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trACker number370 Forgiveness Cannot Be Earned but It Can Be Freely Given

dudley@godtracker.co.uk (God Tracker) — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:13:00 +0000

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08 August 2011

Dear God Tracker

Forgiveness Cannot Be Earned but It Can Be Freely Given

The service had just begun with a beautiful hymn when the double doors at the rear of the sanctuary burst open. Three hundred worshipers were routed in their glorious expression of praise as six men rushed into the room armed with AK47 assault rifles and hand grenades. Yelling and cursing they unleashed devastation upon that perplexed congregation, killing six and wounding scores of innocent worshipers. Immediately after the attack Frank, the minister of this Anglican Church in Cape Town, was recorded on national television as saying, “We are appalled and devastated by this act but we are compelled by the God we love and serve to forgive our attackers.”

Forgiveness is a concept that seems to be AWOL in our society. Everywhere we look we are told, “Get your own back,” or “It’s your right to seek compensation,” or “Someone’s got to pay; justice must be done.” Today we play the “blame game” but who did Jesus blame for his crucifixion? We don’t see malice in his heart or hear words of vengeance on his lips when our saviour hung on the cross. Neither do we hear deep remorse from those who drove spikes through his hands and feet. And yet as he hung suspended between heaven and earth, Jesus said, “Father forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” Somehow in our frailty we do not easily forgive unless we receive remorseful apology from those who offend us.

Many years later, after the ending of the Apartheid regime in South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was set up. People from both sides of the political divide who had committed atrocities in the name of their perceived causes could apply for amnesty. Perpetrators and victims would be brought together. The attacker would apologise to the attacked and if forgiveness was evident then the perpetrators were pardoned. Frank, the minister of the Cape Town church, was confronted by the men who had attacked his congregation. With him were two members of his church who had been maimed by the attack. With tears of sorrow the attackers begged Frank for forgiveness. “But we can’t forgive you now,” said the minister with compassion, “because we already forgave you. We forgave you the night you attacked us.” Then Frank added, “This forgiveness has always been yours but today you have accepted it.”

Dear God Tracker, justice has already been executed for all wrong doing 2000 years ago when Jesus took the blame for your sins. God’s forgiveness is already available to you and it’s by your heartfelt repentance you make it your own. But have you forgiven those who have hurt you? Holding onto unforgiveness will only harm you. Why not decide today to forgive those who have offended you even despite their remorse. If your emotional bucket is filled with pain and hurt why not pull the plug of forgiveness and allow all your hurt and anger to run out to the floor? Forgiveness cannot be earned but it can be freely given.

God-tracking is walking in forgiveness

Blessings

Dudley

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Verse of the Week

Colossians 3:13

Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” --- Paul Boese

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

I Forgive My Offenders As You Have Forgiven Me

Matthew 6:16

Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Pray

“Father in heaven, thank you for your amazing grace and mercy. Thank you for your kind forgiveness. Lord I truly do repent of all my sin. Help me now to forgive those who have hurt me over the years. I confess that I have been harbouring unforgiveness and repent of it, in Jesus’ name. I choose now to forgive them in all sincerity. I choose to pull the plug of forgiveness at the bottom of my emotional bucket so that all the hurt and anger my run out. O Lord, help me to not harbour offence any more. I forgive my offenders as you have forgiven me. Amen.”

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trACker number369 He Is Already On the Other Side of Your Need So Allow Him to Direct Your Paths

dudley@godtracker.co.uk (God Tracker) — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:07:00 +0000

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29 July 2011

Dear God Tracker

He Is Already On the Other Side of Your Need So Allow Him to Direct Your Paths

The Holy Spirit reminded me of the importance of continuing to acknowledge God in every decision we make in life as I re-read a letter from a listener of my old radio show, On-Track. In it she explained how she and her husband loved the Lord and attended a good church. They both had had good jobs and, together with their little girl, were a very happy little family. However, out of the blue one day their security was stripped away when her husband was made redundant from his job, leaving her as the sole bread winner on a very small income.

Slowly the pressures of maintaining their lifestyle began to take their toll on the marriage. Sadly they began to take their eyes off of Jesus as their needs became mountainous before them. Gradually they stopped going to church and they slumped into a depression. One day her husband announced that he wanted to move to a new town and start over. She however, did not want this, which added more conflict to the marriage. Their financial needs worsened. Eventually her husband left and moved to a new town while my listener remained where she was with her little girl. They had neglected to acknowledge the Lord in their dilemma and had lost sight of his paths for their lives.

As her husband travelled, he was confronted with many problems and difficulties until he finally reached rock bottom. He had lost his job, his home and his family. It was not long before he came to his senses, turned around and returned home to his wife and child. In his humility he began to hear that still voice of the Holy Spirit whispering, “You have forgotten me! Don’t you know that I desire to bless you and guide your every step? Return to me, acknowledge me in all your ways and I will be your guide, your healer and your provider.” Returning to church they rediscovered the sweet pleasure of knowing the presence of Jesus in their lives. Their joy gradually returned and they experienced that peace which transcends understanding. At the end of the letter my listener wrote, “My husband still does not have a job but God is near to us as we experience one blessing after another.”

By the Holy Spirit the apostle Paul said, “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength,” (Phil 4:12-13). Dear God Tracker, to acknowledge the Lord in all your ways is to seek his knowledge of your paths in every situation of life. He is already on the other side of your need so allow him to direct your paths.

God-tracking is knowing he knows the track of your life

Stay on-track

Dudley

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Verse of the Week

Psalm 20:4

“May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.”

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“If you look up into His face and say, "Yes, Lord, whatever it costs," at that moment He'll flood your Life with His presence and power.” --- Alan Redpath

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

Overflowing Hope

Romans 15:13

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Pray

“God, my Lord, I confess now that I feel hopeless in this situation I’m in. I can’t see with my natural eyes how things will ever work out so I choose to take my eyes off what I can see and look to what I can’t see; I fix my eyes on you Jesus, my healer, my saviour and my provider. I put my trust in you now. Strengthen my faith, O Lord, provide all that I need to see my hopelessness fade away. I put my trust in you, God of my life! Thank you for the power of your peace and joy and your overflowing hope. Amen.”

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trACker number368 Jesus Replaced The Marked Original In Your Photocopier

dudley@godtracker.co.uk (God Tracker) — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:01:00 +0000

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22 July 2011

Dear God Tracker

Jesus Replaced The Marked Original In Your Photocopier.

“I’m sure that mark wasn’t on the original,” I mused to myself as I stood gazing at the black splotch on the lovely white printed page that had just immerged from my photocopy machine. Opening the top of the machine I examined the original form and sure enough, there it was, a smudge just off to the right of the second paragraph. Paging through the 50 copies I had made I noticed that every copy reproduced by my Xerox machine had the offending mark in the same spot. I must have had a grubby thumb when I placed that original document in the machine.

Thinking spiritual at this point my mind wondered about sin. In the beginning God had created us in his image – perfect, sinless, spotless. Adam and his dear wife were clean and crisp originals of the human race but sadly, things did not remain that way. Shortly after man was created Satan placed his grubby thumbprint on him resulting in violation of the Creator’s image. The moment Adam and Eve disobeyed God, a dirty great black smudge called, sin appeared on the image of mankind. Just like the 50 pages in my hand that had been spoiled because of the marked original, every copy made from the original man would reproduce the same spoiled image, every time.

The Bible says that all have sinned and missed God’s perfect image. Every son of Adam has the mark of sin on him, just like my marked photocopy. This is why God, in his gracious providence, sent us the original image, his Son. Jesus is the unique image of God, because he is God. Colossians 1:15 says, “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.” For our sake then, though sinless, Jesus took the mark of sin upon himself when he died on the cross but left sinin the tomb when he rose from the dead. If, because of sin, the copies made from Adam bore the same marred image then, because of the spotless Christ and by faith in him, every copy made from his image will be immaculate and clean. He became sin for you so that, in him, you could become the righteousness of God. If you confess and repent of sin then he will forgive you and purify you from all unrighteousness.

It’s not by religious observance, it’s not my good works and it’s not my any human effort that you could ever remove the smudge of sin from the pages of your life. It is only by calling on the name of Jesus, God’s pure and spotless original, and by putting your faith in him that you can remove the stain of sin from your life. Jesus replaced the marked original in your photocopier.

God-tracking is reproducing God’s original in the machine of your life.

Blessings

Dudley

(Please read the prayer below in Don’t Give-up, Look-Up.)

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Verse of the Week

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“Jesus Christ dwells in us. We are God’s powerhouse.” --- Maria Woodorth-Etter

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

Renewed In the Image of My Creator

Colossians 3:10

^…and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

Pray

“O Lord God I realise that I am a sinner. Not only have I committed sinful things but I have been born with the mark of sin in me. I ask your forgiveness and call on the name of Jesus to be saved. Come into my life, O Lord as I put my faith in the work of Jesus in the cross. Jesus took that mark of sin so that I could be made new and clean. This I accept, in Jesus name. Today I put on the new self modelled according to Christ. By your grace and by faith I believe I am now renewed in the image of my Creator. Thank you Lord. Amen.”

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trACker number367 Your Concrete Demonstration of Heaven Is Your Faith

dudley@godtracker.co.uk (God Tracker) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:35:00 +0000

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15 July 2011

Dear God Tracker

Your Concrete Demonstration of Heaven Is Your Faith

I was listening to a well known radio station as I pulled into my office car park. “Many religious groups teach their children about heaven and hell,” came a woman’s voice over the airways, “but neither can be proven. We should not quell our children’s fear of death by giving them the hope of heaven,” she said and then boldly added: “Heaven is a fairy tale that cannot be concretely demonstrated.” This woman went on to describe that dying is simply a termination of life and all that remains is darkness in the grave. How sad; how hopeless.

Later that evening I was watching a documentary on television about Israel and the 6-day war. After Israel had occupied the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan heights in 1967 Egypt and Syria launched an aggressive conspired effort to regain this land again in 1973. However, despite a massive supply of weapons from the Soviet Union, both Egypt and Syria were unsuccessful in their bid to regain the land and push the Jews into the sea. As I watched I found myself asking the question, “Why has the Lord always protected Israel and guarded her interests?” Then it was as though the God of Israel himself by his Holy Spirit whispered into my heart: “It’s because of my promise to my servant Abraham. I never violate my promises or my righteousness.”

I then realised that the same God who had made a promise to Abraham that his descendents would occupy the land of Canaan (modern day Israel), is the God who has promised me eternal life. You see, Abraham believed God’s word and his faith in God’s promise had made him righteous. Now Abraham is the father of all who believe, which means that if you have faith in the death and resurrection of Christ and confess him as Lord you are saved from sin, death and hell. The scripture says that by God’s grace, through faith, we have the hope of heaven. Faith was the substance of Abraham’s success. Faith is the substance of things he hoped for. Faith accredited Abraham with righteousness, because he believed God’s promise. Likewise, your faith has credited you with God’s righteousness, because of Jesus (look up 2 Corinthians 5:21). As I watched the TV I realised that the reason God so protects Israel and guards her interests is because of his word – his promise – to Abraham. So if Abraham, whose descendents still occupy Canaan, received righteousness and eternal promise through faith then we too have righteousness and the promise of heaven through the same substance – faith! Therefore, your concrete demonstration of heaven is your faith.

God-tracking is the hope of heaven by faith.

Blessings

Dudley

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Verse of the Week

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. ² This is what the ancients were commended for.

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“God wants us to have the audacity of faith that dares to believe for all that is set forth in the Word.” --- Smith Wigglesworth

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

Your Promises to Me are Yes and Amen in Jesus

2 Corinthians 1:20

For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God.

Pray

“Father God, thank you for the example of Abraham and for teaching me to have faith in you. Thank you that faith in Jesus’ death and resurrection has given me concrete hope of heaven. I admit that I can’t yet see the things I hope for (including Heaven) but I have total faith that you are faithful and true to your word, always. So I praise you for heaven and I praise you for your blessings here on earth. Praise you, Lord, that you will meet my needs according to your amazing riches in Jesus. Thank you that I can lean on you even though I can’t see you. Thank you that all your promises to me are yes and amen in Jesus. Today I say an affirmative ‘Amen’ to your glory!”

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trACker number366 In Christ Become an “Over-Comer” Instead of a “Round-Abouter”

dudley@godtracker.co.uk (God Tracker) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:15:00 +0000

trACker number366

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08 July 2011

Dear God Tracker

In Christ Become an “Over-Comer” Instead of a “Round-Abouter”

I once preached a messaged entitled, “She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain When She Comes.” This title was based on the old nursery rhyme by the same name. If you’re familiar with the song then you’ll know that the whole first verse is a repetition of this line. For some reason, “she” never gets around her mountain.

I’m sure you know some folk like that who, when they face problems in life (usually as a result of bad choices or bad habits), seem to keep going around the same mountains, over and over and over again. These bad-habit-mountains could be anything from habitual sin to unforgiveness to bad character traits or indeed, circumstances beyond your control. Take spending money, for instance. Wise spending is commendable but when spending becomes an obsession and incurs debts, it will turn out to be a bad-habit-mountain that will need to be overcome. Very often someone who faces a mountain like this will recover her financial dignity only to find herself falling back into debt all over again. This person will keep “coming round the mountain when she comes” until she learns to do some mountain climbing and climb over the peak of her bad-habit-mountain.

God-tracking involves acknowledging the Lord in all your ways and trusting him to direct your paths. God-tracking includes seeking first God’s principles, purposes and presidents as found in his word. In the word of God Jesus said, “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world,” (John 16:33). See that? Jesus has overcome the mountains. For example, when he was faced with the mountain of a 40-day fast and trial in the wilderness he did not scoot around the desert and pop into a McDonalds for a burger. And when Jesus was tempted by Satan he didn’t pretend that he was busy with something else, rather he climbed that mountain with the words, “It is written.” When Jesus was in Gethsemane late one formidable night he did say to his disciples, “Hey guys, we’re all pooped. Let’s have an early night.” He climbed the Mount of Olives and waited for his accusers to find him there. And when Jesus was hanging on the cross on Calvary’s hill he did not avoid the mountain of unforgiveness or bitterness. Instead he said, “Father, forgive them.”

You could be facing a mountain in your own life today. It could be a bad-habit-mountain or it could be a recurring difficulty that you just can’t seem to overcome. Perhaps it’s the mountain of repetitious offence you keep circling. In the words of Jesus, take heart! Jesus has already overcome all those mountains. Could be you’re seeking to stay on-track with God’s purposes for your life but you keep facing the same old inhibiting issue that keeps knocking you down. Dear God Tracker, remember faith can move those bad-habit-mountains. So pick yourself up and defy the norm by going over your mountain instead of scooting around it again. In Christ become an “over-comer” instead of a “round-abouter”.

God-tracking is tackling life’s mountains head on.

Happy mountain climbing.

Dudley

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Verse of the Week

Romans 8:37

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“Have you been called to go out on a limb for God? You can bet it won't be easy. Limb-climbing has never been easy. Ask Joseph. Or, better yet, ask Jesus. He knows better than anyone the cost of hanging on a tree.” --- Max Lucado

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

Facing My Mountains in Your Strength

Philippians 4:12-13

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

Pray

“Dear Lord, I admit that I have been battling with this mountain for most of my life. I keep going around it over and over instead of climbing its peak and conquering it like Edmund Hillary conquering Everest. Lord I want to stand on the top of my problem and declare that Jesus is Lord over my mountain. Help me to face my bad-habit-mountains as well as the circumstantial difficulties that life throws at me with courage. You are my helper and my God. With faith in you, I know that we will defeat this mountain. The secret of it all is facing my mountains in your strength. Amen.”

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trACker number365 Let’s Play Head-Over-The-Hills of Life

dudley@godtracker.co.uk (God Tracker) — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:22:00 +0000

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01 July 2011

Dear God Tracker

Let’s Play Head-Over-The-Hills of Life

I discovered a wonderful little anecdote in one of my sources the other day, part of which I would like to share with you. It’s called, “My Resignation as an Adult.” I have no idea who wrote it. If you know then please let me know. It goes like this:

“I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult. I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of a 5 year old again. I want to go to McDonald's and think that it is a four star restaurant. I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make ripples in a pond with stones. I want to think M&Ms are better than money… because you can eat them! I want to lie under a big oak tree and watch the ants march up its trunk all day long. I want to roll down the hill in the park on a hot summer’s day and sledge down it in winter. I want to go fishing and care more about catching the tadpoles along the shore than the big bass in the lake. I want to think the world is fair and fun. I want to return to a time when life was simple; when all I knew about were colours, multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes. A time when I didn't know what I know now and when all I knew was to be happy because I was blissfully unaware of all the things that should make me worried. I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, dreams, the imagination, a kiss-that-makes-it-better, making angels in the snow, and that my dad is the strongest person in the whole world. So here's my cheque book and my car keys, my credit cards and all the bills, my stocks and bonds, my collections, my insurance premiums, my pension, my job, my house and the payments, my e-mail address, Facebook account, my iPhone, my iPad , my laptop and my wrist watch. I am officially resigning from adulthood. And if you want to discuss this with me further, you'll have to catch me, 'cause ... Tag! You're it!”

There is a game I loved to play when I was a child, it was called, head-over-hills. Perhaps you played it, too. I would climb up a rise and then roll down it, head-over-hills. At the bottom I would try to stand up but would instantly fall over again, because I was so dizzy. In Galatians 3:13 I read that Jesus has redeemed me from the curse of sin and death by becoming a curse for me. Therefore, in Christ, I have been set free from the curse of sin and the curse of law. In him I have become the head and not the tail. This means that I have victory and freedom over the hills in my life like depression, worry, fear and self-doubt, because the Spirit of life has set me free of the law of sin and death. So I can once again walk in joy and peace with the carefree freedom of a child, because Jesus’ yoke is easy and his burden is light.

Dear God Tracker, let’s play head-over-the-hills of life by humbling ourselves like little children and walking hand in hand with our Abba Father. After all, my dad is the strongest person in the whole world!

God-tracking is being the head over the hills of life.

Every blessing

Dudley

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Verse of the Week

Matthew 18:4

Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“It seems to me, as time goes on, that the only thing that is worth seeking for is to know and to be known by Christ -- a privilege open alone to the childlike, who, with receptivity, guilelessness, and humility, move Godward.” --- Charles H. Brent

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

Face My Hills In This World With Strength And Victory

1 John 5:3-4

This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

Pray

“Father God, thank you so much that you came as Jesus Christ to take the curse of sin and death on the cross. Thank you that, if I place my hope in Christ believing that he died and rose again and confessing him as Lord then I am freed from all that separates me from you and free from all the world could throw at me. Today, like a little child, I put my faith in you and trust that you will give me victory over my hardships and difficulties. Today I want to resign from my strife and stress. I love you so much, O Father and I know that your words are not burdensome. So help me to face my hills in this world with strength and victory, in Jesus. Amen.”

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trACker number364 Hopelessness has a Horrible Habit of Becoming Increasingly Hopeless the More You Harp on It

dudley@godtracker.co.uk (God Tracker) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:59:00 +0000

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24 June 2011

Dear God Tracker

Hopelessness has a Horrible Habit of Becoming Increasingly Hopeless the More You Harp on It

His best mate had been rushed to hospital after taking an overdose cocktail of anti-depressants. Geoff sat by Don’s hospital bed, watching and waiting. The Monitors bleeped and narrow tubes extended from Don’s arms up to drips next to his bed. It was all a bit too much for Geoff. This was the second time in as many weeks he had maintained vigil at Don’s side after two attempted suicides.

Don had been in severe depression for several years. His family life was stable and he had been securely employed in the same job for almost all his adult life. However, for some reason Don had become disgruntled with life. He continually complained about his health, though the doctors reassured him there was nothing wrong. Convincing his doctor that he was under stress, he had prescribed anti-depressants. Gradually the strength of the anti-depressants was increased until he was at maximum dosage. Don had convinced himself that he was severely depressed. His family life began to suffer. His work degenerated until eventually Don had every reason to convince himself that there was no longer anything to live for.

Geoff maintained his visits to Don until Don had begun to improve. By now he had recovered from the overdose and, with proper council, was seeing the brighter side of life. On the other hand, it was who now Geoff who found himself on that awful slippery spiral downward. Somehow Don’s angst had become contagious. Geoff found himself swept away by despair, though there was no real reason for it. He found grounds to blame his career, his family and even his faith for his depression. Now Geoff himself was in grave danger of swapping his hospital visitor’s chair for Don’s bed.

God Tracker, hopelessness has a horrible habit of becoming increasingly hopeless the more you harp on it. Beware of the magnetism of misery! Misery, whether founded or not, leads to despair. Despair is a ploy of Satan and Satan is the father of lies. Lies are futile and hold no water. The truth is, knowing the truth sets you free from despair and misery. Jesus is the truth and the way to exchange a disgruntled life with abundant life. We need to, indeed care for and support others who are in depression but I have discovered that depression is contagious. Jesus came to heal the brokenhearted and set the captives free. Only he has the wherewithal to lift our spirits and meet our needs. So lift up your eyes and hold fast to the hope you profess. Guard against the lies of Satan by filling your heart and mind with God’s truth and your days with his presence. There is no problem too great that you cannot overcome, in Christ.

God-tracking is hopeful.

Stay blessed

Dudley

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Verse of the Week

Colossians 3:1

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“Oh, how true it is that despair is often the womb from which real faith is born.” --- Duncan Campbell

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

I am Hidden With Christ in God

Colossians 3:2-3

² Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. ³ For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

Pray

“O Lord, I’m desperate. I have been caught up in the spiral of despair. Please forgive me for taking my eyes off of Jesus and looking intently at my circumstances. I deliberately choose to believe the truth now that you are the author of my life and in you I live and move and have my being. Fill me with your joy for mourning and praise for despair. Your word tells me that the joy of the Lord is my strength. Fill me now with your joy. Nothing is too difficult for you, my God. I set my mind on things above and claim that I am hidden with Christ in God. Thank you Lord. Amen.”

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trACker number363 My Priority List: God… Family… Work

dudley@godtracker.co.uk (God Tracker) — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:14:00 +0000

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17 June 2011

Dear God Tracker

My Priority List: God… Family… Work

It was well past 10.00pm one Friday night when my lovely wife came into my study. I had been working since early morning, breaking only for lunch and supper. I had not even noticed when Karen popped in for a chat after she had come home from work at five. This was no one-off occurrence, either. I’d been working like this for many months, close to 7 days a week doing what I believed was God’s work. “Are you ever going to turn that computer off and spend some time with your family?” she asked.

I have always been under the conviction that Christians should be above reproach. I believe that, as a follower of Christ, I should do all that I do to the best of my ability and with all my heart. To this end, I was totally committed to the work God had called me to. I would go the proverbial “extra mile” just so that my conscience was convinced that I was performing in excellence. However, the harder I worked and the longer I worked, the further I drew away from God’s true purpose until I was so consumed by the work of the Lord that I’d taken my eyes off the Lord of the work. As a result my family had become a byproduct of my ministry; my health and my fitness began to suffer and my marriage was threadbare. Although I was bringing in a modest income, I had actually ceased providing for my family. Paul said it like this to Timothy, “If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever,” (1 Tim 5:8).

God Tracker, if you are intent on seeking and tracking the plans and purposes of God for your life then let me sincerely encourage you to, indeed, give it all you’ve got. Let me encourage you to, indeed, work with excellence as unto Christ. However, if you are truly on-track with the God’s plans and purposes then you should be working, serving, ministering and functioning in all you do by his principles and presidents and not by your own ambition. To this end, you will not compromise God’s priorities for the sake of performance.

Without compromising the work God has called me to do (on the contrary, my output has in fact increased) I made a few adjustments to my weekly routine. I made time for the family and took a whole day’s Sabbath. Now I’m very happy to report that, through the council of my loving heavenly Father together with that of my loving earthly wife, I have readjusted my priority list: God… family… work.

God-tracking is getting your priorities right.

Happy tracking

Dudley

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Verse of the Week

James 3:16

For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“So many of us are so busy doing God's work, we forget sometimes that God is actually the One working.” --- Bonnie Ricks

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

My Work Is In You

Matthew 11:30

“For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Pray

“Dear heavenly Father, I realise that I have been doing too many things in my own strength and by my own methods. I’m sorry, Lord. I choose now to give my labours to you and ask that you will show me the things that I’m doing that are not your will for me; show me the time-wasters in my work, O Lord, and help me to focus only on the essentials and to not neglect my loved ones. I draw my strength and stamina from you now. I choose to yoke up with Jesus and ask that you will lead me as my senior partner in business, because my work is in you. To your glory. Amen.

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trACKer Number362 I Do Not Need Self-confidence; I Need Self-control

dudley@godtracker.co.uk (God Tracker) — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:25:00 +0000

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10 June 2011

Dear God Tracker

I Do Not Need Self-confidence; I Need Self-control

Like so many of us, I have, on several occasions, found myself in a position where my self-esteem or self-confidence has taken a nasty knock. I know what it’s like to give your all to something only to be insulted or reduced by so called well meaning (or otherwise) advice. I also know what it’s like when people who look up to you instantly point their fingers and waggle their tongues the moment you make a mistake. Sadly, so many of us don’t have the grace to bring about constructive change in folk through humble prayer and not criticism. What do we do, then, when our self confidence has been ripped out from under us?

As I pondered this dilemma I got to thinking more about this concept of self. I looked up the word “self” and found it means the qualities that make one individual or unique. The word “ego” is related to “self” and it means a sense of personal identity. Both words are summed up in one word: “me”. Therefore both self-esteem, which is the admiration I have of me and self-confidence, which is the faith I have in me, are both connected to the human effort to achieve, perform or behave in a way that impresses others and exalts “me”. Somehow, as I mused over this mission I begin to realise that “self”-confidence or “self”-esteem are not something that a true God Tracker should aspire towards. So where do my esteem and confidence come from, if not from self?

Listen: “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control,” (Galatians 5:22). Did you notice that last fruit mentioned in Paul’s list… self-control? The obvious and correct interpretation of this fruit is to imply the control of our passions and lusts by the Holy Spirit. However, thinking about self-confidence and self-esteem, I suddenly noticed that we can turn self-control around to become, control of self! In other words, all that I call “self” or “ego”, as a Spirit filled believer in Christ, should come under the control of the Holy Spirit. This means that my qualities that make me individual or unique should reflect Christ in me and my sense of personal identity should not be in self but God’s word. I began to realise that I do not need self-confidence; I need self-control.

God Tracker, as we seek to track God’s purposes for this life, let us not rest on self anymore. As we desire to achieve great things in life and become confident in all we do, let us not build on our own egotistic esteem but upon his word to us and the power of the Holy Spirit to bring it to life in our lives.

God-tracking requires humble God-confidence.

Stay blessed

Dudley

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Verse of the Week

2 Corinthians 3:4-5

Such confidence as this is ours through Christ before God. Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“Are you facing an impossible situation? Remember Who is in control. Remember how many miracles He has done in your life up until now. And believe that He will do more” --- Bonnie Ricks

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

Only You Can Restore My Confidence and Hope

Isaiah 57:15 (GNB)

"I am the high and holy God, who lives forever. I live in a high and holy place, but I also live with people who are humble and repentant, so that I can restore their confidence and hope.

Pray

“Father, as I think about my sense of low self-esteem I realise that a high-regard for my “self” is not something I should pursue as a Christian. You look for humility in the deepest parts of me, Lord. So I choose today to humble my “self” and repent of all my sins before you. I’ll be honest, I need confidence to do the things that I do in life but I know now that, that confidence cannot be in me but in you. Lord, be my self-esteem; be my self-confidence. I ask that yiur Holy Spirit would manifest more control of self in my life so that I will be successful and accomplished in all I do, but not of me; of you. Lord, be my esteem; by my control of self and be my self-confidence. Only you can restore my confidence and hope. In Jesus’ name. Amen.”

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trACker number361 You Alone are the Restorer of My Soul

dudley@godtracker.co.uk (God Tracker) — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:40:00 +0000

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03 June 2011

Dear God Tracker

You Alone are the Restorer of My Soul

I have a friend who was married to a very abusive man. We’ll call her Janet. Janet had three boys, who she loved very much but their father was a violent alcoholic who would regularly beat Janet and her children. He could not hold down a job, which meant that she needed to work long hours to keep the family together but sadly one day, she was called in and informed that the department she worked for was closing. Janet lost her only means of security, provision and escape. Living in a country with no social service all the family’s funds soon ran out and with no source of income to feed his habit, her husband walked out on her. There she was, destitute, deserted and depressed with three young children to feed. And yet, Janet knew Christ.

Months, years soon passed. Janet lost her home and almost all her possessions. She moved to a small one roomed shack in a new town. Their living conditions were appalling; no running water, no sewerage, no electricity and barely one mattress for all four of them to sleep on. And yet Janet never took her eyes of her Lord. She walked miles on Sundays to attend church. She regularly read her Bible and continued to spend time in prayer and praise with Jesus. Janet had reached rock bottom. All that she had left was the Rock on which she stood.

Gradually, as Janet maintained her faith and her trust in her Rock, Jesus Christ, she began to sense a deep inner strength that rescued her. That strength was the hope that God would restore her. Like Job of the Bible, Janet knew that there was only one hope, one source and one resource to her restoration. That source was God. The psalmist wrote, “He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake,” (Psalm 23:3). “O Lord, my Lord, I know that my life and the lives of my children are in your hands. You are our only hope and I know that you will never desert us,” Janet prayed. “You alone are the Restorer of my soul.”

Dear God Tracker, whatever you are facing today please believe me when I say that you can never out manoeuvre God’s grace. He is faithful and provided you keep your eyes on Jesus, like Janet, you will soon be restored. In fact, like Job, your latter state will be greater than your former.

I’m happy to report that Janet found a new well paid job and was able to move her family to better accommodation. Soon her finances were restored and she was able to provide more for her boys than she ever had done before. Janet had confirmed that God is good and his love endures forever.

God-tracking is never taking your eyes of Jesus, your restorer.

God bless

Dudley

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Verse of the Week

Psalm 71:20

Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.” --- Luis Palau

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

Lord, I Know You Care

1 Peter 5:7

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

Pray

“My loving and holy Father, I know that only you can get me out of the mess I’m in. Lord, my 9finances are in ruins; my relationships are not what they used to be and my emotional state is in tatters. Help me to rest in you for as long as it takes to refine me. Lord, I know that you are faithful and you will never abandon me. I put my faith in you as I hope I your restoration in my life. Help me to let go of my cares and anxieties. Today I do some ‘care-casting’ in Jesus’ name as I cast my anxieties upon you. Lord, I know you care. Amen.”

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trACker number360 The Waters will Retreat with Every Step You Take

dudley@godtracker.co.uk (God Tracker) — Fri, 27 May 2011 22:08:00 +0000

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27 May 2011

Dear God Tracker

The Waters will Retreat with Every Step You Take

Ben had grown up in the Sinai desert. He was born just five months after his parents had evacuated Egypt under the leadership of the prophet, Moses. He grew up under the most trying yet exhilarating conditions, witnessing great miracles like how God had provided manna for them to eat every day and how he had produced water from a rock. Ben was a privileged lad, born into the Levite tribe of Israel. However, sadly, his parents were not very religious. They would often talk about the idols they used to worship in Egypt. On one occasion, while Ben was still very young, they had encouraged his grandfather, Aaron, to build a golden calf to bow down to. Somehow as Ben grew up in that wilderness, he knew that his parent’s generation had got it wrong. Their great leader, Moses had prophesied that they would enter a promised land flowing with milk and honey but, because of his parent’s disobedience, only Ben’s generation would cross over the Jordan River one day.

That day had finally arrived. Ben was 40-years old now. Moses had died and that man-of-faith, Joshua was now in charge. It was early morning and behind Ben the sun’s circle had just completed above eastern horizon a shimmering haze. His feet were inches away from a raging, flooding river. After some prayer, Joshua had told them that he’d heard from God to instruct the Levites to step out into the waters of the Jordan and as they did so, the waters would recede and pile up many miles upstream. Nervously he and Michael, who was holding the pole of the Ark of the Covenant to his right, took a bold step of faith, based on God’s promise, and placed their sandaled feet in the river’s streaming water. Ben had seen great things in the desert but nothing was ever as remarkable as this. Every time his foot touched the flowing river, the waters receded until he and Michael and the other two Levites behind them were walking on solid ground. Slowly, with ever step, Ben witnessed the flooding waters of this great river back up until he and his colleagues had reached the middle of the riverbed. It had taken a good while to reach this point but there they stood on dry ground. God had promised Joshua that every place he set his foot would be given to him. Every time Ben had stepped forward the difficulty and the uncertainty of the raging flood had receded. Now the whole nation of Israel was crossing on dry ground, keeping their eyes on the Ark as they passed by Ben and the other Levites.

Dear God Tracker, you may find yourself at the brink of a breakthrough today. You may feel as though you’re standing with your feet in the water of your Jordan River right now… and it’s in flood! But keep facing west; keep focused ahead of you, across the flood and into your promised land with your eyes on the Ark – on Jesus, the author and perfecter of your faith. He has promised you new life. The Lord your God is faithful and if you keep acknowledging him in all your ways, he will direct your path, even if it’s across a raging river. Be strong and courageous. Crossing a flood may get your feet wet but the waters will retreat with every step you take!

God-tracking is stepping out into God’s promises.

Blessings

Dudley

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Verse of the Week

Joshua 1:9

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“We can walk without fear, full of hope and courage and strength... waiting for the endless good which God is always giving as fast as He can get us to take it in.” --- George Macdonald

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

Carry On Your Good Work in Me

Philippians 1:6

…being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Pray

“My loving God and Father, thank you so much for the great work of my life that you have begun in me. I realise that you have wonderful plans for me. Today I want to re-affirm that I acknowledge you in all my ways. Lord, guide me on your path across the raging flood in front of me and into your promises for the future. I know now that I need to leave the old behind to go forward and that I need to step out into the water by faith. As I do, I will watch the flood recede until I’m walking on dry ground. But Lord, help me to take that first step and get my feet wet. I am confident that you will take me across my Jordan River and carry on your good work in me until the day of Christ. Praise your holy name, O Lord. Amen.”

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trACker number359 Dealing with Spiritual Infection

dudley@godtracker.co.uk (God Tracker) — Sat, 21 May 2011 12:23:00 +0000

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21 May 2011

Dear God Tracker

Dealing with Spiritual Infection

I have a very dear friend who, sadly, has been diagnosed with bone cancer. She is a very gentle soul and we have been praying for her ever since her diagnoses. We firmly believe in the power of God to heal the sick, nevertheless, she has been following normal medical procedures in dealing with her disease (God often heals through medicine, too). As is usual practice, she recently endured chemo therapy. It is a well known fact that this type of therapy is very unpleasant and dangerous. Like sweeping a house with a bulldozer, chemo therapy attacks both healthy and cancerous cells. Although she became ill during the treatment, she handled it fairly well until she developed a serious infection at the point where the needle entered her arm. This was cause for great concern, because the chemo therapy had completely undermined her immune system. We prayed more avidly at this stage.

As I prayed for her I got to thinking about spiritual infection. Although, as Christians, we’re forgiven and freed from sin by the blood of Christ, often times we become complacent by taking our eyes off of Jesus. When this happens we slowly start drifting from the Lord. We stop attending church, stop reading God’s word and slowly cease praying. Eventually cancerous complacency and lack of spiritual input opens us up to non-spiritual input with which we become preoccupied. Gradually these new alternatives in life begin to undermine our spiritual immunity just as chemo therapy undermines one’s physical immune system. This leaves us open to untold spiritual infection – like sin – which will eventually contaminate our whole spirit-being unless it is dealt with. Spiritual infection will leave you wide open to the attack of Satan upon your physical health, your relationships, your finances, your career and every aspect of your life.

God Tracker, let us be on our guard against the cancer of complacency. Let us remain true to loving and serving our Lord by reading his word and fellowshipping with him in prayer. And let us keep ourselves in a place of healing by continuing to attend church. If you find that there is already a spiritual infection in your life, identify its cause and bring it to Jesus in prayer and repentance. As you do this, I can guarantee you will slowly grow stronger and regain your spiritual immunity. As in my friend’s physical case, dealing with spiritual infection involves a great deal of effort to eliminate the contaminants, disinfect the wound and bolster the spiritual immune system.

I’m glad to report that my friend overcame the infection in her arm. Although at this writing she still battles cancer, we continue to pray for her complete healing. Our God is able!

God-tracking is maintaining a healthy spiritual immune system.

Every blessing

Dudley

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Verse of the Week

Galatians 5:16

So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“After being sufficiently enlightened, our attitude toward sickness should be the same as our attitude toward sin.” --- F.F. Bosworth

Don’t Give-up, Look-up!

Look-up and Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

I Set My Heart Again On Things Above

Colossians 3:1

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

Pray

“Father God, I admit that I have taken my eyes of my Lord Jesus and have begun looking at alternatives around me. I’ve allowed contaminants like sin into my life and I deeply repent in Jesus’ name. I indentify that there is an area in my life where I have allowed this infection to take root, because I have become complacent. I renounce these compromises and turn my heart and life over to you, once again. Fill me, Lord, with your Spirit. Anoint your word to me once again. And Lord, help me to worship you in Spirit and truth with a clear conscience. I give myself over to you and I set my heart again on things above. Amen.”

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