GOD-TRACKING IS KEEPING YOUR EYES ON JESUS AND YOUR HEART SOFT

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17 March 2017

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GOD-TRACKING IS KEEPING YOUR EYES ON JESUS AND YOUR HEART SOFT

Jeremiah 23:29
Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord,
and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

At school I was taught that the hardest substance known to man is the diamond. Well I beg to differ. I believe the hardest substance known to man is not any physical material; the hardest substance known to man is the very heart of man himself. Because of the hardness of heart wars have been fought. Because of the hardness of heart men and women have missed out God’s call to ministry. Because of the hardness of heart men and women reject the love of God and die in sin. Because of the hardness of heart successful marriages end up in divorce.

I once knew a young couple who had been married for several years when the husband fell in love with another woman. It’s the age-old story of a strong marriage being shipwrecked by tainted love. The young man thought that he loved his wife but when opportunity presented itself, he found himself in the arms of another. It was, however, a genuine love he felt for the other woman but it was wrong love. It wasn’t long before his secret was revealed and the deluded husband found himself face to face with his distraught wife. He repented but, sadly, their hearts had become hardened. Gradually their marriage flagged and amidst much pain and confusion the two came to the point of divorce. However, as Christians (indeed, this scenario does happen to Christians), they both knew divorce was not a viable option. One day, as they were discussing separation, they paused and looked into each other’s eyes. Just then the word of God came to them. God’s Word did what it always does best – it shattered their hardened hearts like a hammer shatters a rock in pieces: God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, and So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth, and I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

The hardest substance known to man became putty in the hands of the Word of God. A cold decision was then made to not separate. An equally cold decision was made to undo wrong love and be determined to love what God had ordained. God’s grace burst through as repentance and forgiveness abounded. Today, I’m very happy to report that this dear couple are more in love now than they were ever before, thriving as husband and wife

Dear God Tracker, has the Lord recently been speaking to you about something personal in your life? Have you heard the call of God to serve him fulltime; have you heard God’s call to totally surrender your life to him; have you sensed the nudge of the Holy Spirit to witness to a friend or work colleague? Dear God Tracker, have you been hardening your heart in your relationships, believing that you are always in the right? Remember, pride comes before a fall and God exalts those who humble themselves. Love is a choice! Choose to love as Christ loved you. God’s word to you is this: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” God looks at the heart and not the hands. Whatever you do, don’t allow your heart to harden.

God-tracking is keeping your eyes on Jesus and your heart soft

Every blessing

Dudley

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1 John 4:13-21
Malachi 2:10-16
Philippians 4:12-13
Proverbs 16:18
James 4:8-10
Hebrews 4:7


Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

I choose now to open my heart toward your perfect love and soften my hardened attitude.

Pray
“Dear Lord, I’m so sorry for the times I have hardened my heart toward your calling on my life. I am also so sorry for hardening my heart towards other people, especially those closest to me. I repent, In Jesus’ name. Your word has smashed my hardened heart. I choose now to open my heart toward your perfect love and soften my hardened attitude. Before you, I apologise for any hurt I have caused others and ask for opportunity to make things right. I Help me to keep my heart soft and my eyes on Jesus. Amen.”

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GodTracker owes its origins to an international Christian radio programme produced by Dudley Anderson called, On Track. Although On Track went off-air in 2005, GodTracker has continued to help people to track God's plans and purposes for their lives since July 2003.

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GOD-TRACKING IS BUILDING THE MODEL OF YOUR LIFE ON GOD’S PROTOTYPE

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10 March 2017  

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GOD-TRACKING IS BUILDING THE MODEL OF YOUR LIFE ON GOD’S PROTOTYPE

2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

I once worked as a computer network controller for a major car manufacturer in South Africa. My office was in the IT department, located at the assembly plant for all models of the car. This was back in the good-old-days of hardwired computer networks, so part of my job required me to trace cabling throughout the factory. I loved this part of the job because it meant I could see how the cars were built. From the metal presses to the final body coating I could observe how luxury cars were expertly assembled.

From time to time an air of mystery would creep across the plant. A memo would make it rounds instructing staff to not divulge any information about the new secret shapes perceived under covers at the Research & Development department. A new model prototype had arrived from overseas and was being tested. From this prototype, many new luxury cars would be modelled. Once tested and approved, the design specifications of this prototype were fed into every computer along the assembly line, resulting in thousands of expertly crafted luxury cars being produced on its specifications.
 
Jesus was supernaturally conceived by the Holy Spirit. He is not like any other man before or after. He is the Son of God – Emmanuel – God with us. He is called the Word of God, that is, the Word became flesh and dwelt on earth. Jesus Christ is the exact literal image of the eternal invisible God. Jesus is God incarnate. He is the sinless perfect prototype for the regenerate man. His plans have no flaws. His design is a mirror of the Creator. As with any prototype, Jesus the Christ was tested and approved. After his baptism by John, where God affirmed him as his perfect Son, Jesus was led into the wilderness where he endured intense temptation to sin. These tests were gruelling but Jesus, God’s prototype, stood strong. You see, he is designed according to the perfect blueprint – God himself.

From this immaculate and perfect prototype, God has produced many, many similar models. You are one of them, if you acknowledge Christ. You see, when you confessed Jesus as your Lord and put your faith in his death and resurrection, you were born again. Your old design fell away and you were remodelled according to his perfect blueprint. Because Jesus suffered intense temptation when he was tested, he will help you in your tests. In him, you are more than a conqueror. In him you stand saved, delivered and proved.

God-tracking is building the model of your life on God’s Prototype

Keep your eyes on Jesus

Dudley

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John 1:1-18
Colossians 1:15-20
Matthew 3:13-4:11
Hebrews 2:17-18

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

I base every choice, every relationship, every activity in my life on his blueprint for holy living

Pray
“Dear God, thank you so much for Jesus. Thank you that he came as the exact representation of who you are. I turn my back on sin and depravity and acknowledge Jesus Christ as my Lord and saviour. I choose to plan my life according to your plans for me. Thank you, Jesus, that you suffered when you were tempted. Because of your suffering, you help me when I am tempted. I repent of all sin and fix my eyes on Jesus, the perfecter of my faith. Jesus is my example. Therefore, I base every choice, every relationship, every activity in my life on his blueprint for holy living. Amen.”

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GodTracker is a weekly e-mail devotional based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His word calls us to seek his will by acknowledging him in all our ways and tracking this plans in faith.

GodTracker owes its origins to an international Christian radio programme produced by Dudley Anderson called, On Track. Although On Track went off-air in 2005, GodTracker has continued to help people to track God's plans and purposes for their lives since July 2003.

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GOD-TRACKING IS PUTTING YOUR ASSURANCE IN GOD’S PARAMOUNT WILL

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03 March 2017

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GOD-TRACKING IS PUTTING YOUR ASSURANCE IN GOD’S PARAMOUNT WILL

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.

God-tracking is all about walking within the will of God. In the prayer Jesus taught us to pray he said, “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” God is high and exalted. He is our Sovereign Majesty, his character is supreme, his power unlimited and his will is paramount. When we pray for God’s will to be done we’re handing over complete free reign to God to work in our lives as he chooses. Author and Bible teacher, Kay Arthur says it like this, “The will of God for your life is simply that you submit yourself to him each day and say, ‘Father, your will for today is mine. Your pleasure for today is mine. Your work for today is mine. I trust you to be God. You lead me today and I will follow.’”

I believe, without doubt, that God does have plans and purposes for our lives. Through Christ, God has rescued us from the clutches of sin and death. We are saved through grace by faith to become his workmanship. When we choose to put our faith in his grace (and remember, grace is God’s doing), he will work all things out in our lives – good and bad – according to his will. God knows all things. He knows our past our present and our future, so let us acknowledge his knowledge in all our ways and trust that he will direct our paths according to his perfect will for our lives.

And here’s God’s will for you, from Psalm 91:

•    He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty
•    For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence
•    He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler
•    You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday
•    A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you
•    For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways
•    On their hands, they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone
•    You will tread on the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot
•    “Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name.
•    “When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honour him
•    “With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”

It takes a mind shift to track the will of God; a shift from the natural to the supernatural. This shift can only be achieved through prayer and God’s Word. So, renew your heart and your mind by filling it with the Word of God. God’s Word is God’s will. Do this and you will test and approve his perfect plan for your life.

God-tracking is putting your assurance in God’s paramount will

Every blessing

Dudley

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Matthew 6:9-13

Ephesians 2:8-10

Romans 8:26-30

Psalm 91

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Today I choose to put my complete faith in your paramount will for my life

Pray
“Dear God, thank you that you have a plan and a purpose for my life. Thank you that, if I acknowledge you in all my ways, you will work out everything in my life according to your perfect will. Help me read your Word more and help me to fill my mind with your Word. I believe your Word is your will. Help me to renew my mind with your Word, in prayer. Today I choose to put my complete faith in your paramount will for my life. Amen.”

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What is GodTracker?
GodTracker is a weekly e-mail devotional based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His word calls us to seek his will by acknowledging him in all our ways and tracking this plans in faith.

GodTracker owes its origins to an international Christian radio programme produced by Dudley Anderson called, On Track. Although On Track went off-air in 2005, GodTracker has continued to help people to track God's plans and purposes for their lives since July 2003.

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GOD-TRACKING IS PUTTING YOUR CONFIDENCE IN GOD AND REFUSING TO GIVE UP!

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24 February 2017

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GOD-TRACKING IS PUTTING YOUR CONFIDENCE IN GOD AND REFUSING TO GIVE UP!

1 Thessalonians 5:24
He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.

My little grandson lay on a small bed in the ICU of the children’s hospital. Pipes and cables coming from his little body, this tiny 3-week-old was connected to machines that both monitored his vital signs and sustained his life. A few days prior Ruben was rushed to hospital, gravely ill. Convulsing violently, the doctors tried to reduce his body temperature, to no avail. His little body was trembling, but not a sound came from his mouth. Suddenly my wife and I and Ruben’s parents were hastily ushered out of the small cubical, as an emergency team rushed in with resuscitation equipment. Ruben had stopped breathing. My son and his wife held each other, sobbing. Karen and I stood by a window gazing at the children’s play area outside. “Dear God, we rebuke this illness. We rebuke this death. You are the Lord our healer. Your word has instructed us to lay hands on the sick; this we’ve done. We claim Ruben’s life and healing, in Jesus’ name!”

From the start of his illness, we prayed for Ruben’s healing. The scriptures tell us that God is our healer. The Bible says that if we lay hands on the sick, they will recover. It also says that a prayer of faith shall make the sick person well. Well, Karen and I and Ruben’s parents were praying that prayer of faith. We stood on God’s Word without wavering.

Ruben was resuscitated and subsequently rushed off to the Intensive Care Unit at a children’s hospital in another town. I could tell the doctors were very concerned for him. The ICU staff were set in for the long hall in caring for little Ruben. But we had prayed! Twenty-four hours after he was admitted to ICU my grandson opened his eyes. A few days later he was on his way home. Our God is the Lord who heals!

Faith outs its confidence in the other. When one climbs aboard an aeroplane one does not have faith in his own skills to fly the craft but places his complete confidence in the one he cannot see, he who is both skilled and willing to raise him together with a couple of hundred other people, 33 thousand feet above the ground and then land them safely again at their destination. As Corrie Ten Boom said, “Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable and receives the impossible.” Faith in God is confidence in his power and willingness to meet our needs, heal our sick and guide our every footstep along our life’s track.

Whatever obstacle you’re facing today; whatever your need, be it healing, provision or guidance, stand on God’s Word without wavering. He is faithful and he will do it!

God-tracking is putting your confidence in God and refusing to give up!

Every blessing

Dudley

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Psalm 30:2
Exodus 15:26
Matthew 10:7-8
Mark 16:18
1 Peter 2:24
James 5:14


Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

My confidence is in your power and willingness to bring healing and provision to every part of my life and the lives of my loved ones

Pray
“Oh, Father God, I believe your Word says that you are my healer. I believe your Word says that you will meet my needs according to your glorious riches, in Christ. Today I stand before you – in Christ – and place my confidence in you, alone. I do not place my confidence in myself or other people. My confidence is in your power and willingness to bring healing and provision to every part of my life and the lives of my loved ones. You are the Lord my healer! You are the Lord my provider! You are the Lord my guide! You are faithful and you will do it. Thank you, God my Father. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS HAMMERING AWAY AT OBSTACLES IN LIFE WITH TENACIOUS FAITHFULNESS

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17 February 2017

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GOD-TRACKING IS HAMMERING AWAY AT OBSTACLES IN LIFE WITH TENACIOUS FAITHFULNESS

2 Corinthians 4:16
So, we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away,
our inner self is being renewed day by day.

Blow after blow John beat away at the brick wall with his sledge hammer. The wall was not high but it was sturdy. The hammer fell at the base of the wall with force… twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty blows. John paused and wiped his brow. His arms ached, yet the wall stood firm. Thump! He hit the wall with another blow. The wall fell in a heap of dusty rubble at his feet. The question arises, which blow brought the wall down?

In the book of Daniel, we read how Daniel prayed and fasted for 3 weeks, seeking God for the deliverance of his people from Babylonian bondage. Twenty-one days had passed then, on the last day of his fast, God revealed great mysteries to the prophet in a vision. Daniel did not experience the vison after only two days or eight days or ten days of prayer. Daniel endured his 3-week fast, day after day, waiting on God, not knowing when God would answer. That great vision arrived, according to God’s timing, on the last day of his fast. The question arises, which day of prayer brought on God’s revelation to Daniel?

Tenacious faithfulness is seen in both these stories. Neither men knew which moment would bring the fulfilment of their cause, yet they stubbornly persisted until the answer came. So, which blow against the wall; which day of fasting, brought on the desired result? The answer… all of them. With passionate hope these men set out on their quests, persisting in their causes without any visible results until, finally, the answer came. Each of John’s blows weakened the wall until the final one brought it crashing down. For Daniel, each day of prayer and fasting added to the other until the moment arrived when God came through in a great vision. Endurance. Persistence. Tenacity.

By the Holy Spirit Paul said, “I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” Dear friend, never doubt for one minute that you are making progress in your faith walk, provided you keep your eyes on Christ. Every up and every down adds to the other until you eventually excel in the purposes of God. Don’t lose heart as you slog away at the walls in your life. Your inner self is being renewed day by day. So, don’t give up, look up! Look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen, in tenacious faithfulness.

God-tracking is hammering away at obstacles in life with tenacious faithfulness

Every blessing

Dudley

READ ALL ABOUT IT
Daniel 10:2-9
2 Timothy 4:7-8
2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

I put my trust in you, I put my faith in your purposes in all I face in life

Pray
“Dear Lord, sometimes I get so tired. I get despondent with this race of life. Day after day slogging away at the same-old-same-old is taking its toll on me. I’m sorry for dropping my guard. I choose now to lift up my arm and to continue hammering away at these walls in my life with tenacious faithfulness. I put my trust in you, I put my faith in your purposes in all I face in life. God, I will not give up; I will look up and fix my eyes on Jesus who faithfully endured the cross, scoring its shame, to go on and sit at your right hand in glory. Amen.”

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GodTracker owes its origins to an international Christian radio programme produced by Dudley Anderson called, On Track. Although On Track went off-air in 2005, GodTracker has continued to help people to track God's plans and purposes for their lives since July 2003.

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GOD-TRACKING IS CALLING ON THE NAME OF JESUS!

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03 February 2017

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GOD-TRACKING IS CALLING ON THE NAME OF JESUS!

Psalm 72:12
For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help.

“He bashed my head against the wall and beat me until I passed out,” said Raj as she related her life story with me in a radio interview. “All because I was prevented from going through with an arranged marriage he had planned for me.” Raj had grown up under intense physical and emotional abuse. She had been repeatedly raped since a very early age. Her parents were not Christians but they were very spiritual people, however, the spirits they worship were not of God. One day, in her mother’s prayer room, Raj called on god for help – any god. To her surprise, her prayers were answered. Not until many years later, after being introduced to Jesus, did Raj realise that it was the only True God who had answered her childhood prayer.

“In my mind, I tried calling on all the names of all the gods and gurus I knew, but he continued to strangle me,” said Raj describing how she had been attacked by a man who she had developed a relationship with after fleeing her home at 18. “Then from deep down I remembered the Christian God. I called, ‘Jesus!’ and instantly he released his grip,” she said. “I was stunned. Sadly though, I didn’t give my life to Jesus at that time. My life was still in a mess. I just wanted to die. One day I tried to commit suicide but God prevented me from succeeding. It was then that I realised, Jesus was the only true God. He’d saved my life – more than once. He healed my pain and restored my hope,” said Raj. “I gave him me.”

Raj Holness had had no education about Jesus Christ or the God of Abraham. Her parents were polytheists, yet when she had called out in total despair the Lord our God had answered her. God is no respecter of persons; he doesn’t only hear the cries of Christians. (In fact, if God only listened to Christian believers, I would not be writing these words to you today.) He is caring, impartial and deeply gracious, and saves all who call on is name.

Dear friend, as you read this you, may be able to relate to Raj’s story. You may be suffering rejection or find yourself under emotional attack. Let me encourage you to call on the name of Jesus, in faith. On the other hand, you may not be under such intense abuse, yet may be feeling low and dejected, today. It could be you simply need a new lease on life – a fresh breath of life. God’s Word tells us that faith pleases God and he rewards those who earnestly seek him. So, if you’re weary and burdened, come to him in faith now and he will give your soul rest.

God-tracking is calling on the name of Jesus!

God bless you

Dudley

Read the story of Raj Holness in her book, The Only Arranged Marriage
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READ ALL ABOUT IT
Romans 10:5-13
Hebrews 11:1
Hebrews 11:6
Matthew 11:27-30


Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Dear Lord, in faith, I give you me
Pray
“Dear loving God, I need your help. My life is in a mess. I have been abused and offended many times in the past. I feel dejected and let down. I call on your name, Lord Jesus, save me now! I come to you under this burden, give me rest, O Lord. Take away my pain and give me a fresh breath of life. For my part, I repent of any wrong I have done and I choose to forgive my offenders as you taught me to pray, ‘forgive me my transgressions as I forgive those who transgress against me.’ Dear Lord, in faith, I give you me. Amen.”
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GodTracker owes its origins to an international Christian radio programme produced by Dudley Anderson called, On Track. Although On Track went off-air in 2005, GodTracker has continued to help people to track God's plans and purposes for their lives since July 2003.

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GOD-TRACKING IS NOT OF YOUR OWN DOING; IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD’S GRACE

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27 January 2017

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS NOT OF YOUR OWN DOING; IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD’S GRACE

2 Corinthians 5:21
For our sake, he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

“I’ve been watching these YouTube videos about righteousness, and we’ve got it all wrong,” said Jess to me after church one morning. “They were saying that unless a person is completely sinless after giving his life to Jesus that he isn’t really saved.” Jess went on to say how the video explained that we are indeed, saved by grace through faith but unless there is an instant cessation of all sinful or inappropriate behaviour in the person being saved, he or she is not truly born again. The theology the YouTube video was propagating implies that grace can only be fully appropriated by good works following confession of sin. However, this concept completely undermines grace. After all, grace is God’s doing. Therefore, if I supplement my salvation by good works does that not undermine God’s work in my life? Good works and sinless living are a consequence of God seeking, or as I call it, God-tracking. Sanctification is the process of becoming more righteous on a daily basis, from the moment we confess Christ as Lord.

Jesus Christ was the only completely righteous person who has ever lived, yet God placed on him the sins of us all when he died, for the wages of sin is death. But Jesus did not remain dead, he rose again! Jesus Christ bore the curse of sin, once and for all, at Calvary and rose from the dead breaking its hold over those who confess him as Lord. Scripture tells us that he who is sinless became sin for us so that in him we might become the righteousness of God (notice, it’s not my righteousness but God’s righteousness in me). For those who are in Christ are no longer confined to the old nature of sin but become new creations before God. Though I long to be free from this mortal body of sin and be with my Lord in paradise, the Lord God has given me his Holy Spirit to dwell in my mortal body, here on earth. So, for as long as I am in this body of sin, I walk by faith and not by sight; I walk in fellowship with his Holy Spirit in me. I track God’s purposes daily by faith in the confidence that his grace has freed me from slavery to sin. Grace is God’s doing, not my doing!

However, because I am now freed from sin by God’s grace, this does not give me free-reign to sin! For as much as my inner spirit man is renewed and filled with the God’s righteousness by his grace and the fellowship of his Spirit, so my outer bodily man must deal with temptations and repent of committed sin. Repentance is not a one-off confession. Repentance is a daily turning away from sin and a striving to never commit the act again. And if I do sin, God has made a way for my cleansing: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

I tried to explain this to Jess but to no avail. She’d made up her mind to follow the YouTube teaching. Sadly, Jess left our church and has walked away from the grace of God. She is attempting to earn God’s favour through good works and not by grace.

God-tracking is not of your own doing; it is the gift of God’s grace

Keep your eyes on Jesus

Dudley

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2 Corinthians 5
Romans 6
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Ephesians 2:8-10

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Help me now to present every day to you as a new and living sacrifice of praise

Pray
“Father God, I am sorry for trying to earn my salvation or even trying to prove my salvation through good works. Only by your grace can I ever do any good at all. Your grace is you working in and through me. I admit to and confess any sin to you in Jesus’ name; I am sorry for sin and repent wholeheartedly. Help me now to live by faith and not by sight. Help me now to present every day to you as a new and living sacrifice of praise. You are my Lord. Amen.”

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