. As a true follower of Christ I believe that do not have a religion; I have a relationship with God. This relationship begins with repentance and is based not on good works but on faith. As in my marriage I try to please my wife in intimacy so too in my walk with God I try to please him in faith. Faith pleases God. And faith is contrary to good works or rote prayer. Faith is spontaneous, intimate and rewarding.

What a privilege we enjoy as true Believers to come directly to Abba Father through faith in Jesus. What an honour to be able to talk to the Almighty as a man would talk to a friend. What a pleasure it is to spontaneously worship the God of heaven in the beauty of his holiness. Dear God-tracker, let us never, never take this privilege for granted! So, come to Jesus today if you’re feeling heavy burdened with religion and humbly yoke up with him in true intimate relationship.

God-tracking is a relationship not a religion

Keep your eyes on Jesus

Dudley

It’s all in the Book…
Galatians 2:15-16
Hebrews 11:6
John 4:23-24
Psalm 29:2
Matthew 11:27-29

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Ephesians 2:8-10
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 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.

“Christianity is not a religion, Christianity is a supernatural revelation.” --- Kathryn Kuhlman

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

I do love you very much and come to Jesus to relieve me of the burden of religion

Pray
“O Father God I realise now how important it is to simply walk with you by faith like Adam did in Eden. I see now that true Christianity is not a religion based or rote prayer or good works but a relationship based on love and faith. I want to walk with you in the intimacy of this relationship. I repent of my feeble efforts to earn your favour by good works. I want to pray in intimate freedom as I worship you in spirit and truth. Help me, Lord, to base my life upon your word and not human traditions. I do love you very much and come to Jesus to relieve me of the burden of religion. In Jesus’ mane I pray. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS LIVING IN GOD’S POSITIVE WORLD OF LOVE, POWER AND SOUND THINKING

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02 October 2015 

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS LIVING IN GOD’S POSITIVE WORLD OF LOVE, POWER AND SOUND THINKING

Discussing some of the latest scientific discoveries in cognitive neuroscience, Dr. Caroline Leaf says, 1 “The preponderance of evidence is pointing to the fact that we are wired for love (positivity) and we have to learn fear (negativity).” She goes on to point out that love represents everything that is good while fear represents everything that is evil or sinful. In other words, as human beings, we are all created with an intrinsic instinct for positive love. Fear was never wired into our beings. Fear and negativity result from forces external to our created nature.

I find this idea very interesting. Firstly, we read in the Bible that all God made was good, including man, and man was created in God’s image. In 1 John we read, “God is love.” Therefore, we’re created in the image of love. By the Holy Spirit, John goes on to say, “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.”

Secondly, sin crept into the human race when man disobeyed God. When this happened, mankind fell from God’s image of love and was exposed to fear. Satan (the serpent) lured man away from all that was positive and enduring into an environment that is negative and temporal. We see evidence of this in that God shut up the Garden of Eden to Adam. Yet, even in the curse God pronounces upon the serpent we see a glimmer of hope.

Thirdly, the good news: God, true to his word, did not abandon man to an eternity of fear but provided a way for any who would call on his name to be saved. By sending Jesus (the image of the invisible God who is love) God reconciled us back to his loving image. Jesus, who was sinless, became sin for us on the cross so that, in him, we could become the righteousness of God. As we read in Romans, “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Now, I hear you say, “So what’s this got to do with God-tracking?”

Just this: all those negative emotions and destructive forces in your world, which you are suffering from today, are a direct result of the old fearful fallen nature into which you were born. But you can be freed from their influence. I am always amazed at how science catches up with the Bible. Science tells us today that fear is learned, resulting in all that is negative, but love is intrinsic and results in all that is positive. Well, the Bible says it more plainly: Perfect love casts out fear and God has not given us a spirit of fear but of love, power and a sound mind. Are you fighting with fear? Are you battling with depression, anxiety or low self-worth? Well I say to you, call on the name of Jesus and acknowledge him as Lord and Saviour, today. Do this and you will find yourself on the road to positive freedom. If you have already acknowledged Christ then stand on the truth of God’s word and confess: “I do not have a negative spirit of fear (sin, depression, anxiety, disease, poverty, depravity, low esteem…) but I do have a spirit of love, power and positive thinking. Confess: “I am a new creation in Christ. I am God’s righteousness in Christ and God will meet all my needs in Christ.” And then believe it! Only God’s love by his Word and his Spirit can truly change your negative fears into positive love.

God-tracking is living in God’s positive world of love, power & sound thinking

Keep your eyes on Jesus

Dudley

It’s all in the Book…

1 John 4:13-21

Genesis 3:15

Colossians 1:15-19

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Romans 6:22-23

1 Dr. Caroline Leaf - http://drleaf.com/about/scientific-faqs/

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Verse of the Week

2 Timothy 1:7
God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.


Quote of the Week
A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“We can walk without fear, full of hope and courage and strength... waiting for the endless good which God is always giving as fast as He can get us to take it in.” --- George Macdonald  


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

Your love is the positive force in my life, turning my negative world into a world of wonder and joy

Pray
“My Lord, thank you so much for sending Jesus as your image of love to atone for my sins. Today I confess Jesus as Lord and Saviour and I confess that you are my source and resource in life. Your love is all I need! Your love drives out all my fears. Your love is the positive force in my life, turning my negative world of fear into a world of wonder and joy. I claim the promises of your word (which are all a big fat positive AMEN, in Christ) and stand on the fact of your healing, provision and deliverance of all my fears and worries. You are my Lord and I love you with all my heart. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS FACING EVERY DISASTER IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HE IS ALWAYS IN CONTROL

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25 September 2015

Dear God-tracker

God-tracking is facing every disaster in the knowledge that he is always in control

It was around 11pm when Karen and I made our way upstairs to bed. “I have such an uneasy feeling about Kerryn,” said my wife as we settled down. My daughter had embarked on a round the world trip and was in New Zealand at that moment. “Really?” I said. “Let’s pray.” We prayed for protection and blessing upon Kerryn and her travelling companion at that moment, knowing it was already mid-morning in New Zealand.
Early the next day our phone rang. “Hello, Mr. Anderson,” said a Kiwi voice. “Yes.” I replied with trepidation. “We want you to know, Kerryn is alright.” Instantly I knew something severe must have happened. The voice on the phone went on to explain how Kerryn was involved in serious a motor accident about 9 hours previously but that she had escaped with only bruises and some cuts. She and her friend, who was driving at the time, had entered a dual carriageway and were struck by a van at 100km per hour. The conditions were intensely serious. The driver had taken the impact, suffering a fractured her neck. However, it was clear that God was already in control. In the vehicle immediately behind the one that had collided with them were several casualty medical personnel on their way to work. They very quickly took control of the situation. Kerryn and her friend were rushed to hospital and were very well cared for.

The reason I share this story with you is to point out that bad things do happen; even to Christian believers who walk by faith. You and I are not free from the troubles of the world just because we born again. In fact Jesus once said, “In the world you will have trouble.” But then added, “But take heart; I have overcome the world.” Living as Believers on this planet does not exempt us from disaster or suffering. However, as Believers, we are reinforced by the fact of Christ’s continual companionship. In the Psalms we read that God instructs his angels to protect us in times of disaster. By the Holy Spirit (who is God) the Lord will never leave us nor forsake us. And it was the same Holy Spirit who was the One who prompted Karen and me to pray for our daughter at probably the exact moment of the collision!
As you seek and track God’s plans for your life, be encouraged to never take your eyes off Jesus. Continue to acknowledge God in all your ways and trust him to direct your paths without, leaning on your own understanding; especially through those disasters in life. I do not believe that God instigates calamity but when calamity happens he is faithful to lovingly rescue you and take you on to new heights of victory. Difficulties come your way to test you in order to make you stronger and more secure in your faith. God has a calling on your life and will prove you like gold in a furnace. And how can you be proved unless you are tested? Those whom God calls, he tests. Ask Moses; ask Peter. Better yet, ask Jesus.
My daughter, Kerryn returned home from New Zealand after a few days in hospital with no lasting effects of the collision. And praise the God of healing, her friend returned home a few weeks later and eventually made a full recovery. Both girls have now become much stronger in their faith and believe that, though Satan intends disaster for destruction, God will always work it out for the good.
God-tracking is facing every disaster in the knowledge that he is always in control

Keep your eyes on Jesus
Dudley
It’s all in the Book…John 16:33
Psalm 91
Hebrews 12:2
Proverbs 3:5-6
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Matthew 28:20And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age
Quote of the Week A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.” ---  Oswald Chambers
Don’t Give Up, Look Up!Look up and Fix Your Eyes on Jesus!

I claim my victory over every negative circumstance and claim your companionship in all my trials 

Pray“O Lord, I am facing a very trying time at the moment. It seems like there is no light at the end of the tunnel. And yet, O Lord, as I read these words I’m reminded that, not only are you the light at the end of the tunnel, you’re also the hope I have in the darkness of the walk. Help me to rest in your strength. Help me to be secure in your promises to meet all my needs, heal my body and prevent my foot from stumbling. I claim the promise that no weapon the devil forms against me will succeed (Isaiah 57:17). Therefore, I claim my victory over every negative circumstance and claim your companionship in all my trials. To your glory, O Lord. Amen.

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GOD-TRACKING IS KEEPING OUR EYES ON THE REALITY OF CHRIST

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18 September 2015 

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS KEEPING OUR EYES ON THE REALITY OF CHRIST

I have previously written about shadows and, how, as a child, I used to play games with my shadow. One popular game kids play is shadowboxing. On a bright sunny day I’d stand out in the middle of a field and punch at my shadow until I was exhausted. Shadowboxing is a futile exercise! Every move I’d make, my shadow would mirror. Try as I might, I could never out manoeuvre the dark faceless image of myself projected at 90 degrees from my feet. My dark counterpart was a complete copy of me, bar the reality. It lacked the substance of who I was. Turn out the light and my shadow would vanish.

Thinking about religious festivals and customs, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the Apostle Paul writes, “These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance (or reality) belongs to Christ.” Paul was pointing out that the whole of the Old Testament law together with its regulation, rituals and rites was simply a shadow reflecting the true reality of God’s purposes and principles found in Christ. As a Jew, Paul was brought up and educated under the strict regime of the Law of Moses. In his own words, he called himself a, “Hebrew of Hebrews,” but he goes on to say that whatever credit he gained in his religious observances he counted as nothing compare to the reality of knowing Christ. Jesus himself said, “Do you think I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” If the Law is the shadow then the real thing is Christ, the one casting that shadow by the light of God.

As you and I seek to find and remain on track with God’s plans for our lives we need to be sure that we keep our eyes on the real thing! Every Old Testament Law and every Old Testament rite is wrapped up in Jesus. Throughout the Old Testament we read of many types of Christ. These are shadows that mimic the exact image and movement of the Messiah, just as a shadow imitates the reality of its actual counterpart. For instance, the spotless lamb sacrificed at every Passover festival during temple times was the type (or shadow) of the antitype (or reality) who is the true sinless Lamb of God (Jesus). And Jesus was sacrificed at Calvary to take the punishment for your and my violation of the Law.

So where does this leave me boxing with my shadow? The more I boxed the more tired I became. The same applies to my attempting to keep the Commandments of God. The more I fight with myself in an attempt to subdue the flesh by my own efforts the more exhausted I will become. Like shadowboxing, it’s a futile exercise. I will never be successful in keeping the Law of God by my own strength. The Bible tells me that, although perfect, the Law was weakened by my sinful nature. But Jesus was not sinful! Therefore, he fulfilled the perfect requirements of the whole Law and bore the consequences of breaking the Law by dying on the cross. Therefore, only in Christ, who is the reality, are we no longer condemned by the Law and are free to live out his righteousness in our flesh by the Spirit.

God-tracking is keeping our eyes on the reality of Christ

Keep your eyes on Jesus

Dudley

It’s all in the Book…
Colossians 2:6-23
Philippians 3:3-11
Matthew 5:17
Romans 8:1-11

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Verse of the Week

Romans 8:5
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

Quote of the Week
A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“Walk with your face toward the Light or you may stumble in your own shadow.” --- Author

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

You have set me free from sin; you have set me free from condemnation and written your word upon my heart

Pray
“Dear Father God, thank you so much that Jesus has completed the requirements of the Law of Moses. Than you that, not only was he sinless, he bore the curse of my sin when he died on the cross. Today I praise you for my salvation and thank you that Jesus was the reality and the fulfilment of the Law and the Prophets. So, I choose to stop my shadowboxing turned away from that dark image of me to look full in your wonderful light. You have set me free from sin; you have set me free from condemnation and written your word upon my heart. Help me now to live by the Holy Spirit. Thank you, Lord. Amen.”
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GOD-TRACKING IS BEING SINGLE MINDED IN THE HOPE OF HIS PROMISES, EVEN IN THE WILDEST OF STORMS

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The e-Devotional helping to keep you on-track
Published through www.godtracker.co.uk

11 September 2015

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS BEING SINGLE MINDED IN THE HOPE OF HIS PROMISES, EVEN IN THE WILDEST OF STORMS

Have you ever travelled on a boat on windy seas? I remember one time crossing the English Channel on a ferry in the worst storm I’ve ever experienced. It was a long 6-hour crossing and I remember sitting inside the lounge on the top deck watching the massive waves crash against bow of the boat. The splash of the waves was reaching the window of my third story vantage point with ease. Through the haze of intense nausea I gazed out at the ocean and noticed that the waves were anything but uniform. Unlike the ripples created by a stone tossed into a pond, these monsters were blowing in every direction. The crests of the highest waves were breaking and their foam was being tossed back and forth by strong winds.

As I watched a scripture came to mind. James wrote that the person who asks God to meet a need but doubts in his heart is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. A person like this should not expect to receive anything from the Lord; he is double-minded and unstable in all his ways. Those mighty waves I was watching that day were anything but decisive. They were up one minute down the next and tossed left and right by the wind.

Life’s issues can sometimes beat against the hulls of our lives like the might waves of a furious storm at sea. With very rise and every fall we become increasingly battered until it seems we begin to sink. But remember, you’re never alone on your journey across the seas of life. If you know and acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord then he is right there with you in every storm. He will never abandon nor forsake you. Even when your legs give way and your head spins with confusion or fear, he is there with you. So be strong; pray and do not doubt that God will come through for you! Don’t be like the crests of those double-minded waves, tossed back and forth by the winds of change. Stand strong upon the promises that God has given you and, in faith, shout out, “I can and will do all things through Christ who strengthens me!”

God-tracking is being single minded in the hope of his promises, even in the wildest of storms

Stay blessed

Dudley

It’s all in the Book…

James 1:5-8

Deuteronomy 31:6

Philippians 4:12-13

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VoW
Verse of the Week

James 1:6-8
But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.


Quote of the Week
A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“God moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform; he plants His footsteps in the sea and rides upon the storm.” --- William Cowper


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

Help me, by the Holy Spirit, to be strong and courageous and to face every storm in the knowledge that you are always with me

Pray:
“O Lord, I’m feeling very shaky in my Christian walk at the moment. I know that you have given me promises and instructions for the future but I confess that I have my doubts. So Lord, I pray, forgive me for my double-mindedness! I am sorry for doubting your word. Today I rise up and stand firm upon your word. If you promise to meet my needs then I choose to believe it! Help me to not be like waves tossed in every direction by every whim of teaching or doubt. Help me, by the Holy Spirit, to be strong and courageous and to face every storm in the knowledge that you are always with me. Amen.”

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

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

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