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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"DOES JESUS WANT US TO PROSPER?" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
DOES JESUS WANT US TO PROSPER?
I AM SURE MOST PARENTS FEEL AS I DO IN WISHING I COULD HELP MY KIDS OUT WHEN THEY ARE IN NEED. I DO AS MUCH AS I CAN BUT I KNOW SOMETIMES IT IS NOT ENOUGH. ALL I CAN DO IS PRAY FOR THEM AND I GUESS THAT IS PROBABLY THE BEST THING I COULD DO. HOW ABOUT YOU? I KNOW SOME OF YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY, THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE KIDS.
HOW DO YOU THINK GOD FEELS ABOUT HIS KIDS? THAT IS YOU AND ME, YOU KNOW? TWO SCRIPTURES CAME TO MIND WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS. THE FIRST IS PHILIPPIANS 4:19 WHERE IT SAYS "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." THIS ONE SAYS HE SUPPLIES OUR "NEEDS" BUT LOOK AT PSALM 37:4 WHERE IT SAYS TO "Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart." THIS ONE SAYS HE WILL GIVE US WHAT WE "DESIRES". ALTHOUGH THERE ARE CONDITIONS WE MUST MEET TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THESE, IT IS NOT HARD TO DO. WE MUST BELIEVE AND HAVE FAITH THAT HE WILL DO WHAT HE SAYS AND DELIGHT OURSELVES IN HIM. HE ALWAYS SAYS TO SEEK HIM FIRST WITH ALL OF OUR HEART. NOW IS THIS TOO HARD TO DO?
YOU KNOW, JESUS WAS NOT CHEAP. LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS HE DID IN SUPPLYING THE NEEDS OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE. LET'S TAKE THE WEDDING AT CANA. WHEN THEY RAN OUT OF WINE HE DIDN'T JUST GIVE THEM JUST A LITTLE WINE, HE HAD SIX POTS FILLED WITH WATER AND TURNED THE WATER TO WINE. THE POTS HELD A TOTAL OF ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO GALLONS OF WINE AND THIS WAS AT THE END OF THE WEDDING. THAT MUST HAVE BEEN ONE HECK OF A WEDDING PARTY.
LOOK WHAT HE DID IN FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND AND FIVE THOUSAND. HE FED THEM ALL, PLUS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AND LOOK WHAT HE HAD LEFT OVER. AFTER THE FOUR THOUSAND HE HAD SEVEN FULL BASKETS LEFT OVER. ON THE FIVE THOUSAND HE HAD TWELVE FULL BASKETS LEFT OVER. THAT SOUNDS LIKE OUR GOD IS A GOD OF ABUNDANCE.
NOW IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE WHO THINKS IT IS NOT GOD'S WILL FOR YOU TO PROSPER THEN YOU SHOULD REJOICE AND THANK HIM FOR THAT POVERTY. WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO GO AGAINST GOD'S WILL IF THAT IS WHAT YOU BELIEVE. YOU SEE HOW SILLY THAT SOUNDS. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT HE WANTS US TO PROSPER SO I AM GOING TO THANK HIM EVERY DAY FOR MY PROSPERITY BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS HIS WILL.
I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS VERSE AND IF THIS DOESN'T CONVINCE YOU THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TELL YOU. THE VERSE IS PSALM 35:27 AND IT SAYS "Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant." DID YOU SEE THAT....HE GETS PLEASURE OUT OF OUR PROSPERITY. I WANT TO GIVE HIM AS MUCH PLEASURE AS I CAN...HOW ABOUT YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
