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Something is wrong!

MyManna — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 16:00:34 +0000

Sunday, 6 December 2015

“Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God” (Galatians 5:19).
Occasionally it’s a good idea to take inventory of your lifestyle.
A sinful lifestyle reflects a heart that’s not right with God.
The Bible doesn’t say Christians never sin.
It does say, however, that-
– those who persist in sinful activity without caring about how it grieves and offends God are proving by their behaviour that they don’t belong to his kingdom, regardless of what they claim.
Some people think they are Christians because they prayed a sinner’s prayer once, maybe at camp or in a church service.
Yet their lives bear no evidence that they know Christ.
It may have seemed like a good idea to have Jesus as Saviour.
But they had no plans to make him their Lord.
The proof of salvation is a changed life.
If the only proof you can offer is something you said or did a long time ago, that’s pretty weak evidence.
The proof of your Christianity ought to be seen in you continually-
– as you reflect Christ through your lifestyle each day.
If you examine your life and still see consistent disobedience to God-
– something is wrong!
Make sure you’re under no delusions-
– that you’re not depending on any false assurance of your salvation.
Settle things with God today!
(PR)

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100% guaranteed!

MyManna — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 16:00:41 +0000

“And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it” (Psalms 90:17).
Charles William Eliot, former president of Harvard University-
– had a birthmark on his face that bothered him greatly.
As a young man, he was told that surgeons could do nothing to remove it.
Someone described that moment as “the dark hour of his soul.”
Eliot’s mother gave him this helpful advice:
“My son, it is not possible for you to get rid of that hardship…
But it is possible for you, with God’s help, to grow a mind and soul so big that people will forget to look at your face.”
It’s true!
All of us have things we’d love to change about our bodies.
And many of us tend to spend an awful lot of time and money trying to change, fix and cover those things up.
When we are shining for the Lord-
I don’t believe anyone sees them!
Do you really want to make a drastic difference in your appearance today?
Let’s stop focusing on our outward issues today,
– and start focusing on what really counts,
– walking uprightly and wholeheartedly with the Lord
– a spiritual extreme makeover!
We will glow like never before!
100% guaranteed!
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But God expects more of us!

MyManna — Sun, 06 Sep 2015 16:00:09 +0000

“Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house” (Matthew 5:15).
D. L. Moody told the story of a man who was crossing the Atlantic by ship.
He was terribly sick and confined to his cabin.
One night he heard the cry “Man overboard!”
He felt that there was nothing he could do to help.
But at second thought-
– he said to himself, “I guess I can at least put my lantern in the porthole.”
He struggled to his feet and hung the light so it shined out into the darkness.
The next day he learned that the person who was rescued said, “I was going down in the dark night for the last time, when someone put a light in a porthole. As it shone on my hand, a sailor in a lifeboat grabbed it and pulled me in.”
All of us have weaknesses… and times of weakness!
The fact of the matter is, though, that weak or not-
– we need to muster up the strength to put our lights in our portholes for the sake of the dying and the lost among us.
It’s so tempting to-
– sulk in our weaknesses,
– and stay in our beds.
But God expects more of us!
He has given us the strength to do all things, even move mountains!
There are so many people around us sinking in despair.
But God has chosen us to reach out and light up their lives!
Let’s do something extraordinary for the Lord today.
Be bold, speak up!
Let’s get beyond our weaknesses-
– and light up the darkness around us!
(PR)

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The real deal!

MyManna — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 16:00:13 +0000

“Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you” (Matthew 5:11-12).
An ancient story is told of the Queen of Sheba.
She sent two wreaths of roses to Solomon, one real and one artificial, to test his reputed wisdom.
She defied him to detect the genuine from the artificial.
Solomon at once directed that some bees be brought into the room and of course-
– they immediately flew to the real flowers and thought nothing of the counterfeit.
So it is with us as believers!
When we find ourselves overwhelmed, surrounded, being attacked from every side with the bees of revile and persecution-
– it simply means they recognize that we are the real deal!
Our beautiful aroma attracts those scary bees!
But our Lord has overcome the ‘bees’.
Oh bee where is your sting?
Rejoice when the bees come around!
Don’t lose heart!
God has the victory!
(PR)

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