BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING:
Pastor Larry Gatlin, S Oregon
Hey folks,
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Last Sunday the Lord
gave me a great word especially in light of the current political and economical
situations we are facing. Too often we get caught up in the crisis and forget
that Father is the one who provides for our every need. Do not allow yourself
to fall into the enemy’s strategy of fear and panic.
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We have been blessed of
the Lord. But His blessings are not meant to be kept locked up. We are to
release the blessings to others. Father wants them to see His goodness and
mercies upon our lives so that they will desire to experience all that He has
for them as well. So I am including my notes from that message in this article.
it will be a good study for you. Look up all of the
scriptures under each point and then see how many more you can find on the
Blessings of the Lord for His people.
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Remember, "Don't
panic or fear" but put your trust in God. He is our PROVIDER not a
political or economical system.
COMING IN AND GOING OUT:
Deut 28:1-6
28:1 If
you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give
you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.
2 All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the LORD
your God:
3 You will be blessed in
the city and blessed in the country.
4 The fruit of your womb
will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock —
the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
5 Your basket and your
kneading trough will be blessed.
6 You will be blessed
when you come in and blessed when you go out.
NIV
#2. WE ARE BLESSED AS WE MEDITATE
UPON GODS PROMISES!
Ps 1:1-3
Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the
counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of
sinners
or sit in the seat of
mockers.
2 But his delight is in
the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates
day and night.
3 He is like a tree
planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in
season
and whose leaf does not
wither.
Whatever he does
prospers.
NIVPs 1:1-3
Ps 119:105
105 Thy word is a lamp
unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
KJV
#3. WE ARE BLESSED BECAUSE
HE HAS CHOSEN US.
Ps 65:4-7
4 Blessed are those you
choose
and bring near to live in
your courts!
We are filled with the
good things of your house,
of your holy temple.
5 You answer us with
awesome deeds of righteousness,
O God our Savior,
the hope of all the ends of
the earth
and of the farthest seas,
BLESSED TO BE A
BLESSING: (2)
6 who formed the
mountains by your power,
having armed yourself with
strength,
7 who stilled the
roaring of the seas,
the roaring of their waves,
and the turmoil of the
nations.
NIV
John 15:19
19 If you belonged to
the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the
world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
NIV
1 Peter 2:9
9 But you are a chosen
people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you
may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his
wonderful light.
NIV
Col 3:12-14
12 Therefore, as God's
chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves
with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each
other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive
as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds
them all together in perfect unity.
NIV
#4. BLESSED BECAUSE WE HAVE
THE FEAR OF THE LORD:
Prov 28:14
14 Blessed is the man
who always fears the LORD,
but he who hardens his
heart falls into trouble. NIV
a.
NOT FEAR AS IN PHOBIAS OR INAPPROPRIATE FEAR
b.
BUT FEAR AS IN DEEP ABIDDING REVERANCE FOR THE TRUE AND LIVING
GOD AND ALL OF HIS GOODNESS.
c.
REVERANCE THAT PRODUCES BLESSINGS AND NOT CURSES.
REPEAT WITH ME; I
AM BLESSED AND NOT CURSED. BECAUSE I HAVE A DEEP ABIDDING LOVE, RESPECT, AND
APPRETIATION OF ALL THE LORD HAS DONE FOR ME!! BECAUSE
OF
THE GREAT WORK OF JESUS AT THE CROSS
AND HIS WILL FOR MY LIFE!!!!!
#5. BELESSED BECAUSE WE
FOLLOW THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS:
A.
HE ALWAYS LEADS US INTO TRUTH AND BLESSINGS
B.
HE ALWAYS LEADS US INTO HIS GOODNESS AND NOT HARM
C.
HIS TEACHINGS WILL BRING BLESSING AS WE FOLLOW THEM.
D.
HIS WAYS ARE THE WAYS TO OVERCOMING VICTORY AND POWER
E.
HIS WAYS WILL ALWAYS BRING REVELATION AND AUTHORITY IN THE
SPIRIT.
F.
HE NEVER LEADS US ASTRAY.
John 10:9-18
9 I am the gate; whoever
enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture.
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they
may have life, and have it to the full.
11 "I am the good
shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The
hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf
coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock
and scatters it. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares
nothing for the sheep.
14 "I am the good
shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me- 15 just as the Father knows me
and I know the Father-and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other
sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will
listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. 17 The
reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life-only to take it up again.
18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have
authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I
received from my Father."
NIV
CONCLUSION:
<> IT IS TRUE WE
ARE A BLESSED PEOPLE!
<> BUT WE MUST
NEVER ALLOW OURSELVES TO RETAIN THE BLESSINGS OF GOD AND HOLD THEM FOR
OURSELVES.
<> WE ARE CALLED
TO RECEIVE HIS BLESSINGS AND THEN TO PASS THEM ON.
