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This act of simple obedience is all that God requires from us. When after
Nehemiah’s heart was broken, he knew what he needed to do. He did not
sit and contemplate as to who was to blame for the dilemma of the broken
walls of Jerusalem. He did not ask the unanswerable questions of “Why…?”
and “If only…” but he simply obeyed the promptings that came from God
through his broken heart. This always leads to God’s approval.
Folks, I don’t want to make the Christian life a simplistic one, because it is
not, but it certainly is a simple one. If we could just take God at His word
and respond promptly to His promptings and instructions, how much more
powerful would our church be and how much more fulfilled would we be as
believers. Remember too that God will never ask you to do that which you
cannot do, because to do the impossible is His job. All that He requires of
you is to do that which is possible.
Prayer Thought: Won’t you take a moment to thank God today for the
privilege of being a part of His plan, because I don’t know about you, but I
can’t think of anything more rewarding, self-fulfilling and eternally
gratifying than this. I don’t care what anybody else says, I really believe
that there is nothing more important in life than obedience to God,
especially in the utilisation of your spiritual gifts.

Saturday
Matthew 26 v 6 – 10
The last motivation for now that I would like to speak of, which I believe
will be a powerful one in getting us out of our seats and intothe body using
our spiritual gifts, is the motivation that every one of us would like to look
back and know THAT WE HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE.
I think the universal desire of mankind is that everyone would like their life
to count for something. This, psychologists say, is agreat subconscious
reality. Tony Campolo tells us that he was involved in a research project in
which some interesting facts were discovered. A questionnaire was
circulated to a few thousand people over the age of ninety. The
questionnaire asked them:“If they could live their lives again, what would
they do differently?” There were three things that came up on top:
1. I would risk more
2. I would reflect more