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21st February 2025
FridayReflection
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'Aksel J. Smith'
God's Word challenges and empowers us
"This is the day the Lord has
made!"
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Each day is a rich and precious gift from God, with new grace and new opportunities.
"This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."
.... Psalm 118:24
Each day is a rich and precious gift from God, with new grace and new opportunities.
Jesus says that we have only this one day, and we must not be anxious for the day tomorrow.
Even though it has gone badly before, it can be completely new and glorious today.
If there is something that bothers our conscience from the past, we have abundant grace and power to bring it in order today.
As the Word says, let us be glad and rejoice over each day.
It is the Lord who has made it and planned it for us. He is faithful and takes care that today we will not be tempted and tried beyond our ability to bear.
He will make the temptation and the way of escape so that we can bear it.
We also know that today all things will work together for our good.
Today the good works are being prepared for us, and we will have abundant grace and strength to walk in them.
We must learn to number our days and live as if each day were our last.
Today could be the only day, the last day we have, to show all goodness and love to each other.
Today we are to glorify Jesus' name in everything we say and do and let the sun of our love rise over the evil and the good.
For this reason we never become discouraged.
Even though our physical being is gradually decaying, yet our spiritual being is renewed day after day. And this small and temporary trouble we suffer will bring us a tremendous and eternal glory, much greater than the trouble. For we fix our attention, not on things that are seen, but on things that are unseen. What can be seen lasts only for a time, but what cannot be seen lasts forever.
"For this commandment which I command you today, it is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off."
.... Deuteronomy 30:11.
"But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it. See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments ..."
Deuteronomy 30:14-16.
Today I choose between life and good and death and evil by either receiving or rejecting the laws of the Spirit of life written in my heart.
"Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: 'Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts ...'"
.... Hebrews 3:7-8
The decisions we make today are crucial for eternity!
Jesus will come to fetch those who are waiting for Him today and are ready to meet Him.
They are the children of light and of the day.
This is the day the Lord has made!
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This is an edited version.
The full article and Bible references are avaiable on request
'ActiveChristianity.org'
by Brunstad Christian Church explores how God's Word challenges and empowers us to live 100% according to His will, so we no longer need to fall in sin, but can come to a life of victory.
Aksel Smith: A generous man
Aksel Smith was one of the main pillars in the church during the early days, although he only lived to be 38 years old.
After being the recipient of his brother Johan's thorough instruction about the life of Jesus, Aksel became gripped of this life, and was baptized in the Holy Spirit.
This was the start of a short but very rich life that had great significance.
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