THE CONTAGIOUS POWER OF ENCOURAGEMENT
WOW! I REALLY ENJOYED PASTOR JIM'S MESSAGE THIS WEEKEND. HERE IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW.
BLESSED TO BLESS
I WILL MAKE YOU A GREAT NATION; I WILL BLESS YOU AND MAKE YOUR NAME GREAT;AND YOU SHALL BE A BLESSING. GENESIS. 12:2
GOD LOVES TO USE ORDINARY PEOPLE, FAULTS AND ALL, TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.HIS PLAN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WAS FOR HIS PEOPLE TO CONSTANTLY INCREASE, RISE TO NEW HEIGHT AND GO FROM ONE VICTORY TO THE NEXT,MULTIPLYING HIS GLORY THROUGHOUT THE EARTH. HIS DESIRE IS FOR US TO MULTIPLY RATHER THAN REDUCE, ENLIVEN RATHER THAN COMPLAIN, HAVE VISION INSTEAD OF DOUBT, GIVE AND NOT TAKE, BE A VICTOR NOT A VICTIM, CHOOSE LIFE NOT DEATH, AND BLESS RATHER THAN CURSE.
THIS IS IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO THE WORLD SYSTEM THAT SAYS, 'GET ALL YOU CAN GET, GET EVEN, AND GET AHEAD EVEN IF YOU WALK ON OTHERS.' THERE IS SO MUCH NEGATIVITY AND LACK OF THANKFULLNESS THAT IT'S KILLING US. MANY, EVEN IN THE CHURCH, HAVE LOST THE TREMENDOUS POWER IN BLESSING. IT RELEASES HOPE, FAITH, STRENGTH, HEALTH, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND LIFE. WHEN WE BLESS OTHERS - WE ARE BLESSED. CONVERSELY, WE CANNOT EXPECT GOD TO BLESS US WHEN WE SPEAK NEGATIVELY ABOUT OTHERS.
THE PEOPLE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT UNDERSTOOD THIS INCREDIBLE TRUTH. WHENEVER THE PATRIARCH OF A FAMILY WAS NEARING DEATH, THE SONS WOULD DRAW NEAR. THE FATHER WOULD LAY HIS HAND ON THE HEAD OF EACH ONE AND PROPHETICALLY PROCLAIM A PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE. TIME AND AGAIN WHAT WAS SPOKEN CAME TO PASS. THE WORDS CARRIED GREAT SIGNIFICANCE AND SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY THAT RELEASED SUCCESS, PROSPERITY, AND HEALTH. MANY TIMES THE SONS ACTUALLY FOUGHT OVER THESE WORDS. THINK ABOUT THAT. THEY WERENT FIGHTING OVER MONEY, PROPERTY, OR SOME MATERIAL INHERITANCE BUT RATHER A BLESSING! IT WAS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE!
SOMEONE ONCE SAID THAT A BLESSING IS NOT A BLESSING UNTIL IT'S SPOKEN. LET'S BEGIN TO SPEAK GOD'S PROMISES AND BLESSINGS OVER OUR LIVES, FAMILY, FRIENDS, CONGREGATION, AND CITY. I BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE DO OUR PART BY BOLDLY SPEAKING SUCH BLESSINGS, GOD WILL RELEASE AN ABUNDANCE BACK!
PROMISES OF BLESSING: DEUTERONOMY 28:1 -13, LEVITICUS 25: 3 -12 - PASTOR JIM
BLESSED TO BLESS
I WILL MAKE YOU A GREAT NATION; I WILL BLESS YOU AND MAKE YOUR NAME GREAT;AND YOU SHALL BE A BLESSING. GENESIS. 12:2
GOD LOVES TO USE ORDINARY PEOPLE, FAULTS AND ALL, TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.HIS PLAN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WAS FOR HIS PEOPLE TO CONSTANTLY INCREASE, RISE TO NEW HEIGHT AND GO FROM ONE VICTORY TO THE NEXT,MULTIPLYING HIS GLORY THROUGHOUT THE EARTH. HIS DESIRE IS FOR US TO MULTIPLY RATHER THAN REDUCE, ENLIVEN RATHER THAN COMPLAIN, HAVE VISION INSTEAD OF DOUBT, GIVE AND NOT TAKE, BE A VICTOR NOT A VICTIM, CHOOSE LIFE NOT DEATH, AND BLESS RATHER THAN CURSE.
THIS IS IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO THE WORLD SYSTEM THAT SAYS, 'GET ALL YOU CAN GET, GET EVEN, AND GET AHEAD EVEN IF YOU WALK ON OTHERS.' THERE IS SO MUCH NEGATIVITY AND LACK OF THANKFULLNESS THAT IT'S KILLING US. MANY, EVEN IN THE CHURCH, HAVE LOST THE TREMENDOUS POWER IN BLESSING. IT RELEASES HOPE, FAITH, STRENGTH, HEALTH, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND LIFE. WHEN WE BLESS OTHERS - WE ARE BLESSED. CONVERSELY, WE CANNOT EXPECT GOD TO BLESS US WHEN WE SPEAK NEGATIVELY ABOUT OTHERS.
THE PEOPLE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT UNDERSTOOD THIS INCREDIBLE TRUTH. WHENEVER THE PATRIARCH OF A FAMILY WAS NEARING DEATH, THE SONS WOULD DRAW NEAR. THE FATHER WOULD LAY HIS HAND ON THE HEAD OF EACH ONE AND PROPHETICALLY PROCLAIM A PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE. TIME AND AGAIN WHAT WAS SPOKEN CAME TO PASS. THE WORDS CARRIED GREAT SIGNIFICANCE AND SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY THAT RELEASED SUCCESS, PROSPERITY, AND HEALTH. MANY TIMES THE SONS ACTUALLY FOUGHT OVER THESE WORDS. THINK ABOUT THAT. THEY WERENT FIGHTING OVER MONEY, PROPERTY, OR SOME MATERIAL INHERITANCE BUT RATHER A BLESSING! IT WAS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE!
SOMEONE ONCE SAID THAT A BLESSING IS NOT A BLESSING UNTIL IT'S SPOKEN. LET'S BEGIN TO SPEAK GOD'S PROMISES AND BLESSINGS OVER OUR LIVES, FAMILY, FRIENDS, CONGREGATION, AND CITY. I BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE DO OUR PART BY BOLDLY SPEAKING SUCH BLESSINGS, GOD WILL RELEASE AN ABUNDANCE BACK!
PROMISES OF BLESSING: DEUTERONOMY 28:1 -13, LEVITICUS 25: 3 -12 - PASTOR JIM
TALK TO YOU SOON,
JUDITH
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