No Going Back 

"Make sure that you do not take my son back there," Abraham said. Genesis 24:6

When Abraham made the decision to leave his homeland ...
        and follow God into a new land,
                there was no going back for him and his whole family.
 
Sometimes you need to leave the past behind.
 
When you commit your life to Christ and His Kingdom ...

            there is no going back into the old land.
 
It’s gone forever!
 
Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead … Philippians 3:13

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Leave it to God 

Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?"
Genesis 18:25
 
The context of the above verse is the situation in Sodom and Gomorra. 
You can read about it in Genesis 18.
 
The question of accountability and human responsibility for sin is often debated.
 
I find Abraham’s rhetorical question very helpful in this discussion.
 
Surely the Judge of all the earth has a handle on all this
and He will do the right thing in every case.
 
We can find peace by leaving all of this to God.
 
In the meantime, lets endeavour to ‘be holy as God is holy’. [1 Peter 1:16]
 

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Run! 

You were running a good race.
Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth? Galatians 5:7
 
The Christian life is a Marathon not a Sprint!

It’s about endurance, focus, concentration …
 
But ...

 what happens when ‘someone’ cuts in on you?

 
You stumble,

perhaps pushed off the track

mentally stunned

 
What do you do?

As the song says …

I get knocked down … but I get up again!

 
 
… let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,… Hebrews 12:1
 

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Stairway to Heaven! 

… a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven Genesis 28:12

 
Jacob’s amazing dream reveals some amazing truths …
 

• That the separation between heaven and earth is perhaps not as great as first thought.

• That angels, God’s secret agents, are constantly flitting from one region to the other.

• That Heaven is not silent, but there is a God who reveals mysteries.

• That just because ‘I was not aware of it’, doesn’t deny the truth of God’s presence with us. 

Bethel 
        The House of God
                The Gate of Heaven
 

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What's That? 

Then the LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?"
"A staff," he replied. Exodus 4:2
 
What’s in your hand today?

A Staff??
                I can part the sea with that.

Five loaves and two fish ??
                I can feed 5000 plus with that!

A Sling ??
                I can defeat a giant with that!

A little Oil??
                I can pay off your debts with that!
 
It’s not what is in your hand that is important ....
    
        It’s who is in control of your hand that matters.
 
For if the willingness is there,
the gift is acceptable according to what one has,
not according to what one does not have.
2 Corinthians 8:12
 

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