Speak The Blessing

Proverbs 18:21

Have you thought about the people in your life who need your blessing?  They need your approval.  They need to hear you say, “I’m proud of you.  You’re going to do great things.”  That’s speaking the blessings.  That’s releasing favor into their future.  When you say to the people you love, “I’m so glad you’re in my life.  You mean the world to me” you just gave them the blessing.  When you tell one of your employees, coworkers or a student, “you inspire me with your ability.  You have such a bright future.”  Those are not just nice compliments.  When you speak the blessing, you’re releasing God’s wisdom, protection, favor and abundance into their future.  You can literally help shape their destiny.  One word of encouragement, one word of approval can be what really helps them to step up to who God created them to be.  Today, choose to speak the blessing.  Sow good seeds into the lives of the people you love.  Remember, what you make happen for others, God will make happen for you.  As you sow the blessing, you’ll reap the blessing and experience His victory and favor all the days of your life.

UP!

UP!
    1. Wake Up!
Decide to have a good day!
Psalm 118:24
    2. Dress Up
Put a smile on.
1 Samuel 16:7
    3. Shut Up
Say nice things and learn to listen.
Proverbs 13:3
    4. Stand Up
For what you believe in.
Galatians 6:9-10
    5. Look Up
To the Lord.
Philippians 4:13
    6. Reach Up
For something higher.
Proverbs 3:5-6
    7. Lift Up
Your prayers.
Philippians 4:6

Then all at once it gets hard to take
It gets hard to fake what I won’t be
Cause one of these days I’ll be born and raised
And it’s such a waste to grow up lonely

I can only fall short for so long..

God can’t fill you if you are too full of yourself.

Keep It Fresh!!

The mercies of the Lord are fresh and new every morning.  He will sustain us every day.  He will supply our needs every day.  If we aren’t careful, we’ll be stale.  We need anointed with fresh oil.  As we draw close to God, we see things differently.  We can’t live on the old manna!  We have to have a fresh encounter with God.  Don’t worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will take care of itself.  Day after day God will show up.  Acknowledge Him and He will direct thy paths.  Seven days a week, twenty four hours a day, we need to acknowledge God.  God wants to work in the big things and God wants to work in the small things.  I want to be fit for the Master’s use.  God brings us to the places He wants us to be.  If God put you there, He is able to keep you there.  As Christians, we don’t live on maybe or perhaps.  We live on God can and God will.  If you’re gonna have a dependency problem, let it be on Jesus Christ.  You can’t take my joy devil!  The joy of the Lord is my strength.  God will open our eyes.  He will help us see what we need to see.  I will go in the strength of the Lord!
(Sermon Notes - Rev. Joey Burns - Preached 7/18/07)

You know my paper heart, the one that I filled with pencil marks? I think I might have gone and inked you in…

“There is one thing I’ve never understood: Why people cheat. My parents met when my mom was 17 and my father 25, they are still together, and seem very happy. I grew up believing that you can be together all of your life.” - Robert Pattinson

When it is God’s timing, all the forces of darkness can’t stop Him. When it’s your due season, God will bring it to pass.

Source And Supply

Exodus 16:4
Whatever you have need of today, know that God is your source and supply.  Do you need strength?  God promises that He increases our strength and causes it to multiply.  One of the ways God fills us  with His strength is by giving us His joy.  When we have joy, we have strength to overcome.  Joy is a supernatural force that is deposited on the inside of you.  As you meditate on the goodness and faithfulness of our God, you won’t be able to help but feel His joy.  Like rivers of living water, joy will flow forth from you, refreshing and strengthening you so that you have the power to overcome every obstacle you may be facing.  If you feel faint or weary, remember there is a harvest of blessing in store for you.  Let faith rise in your heart as you meditate on His promises.  Let Him fill you with His peace and joy so that you will have an abundance of strength.  As you do, you will be empowered to live the life of victory the Lord has in store for you!

What more could we possibly achieve on earth, that is greater than what we already have? We are already friends of God.

This Is A Brand New Day!

Jonah 1:1-3

Proverbs 29:18

Habakkuk 2:1

Catch the vision and wait on God!  He WILL bring it to pass!  Perish - to make naked; the people will become idle.

Hosea 4:6

Have wisdom.  Increase in knowledge.  There are people in churches who set idly by and won’t catch the vision.  God calls and places visions, works and ministries in people’s lives.

Acts 1:8
(Sermon Notes - Rev. Joey Burns)

 It’s YOUR calling, not theirs. They might not understand, but they don’t need to.

I don't believe in good days and bad days.  I just have days when I learn a little and  days when I learn a lot.  Today I learned a lot.