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The stone is rolled away! The tomb is empty! He is risen!
He Lives!
Is God’s Love ‘Unconditional’?
Sue’s Views
Today we celebrate the most amazing act of love the world has ever seen. A Father ….. seeing the need of us His children ….. and knowing there was only one way to meet that need ….. gave His only Son to die in our place ….. as a sacrifice for our sin. Crucifixion was one of the cruelest and humiliating ways to die. But Jesus’ focus was on you and me being reconciled to God and able to live with Him forever. He even prayed for our forgiveness as He was dying. What should be our response? Jesus made it possible for us to be saved ….. but the choice is still ours. The term ‘unconditional love’ is used a lot lately but you won’t find it in the Bible! It’s true in the sense that a parent never stops loving their child no matter what they do ….. but that same love forces them to punish wrong behaviour. We have a choice to make! And it’s Heaven or Hell! Yes, there is such a place as Hell ….. but nobody will go there because God doesn’t love them. On the contrary, they will go there precisely because they have willfully chosen to reject His love, freely offered to them in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. ‘Choose you this day whom you will serve.’ 
Invest in Heaven
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Well ….. here we are in April ….. which means we are one quarter of the way through the year! Time is such a valuable commodity. I looked back at my journal to see how I’d spent the year so far. Much of it has been the mundane ….. everyday ….. norm ….. things we don’t bother to record. It can seem sometimes like we haven’t accomplished much. But things like work ….. family ….. friends ….. and even time for ourselves ….. are investments that will earn interest later. So ….. ask God to guide you each day ….. and keep on investing in Heaven!
Teach Your Children
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As I walked through the Warehouse the other day ….. I was astounded by the size and variety of ‘Easter eggs’! Now don’t get me wrong ….. I have nothing against chocolate! What does upset me is the deliberate effort to get our attention off of the most crucial and pivotal event in history. We get around it by saying eggs and rabbits are symbols of new life. I don’t think our children are getting that message! We need to teach them more than ever before about the sacrifice Jesus made when He died that agonising and humiliating death on a cross to pay the price for our sins ….. and rose again on the third day so we could have eternal life. Have your egg hunts ….. but take some time this weekend to tell them the wonderful story of what really happened to change history!
Weather Forecast
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When you look at this picture ….. is it getting stormy or is it clearing up? Do you tend to see the glass half empty …..or half full? So much depends on our outlook. Yesterday we nearly stayed home because the forecast was for rain ….. but we decided to go for a walk (raincoat in tow) ….. and not a drop of rain. How is your forecast? Is it mainly fine apart from a few showers ….. or mainly thunderstorms with the possibility of fine periods? We can’t change the weather ….. but we can change our attitude!
Change of Season
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Seasonal changes are taking place. Darker mornings ….. shorter days ….. an extra layer of clothing. There is nothing we can do to postpone winter! But we can make the most of the lovely autumn days. Stunning colours of the dying leaves ….. hearing them crunch under your feet ….. the crispness of the air and the welcome warmth of the sun ….. all make this one of my favourite seasons. Happy Monday everyone!
Come To Me
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If you look at the bloodline of Jesus ….. you will be surprised who is in there. The genealogies mostly only mention men ….. but there are a few exceptions. Three women are mentioned by name and they were all women of ‘ill repute’. Tamar acted as a prostitute in order to get pregnant ….. Rahab made her living as a prostitute ….. and Ruth was a foreigner. But God chose these women to be part of his plan because they all had great faith. It doesn’t matter what you’ve done in the past or where you come from. God will never give up on you! He sees what you can become. He says ‘Come to me’!
Fearlessness
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This is Jabari and today he turns 4! His name means ‘fearless’! One of the enemy’s greatest tactics is fear! Fear cripples us and prevents us from accomplishing God’s purpose. The first generation of Israelites didn’t enter the Promised Land because they were afraid of the giants in the land. They saw themselves as grasshoppers in comparison ….. and so that’s what they became. They settled for a life of wandering in the wilderness. The next generation had a different mindset. They trusted God to fight their battles. As they went forward ….. they saw God do amazing things to destroy their enemies. They came to realise that the God they served was so much greater than the fear. Fearlessness in not the absence of fear ….. but the presence of faith in a God who cannot lose! Happy Birthday oh fearless one! May God always be your Captain as you experience life together! Lots of love from Pa & Nana 🥰🎉🎂
Promised Land
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Have you ever thought ‘If only I was in a different environment ….. things would be better’? If I lived in a nicer house ….. had a better job ….. had married someone else? Circumstances do make a difference ….. but the truth is ….. they don’t change who we are on the inside. As someone once said ….. ‘Wherever you go ….. there you are!’ The Israelites finally reached the Promised Land. A land flowing with milk and honey! Surely now they would be content. Surely now there would be no more complaining. Surely now they would live in peace and harmony. But ….. alas ….. they brought along the old nature of self centredness and pride. Many times in the Old Testament it says ‘They did what was right in their own eyes’. A recipe for disaster!
Jericho
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When Joshua led the people across the Jordan River and into Canaan’s Land ….. they had many battles to fight in order to possess the land. The first was at Jericho ….. a well fortified city. God gave Joshua His strategy which was to march around the city for six days in silence ….. and then on the seventh day ….. to march around it seven times blowing rams horns. When they did this ….. the walls of the city crumbled and fell down. Joshua was then able to take the city ….. but not to take any of the loot. It belonged to God! One man couldn’t resist taking some clothes and money ….. and caused them to lose the next battle. We can never assume that because we had a victory one way ….. it will work the same way again. It must be done God’s way. When we disobey Him ….. we are on our own!
