“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.” Psalms 32:8 NKJV God is always calling us to move with Him, so we need to always have Him in our sights, on our minds. When Jesus called Peter to walk towards Him on the water, he was able to walk supernaturally as long as he kept his eyes on Jesus. The moment his eyes got diverted was the moment he started to panic and sink! We cannot walk this journey of......
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“In the same way that Moses lifted the serpent in the desert so people could have something to see and then believe, it is necessary for the Son of Man to be lifted up—and everyone who looks up to him, trusting and expectant, will gain a real life, eternal life.” John 3:13-15 MSG This reference to Moses can be found in Numbers 21. Anyone bitten by a snake could look up at the bronze snake on a pole and would live! God didn’t remove the snakes but instead gave people a way of......
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“God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance!” Romans 8:15-17 MSG Heavenly Father, as I pursue You and get to know You better, help me to appreciate fully my God-given identity. The real me! Open my eyes to the wonder and the adventure of what it means to be Your child as I live in the light of Your love, Your......
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“Turn my eyes away from vanity , And restore me in Your ways.” Psalm 119:37 AMP It is so easy and tempting to focus on things that ultimately don’t really matter, and in setting our sights on the things of this world we can so easily miss out on what is really important and have no energy left for the things of God! Lord, I just want what you have prepared for me! As I look to You, lead......
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“Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective.” Colossians 3:1-2 MSG Another version says, “Think about the things of heaven not the things of earth.” We can become so consumed with the desirable things of this world and the troubles of this world that we can get distracted or discouraged and lose sight of where we are heading. But we are encouraged here......
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“It was by faith that Moses left the land of Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger. He kept right on going because he kept his eyes on the one who is invisible.” Hebrews 11:27 NLT How do you keep your eyes on someone who is invisible? The eyes have been called the window to the soul and the soul is my mind, my will and my emotions. Will I let what I see with my physical eyes determine my thoughts, decisions and feelings or will I focus my spiritual eyes, trust what......
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“So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.” 2 Corinthians 4:18 NLT How do we look steadily and intently on things that cannot be seen? It’s called living by faith! Choosing to trust ‘Our Father, in Heaven’ focusing on His presence and the reality of eternity as we pray and prioritise ‘Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done’; recognising......
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