As you know, if you've been reading my thoughts these past few months, God has really been blessing me through the writings of Pastor Joseph Prince of Singapore!!! Every morning God instructs me to read Pastor Prince's daily devotional which I am sharing below. In addition to this, numerous times throughout the day, I feel led to read Pastor Prince's posts on Facebook and our family is reading his book, "Unmerited Favor" during our weekly worship service.
As I read the devotional this morning, I thought about how thankful I am to have found Pastor Prince. Then I thought about how thankful I am to be learning to receive God's love continually throughout the day. Lastly I realized that there is NOTHING that I want to hold back from God because that part He can't bless.
I urge you to read these thoughts with true thanksgiving. Also, begin to see how special you are to God which can only lead to thanks living. Like me, I urge you throw out all self belittling thoughts! I urge you to attempt to grasp the BIG things that God wants to do through you!! He needs you to bring others to Him so that they, too, can begin to grasp His immense love for them. We are all constantly blessed beyond measure we just don't see it at times!
Happy thanks LIVING dear ones. I love you all!!!!!!!!!!!
Dawn
| God Wants To Set You Up For A
Blessing |
Ruth
2:12
12The Lord repay your work, and a full
reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come
for refuge.”
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| Have you ever wondered why, in some Bible stories, God asked the
people to give what little they had to Him? It may appear cruel, but the truth
is that God was setting them up for a blessing! God’s way is to use whatever we
have, and multiply it back to us once we put it in His hands. |
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| The widow of Zarephath had only a handful of flour and a little
oil to make one last meal for her son and herself before they faced starvation.
But she trusted God and used a portion of the little that she had to make a cake
for the prophet Elijah. And God rewarded her by making sure that her bin of
flour was not used up and her jar of oil did not run dry until the drought
ended. (1 Kings 17:8–16) |
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| Similarly, the boy who gave his little lunch of five loaves and
two small fish to Jesus not only ate well, but he also saw it being used to feed
more than 5,000 people with 12 baskets full of leftovers! (John
6:1–13) |
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| Whenever we give what little we have to God, whether it is money,
time or energy, it opens up our hearts so that God can fill us up with more. And
when we give our lives to God, we can trust Him to make things right for us and
to be the rewarder of our faith. |
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| When Ruth, a childless Moabite widow, left the comfort of her home
to follow her mother-in-law Naomi and the God of Israel back to a foreign land
(Ruth 1:16), she was given a full reward by the Lord. God gave Ruth protection
and ensured that she was well-provided for through Boaz, a wealthy relative who
took on the role of kinsman-redeemer for her and Naomi. (Ruth 2:9,
4:9–10) |
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| Beloved, as you trust God with what you have today, know that He
loves you and is setting you up for more blessings. So expect to see even more
of His provision and abundance in the day |
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