19 “Today I have given you the CHOICE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, BETWEEN BLESSINGS AND CURSES. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. OH, THAT YOU WOULD CHOOSE LIFE, so that you and your descendants might live! Deuteronomy 30, NLT
The God who made us wants us to have Life in His Son and He also wants to bless people, not curse them. I believe it was Graham Cooke who said, that, ‘what we believe about God is the most important thing we think’. Religion wants to keep people in line by the threat of punishment, but that’s not what God wants for people at all.
31 Rid yourselves of all the offences you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel? 32 FOR I TAKE NO PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF ANYONE, DECLARES THE SOVEREIGN LORD. REPENT AND LIVE! Ezekiel 18
We must realise that we serve a Living God who wants His Life shown to others with whom we’re in contact day by day. This is the year of the ‘Open Door’, in Hebrew script. What does God want to release through us in the year ahead? He is the greatest Creator in this universe and is looking to impart new and unique things through His people.
Lord may Your Life and Blessings be released on a new scale at this time and may we Your people walk in great Favour.
24 ‘“‘The Lord bless you
and keep you;
25 the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
26 the Lord turn his face towards you
and give you peace.’”
27 ‘So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.’ Numbers 6
God bless and keep you today. Immanuel, God is with us.