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Friday, 17 September 2021

GOD’S LOVE IS YOUR COVER PHOTO

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“He brings you to his banquet under the flag of his love and prepares a table for you in the presence of your enemies... His love is your standard – your cover photo. The banner of God’s love defines who you are.”

Song of Solomon 2:4
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

Most Social Media sites allow one to display a profile picture and a cover photo or banner. Mostly, the banner sits high up and behind the profile picture. The Social Media banner defines the profile.

During the conflict of war an army marches under the standard of their flag. The flag represents the nationality of the army at war. The soldiers fight to defend their flag. Their flag is their banner. The battle banner defines the standards of who the army is.

Jesus hung on a cross on a desolate hill outside the city gates. His body grotesquely disfigured, bleeding and wounded. Crucifixion was a violent degrading form of execution. It not only induced death but it represented scorn and ridicule. The cross of Jesus’ crucifixion represents our sin ascribed to Jesus. The cross is macabre yet, it is beautiful. On the cross, the sinless One became sin for us so that, in his death and resurrection, we might become the righteousness of God. God demonstrated his love for us in that while we were still far from him in sin, Christ died to reconcile us to God’s righteousness.

He brings you to his banquet under the flag of his love and prepares a table for you in the presence of your enemies. Jesus triumphed over the enemy and made a public spectacle of him, under the flag of the cross. Because of his love for you, nothing in all the universe can ever separate you from this victory. He is for you and if he is for you none can stand against you. The cross of Jesus is your banner. His love is your standard – your cover photo. The banner of God’s love defines the standards of who you are

God-tracking is defined by God’s love

READ ALL ABOUT IT
2 Corinthians 5:21
Romans 5:8
Psalm 23:5-6
Colossians 2:13-15
Romans 8:31-37

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DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

And thank you that you prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemy under the banner of your love

“Dear Lord, your banner over me is love. Thank you for your undying and uncompromising love for me. Your love was shown when Jesus died on the cross to reconcile me to your presence. I confess the cross of Jesus as my banner – my cover – in every battle of life. Thank you for the victory you gave me over Satan, sin and death. And thank you that you prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemy under the banner of your love. Amen.”

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Friday, 10 September 2021

GOD IS LOVE

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“Though guiltless Jesus suffered the consequence of sin, which is death, as a proxy for you. When he rose from the dead, Jesus opened the way for you to know God’s grace and be reconciled to him. That’s love. That love is for you.”

1 John 4:16
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

A certain medieval monk announced he would be preaching on "The Love of God." The following Sunday evening, as the shadows fell and the sunlight faded, the congregation gathered. In the darkness, the monk lighted a candle and carried it to the crucifix. He first illumined the crown of thorns. Then he brought the candlelight to the two wounded hands, then the marks of the spear wound. In the hush that fell in the cathedral, he blew out the candle and left the sanctuary. There was nothing left to say.

God so loved you and me that he sent his One and only Son, Jesus the Christ, to be wounded for our transgressions and crushed for our iniquities. God demonstrated his love in this, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. God is love and Love loved us in a way we could never repay. When we had turned our backs on his presence, he graciously reconciled us to his side in love. In Christ, our old life of sin has been dealt with and we have become new creations, forgiven and cleansed.

Do you know this love? The wounds Jesus endured in his crucifixion – the beatings, the crown of thorns on his head, the spikes through his hands and feet and the spear in his side – were inflicted because of the sin of the world. Your sin was ascribed to Jesus on the cross. Though guiltless, Jesus suffered the consequence of sin, which is death, as a proxy for you. When he rose from the dead, Jesus opened the way for you to know God’s grace and be reconciled to him. That’s love. That love is for you.

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God-tracking is accepting God’s love

READ ALL ABOUT IT
John 3:16-18
Isaiah 53:5
Romans 5:8
2 Corinthians 5:16-19
2 Corinthians 5:21
Romans 6:23

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DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

Come into my heart, Lord Jesus as I give my life to you

“Dear God, thank you that you love me. Thank you that you sent your Son, Jesus Christ, to take my place in death so that, by faith in him, I can have the promise of eternal life. I admit to my sin – my wrongdoing and my bad living – and I repent. Thank you that Jesus took the punishment for that sin. Now, I call on the name of Jesus Christ. I believe he died and rose again and confess him to be my Lord. Come into my heart, Lord Jesus as I give my life to you. Amen.”

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Friday, 3 September 2021

GOD’S KINGDOM AND RIGHTEOUSNESS WITHOUT COMPROMISE

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“Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness without compromise and all you need for life and living will be added to you.”

Matthew 6:33
“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”

Jesus was standing at the base of the natural amphitheatre of the hills along the banks of Lake Tiberias. It was a clear day and his voice carried far into the large crowd up the slope above. He was delivering his most profound oration known as the Sermon on the Mount. He said, “Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”

The kingdom of a king is his domain, that is, it is all that pertains to him and his influence. The king sets the standards and ethos of his domain, including its law. Our God is our king. His standards and ethos are supreme and pure and his law is just. Firstly, Jesus instructed us to put the kingdom of God first. That is, we are to seek to live by his standards, ethos and law.

Secondly, Jesus instructed us to also put God’s righteousness first. Righteousness is the quality of God’s kingdom. Our God is supremely righteous. In him, there is no wrong, sin, evil or depravity. All he does and all he is is absolutely good. We are to seek to live by God’s glorious qualities. But how is this possible, for we have come short of his glory?

Listen, “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” Jesus is God in the flesh and, therefore, without sin. Jesus, the Word of God, became flesh to bear the consequence of sin as our proxy when he died on the cross. Through faith in him, we are reconciled to the kingdom and righteousness of God. Through faith in him we live by his kingdom standards, ethos and law. By faith in him, we live by God’s glorious righteous qualities.

Jesus laid aside his glory to reconcile us to God. So, let us lay aside our egoistical desires without compromise and put God’s kingdom and his righteousness first. The result? All you worry about for life and living will be added to you as well.

God-tracking is seeking God’s standards and his qualities before all else

READ ALL ABOUT IT
Matthew 6:25-34
2 Corinthians 5:16-21
John 1:1,14
Hebrews 4:15
Colossians 1:19-20

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DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

In Christ I have been reconciled to your kingdom and righteousness

“Dear God, forgive me for compromising your kingdom principles and your righteous qualities in my life. I repent of contaminating these with my self-interest and unhealthy living. Today I choose to look for your kingdom standards, ethos and law and your glorious righteous qualities in all I do. In Christ, I have been reconciled to your kingdom and righteousness. Thank you that you are faithful to your word and all your promises are yes and amen in Christ. Therefore, I know that all the things I need for life and living will be added to me, too. Amen.”

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GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith.

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Friday, 27 August 2021

RESTORER OF MY SOUL

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“God’s grace is yours. He is with you in your predicament. Your Lord is faithful and will meet all your needs and restore your soul. Stand firm on Christ, your Rock.”

Psalm 23:3
He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Janet was married to a very abusive man. She had three boys, who she loved very much but their father was a violent alcoholic who would regularly beat Janet and her children. He was unemployed which meant that Janet needed to work long hours to keep the family together. Sadly, one day she was called into her manager’s office and informed that the department she worked for was closing. Janet lost her only means of security, provision and escape. Living in a country with no social service all the family’s funds soon ran out. With no means of support, her husband walked out on her. Janet was, destitute, deserted and depressed with three young children to feed. Yet, Janet knew Christ.

Soon Janet lost her home and almost all her possessions. She moved to a small one-roomed shack in a new town. Their living conditions were appalling; no running water, no sewerage, no electricity and barely one mattress for all four of them to sleep on. And yet Janet never took her eyes of her Lord. She walked miles on Sundays to attend church. She regularly read her Bible and continued to spend time in prayer and praise. Janet had reached rock bottom. All that she had left was the Rock on which she stood.

Gradually, as Janet maintained her faith and her trust in her Rock, Jesus Christ, she began to sense a deep inner strength that rescued her. That strength was the hope that God would restore her. Like Job of the Bible, Janet knew that there was only one hope, one source to her restoration. That source was the Lord her God. Janet prayed, “O Lord, my Lord, I know that my life and the lives of my children are in your hands. You are our only hope and I know that you will never desert us. You alone are the Restorer of my soul.”

Whatever you are facing today please believe me when I say that you can never out manoeuvre the grace of God. Even the great man, Paul suffered trials and difficulties. He discovered that the grace of God was his sufficiency and, in his weakness, he found the strength of God manifest. God’s grace is yours. He is with you in your predicament. Your Lord is faithful and will meet all your needs and restore your soul. Stand firm on Christ, your Rock.

I’m happy to report that Janet found a new well-paid job and was able to move her family to better accommodation. Soon she was able to provide more for her boys than ever before. When she had passed through the valley of death her Rock restored her soul.

God-tracking is never taking your eyes of the Restorer of your soul.

READ ALL ABOUT IT
Psalm 18:1-6
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
Psalm 23

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DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

You are my Rock and my foundation

“Dear Lord, I feel so forlorn and deserted today. I have run out of all my natural resources. I need you to meet my needs. I take my eyes off my dilemma and choose to not give up but look up and fix my gaze on the Restorer of my soul. Thank you that you are always with me in every predicament in life. You are my Rock and my foundation. I praise you now for meeting my needs and delivering me from this plight. In the name of Jesus, amen.

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What is GodTracker?
GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith.

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Friday, 20 August 2021

LIVING BY HIS BLUEPRINT

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“God has a great plan for your life. To follow God’s plan, you need to follow his blueprint. Jesus is God’s blueprint for your life.”

Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Jesus is the blueprint of God for your life. The Bible says that we have all sinned and corrupted God’s perfect righteous image in which we were created. Even though God sent us the Law of Moses, it was rendered powerless in that it was weakened by our sinful nature. Therefore, he sent Jesus to reconcile us to himself. Because Jesus is God – God incarnate – he was and is sinless. Even so, God planned to allow Jesus to take the curse of sin when he died for us on the cross. You see, God ascribed your sin to Jesus so that, by repentance and faith, you could be ascribed God’s righteousness. In Christ, you become the righteousness of God. Jesus in you is God’s original blueprint for your life.

Many people think that they need to work really hard to earn God’s favour. This is impossible because all have sinned and fallen short of God’s goodness. God is so holy and righteous that we would need to become as he is to be right with him. But Jesus is already as God is because Jesus is God as a man. Therefore, to be right with God you and I need to intentionally turn from sin and live by faith in Christ. The moment we truly repent of sin we admit our failings and die to the old sinful nature; we are crucified with Christ. Then the moment you exercise faith in Christ you put confidence in God’s blueprint and live by his ascribed righteousness and purpose.

God has a great plan for your life. He loves you and desires for you to walk according to the plan he knows he has for you. To follow God’s plan, you need to follow his blueprint. Jesus is God’s blueprint for your life.

God-tracking is scrapping the old plan to live by God’s blueprint.

READ ALL ABOUT IT
2 Corinthians 5:21
Romans 3:23
Jeremiah 29:11

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DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

I choose to die to the old life and live this life in the flesh by faith in your Blueprint for me

“O Father, thank you that you made the way for my salvation through the death and resurrection of Jesus, your blueprint for life. I turn away from all wrongdoing in my life and humbly acknowledge Jesus as my Lord and Saviour. I choose to die to the old life and live this life in the flesh by faith in your Blueprint for me who is Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen”

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Friday, 13 August 2021

CONFIDENTLY DOING IT BY GRACE

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“Therefore, whatever I do in life I will do for his glory and in the name of Jesus with confidence in the skills and opportunity he gives. It is not I, but the grace of God that is with me, doing it.”

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace towards me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

Grace is God’s doing. By his grace, God did it when he sent his only Son, Jesus Christ to become a sin offering for us when he was crucified at Calvary. By his grace God demonstrated his loving mercy toward us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. The consequence of sin is death, and we have all sinned and come short of God’s goodness. Jesus died. Yet, he was not guilty of sin. Therefore, death had no hold on him and three days after he was killed, Jesus came alive again. If we believe in his death and resurrection and confess his lordship over our lives, we can be forgiven of all sin and be reconciled to the goodness of God.

Not only did God do it for me when he sent Jesus to pay for sin and reconcile me to his goodness but, by the grace of God, I am what I am today. As a follower of Christ submitted to God’s will, nothing I do is of my own doing. All I set my hand to do is his doing in and through me. As I continue to acknowledge the Lord in all my ways, he directs my life’s track by his grace. All my skills are God-abilities and all my opportunities are God-opportunities. So, I no longer have confidence in my self but I have confidence in God’s grace.

Therefore, whatever I do in life I will do for his glory and in the name of Jesus with confidence in the abilities and opportunities he gives. It is not I, but the grace of God that is with me, doing it. Grace is God’s doing.

God-tracking is confidently doing it by grace.

READ ALL ABOUT IT
2 Corinthians 5:21
Romans 5:8
Romans 3:23
Romans 10:9
Proverbs 3:6
Colossians 3:17

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DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

I acknowledge your grace is your doing in me

“Dear Lord, firstly, I wish to reaffirm that I believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus and confess him as Lord of my life. Thank you that I am saved by your grace through faith. Secondly, I surrender all my ways to you: my relationships, my work, my church and my recreation. Thank you for your grace at work in and through me. Thank you for my skills and talents and the opportunities you have given me to use my skills for your glory. I acknowledge your grace is your doing in me. Amen.”

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Friday, 6 August 2021

MY LIFE IS IN YOU

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“You have a special place in his heart. He desires to carry you in his arms like a shepherd carries his lambs. Indeed, nothing in all creation will be able to separate you from the love of God in Christ Jesus your Lord.”

Isaiah 40:11
He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

There is an old praise song by Joseph Garlington that we used to sing with gusto. It went something like
this:

My life is in you Lord,

My strength is in You, Lord,

My hope is in You, Lord

I must have sung this song thousands of times. But what a confession it is! Indeed, my life is seated in Jesus and God’s righteousness is imputed into me. Listen, “[…he has] seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,” and, “…in him we might become the righteousness of God.”

Your life is wrapped up in his arms. Your God loves you far more than you’ll ever know. By grace, he sent his only Son to become a sin offering for you so that, in him, you may be reconciled to his goodness. Because of his love for you, nothing will ever separate you from him. He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for you will, with him, graciously give you all things. You have a special place in his heart. He desires to meet all your needs and carry you in his arms like a shepherd carries his lambs. Indeed, nothing in all creation will be able to separate you from the love of God in Christ Jesus your Lord.

So, sing with me… “My life is in you Lord, my strength is in you, Lord. All my hope is in You!”

God-tracking is being sure your whole life is wrapped up in him

READ ALL ABOUT IT
Ephesians 2:4-7
2 Corinthians 5:21
Romans 8:31-39
Philippians 4:19

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DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

Help me to rest assured that absolutely nothing will separate me from your love when I face the trials of life

“My dear Lord, thank you that I am your child. Thank you for sending righteous Jesus to reconcile me to your goodness. Thank you that my life is wrapped up in your arms and you have promised to meet all my needs in Christ Jesus. You carry me close to your heart. Help me to rest assured that absolutely nothing will separate me from your love when I face the trials of life. Amen.”

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Friday, 17 September 2021

GOD’S LOVE IS YOUR COVER PHOTO

“He brings you to his banquet under the flag of his love and prepares a table for you in the presence of your enemies... His love is your standard – your cover photo. The banner of God’s love defines who you are.”

Friday, 10 September 2021

GOD IS LOVE

“Though guiltless Jesus suffered the consequence of sin, which is death, as a proxy for you. When he rose from the dead, Jesus opened the way for you to know God’s grace and be reconciled to him. That’s love. That love is for you.”

Friday, 3 September 2021

GOD’S KINGDOM AND RIGHTEOUSNESS WITHOUT COMPROMISE

“Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness without compromise and all you need for life and living will be added to you.”

Friday, 27 August 2021

RESTORER OF MY SOUL

“God’s grace is yours. He is with you in your predicament. Your Lord is faithful and will meet all your needs and restore your soul. Stand firm on Christ, your Rock.”

Friday, 20 August 2021

LIVING BY HIS BLUEPRINT

Friday, 13 August 2021

CONFIDENTLY DOING IT BY GRACE

“Therefore, whatever I do in life I will do for his glory and in the name of Jesus with confidence in the skills and opportunity he gives. It is not I, but the grace of God that is with me, doing it.”

Friday, 6 August 2021

MY LIFE IS IN YOU

“You have a special place in his heart. He desires to carry you in his arms like a shepherd carries his lambs. Indeed, nothing in all creation will be able to separate you from the love of God in Christ Jesus your Lord.”

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