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The Lord Is Bringing Us Into A New Season Of Blessing I
Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Jan 1, 2008 (message contributor)
Summary: THE LORD IS BRINGING US INTO A NEW SEASON OF BLESSING NAMELY 1.SEASON OF ABUNDANCE 2.SEASON OF JOY 3.SEASON OF PEACE 4.SEASON OF FAVOUR 5.SEASON OF HARVEST 6.SEASON OF POWER 7.SEASON OF INTIMACY
THE LORD IS BRINGING US INTO A NEW SEASON OF BLESSING
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OUTLINE
1.SEASON OF ABUNDANCE
2.SEASON OF JOY
3.SEASON OF PEACE
4.SEASON OF FAVOUR
5.SEASON OF HARVEST
6.SEASON OF POWER
7.SEASON OF INTIMACY
THE MESSAGE
THE LORD IS BRINGING US INTO A NEW SEASON OF BLESSING
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1. SEASON OF ABUNDANCE
The Lord is bringing us into a new season of abundance .We may have experienced many difficult and fearful and dangerous experiences in the wilderness to teach us obedience and faith . We may have gone through a season of lack and mere survival. We may have lived in the wilderness experience of having just enough and barely getting through. But the Lord is bringing us out of the wilderness into a season of abundance and overflow where we will have more than enough to meet our needs and have plenty left over to share with others in need.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing.
The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,
he restores my soul.He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land that the LORD promised on oath to your forefathers.
Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
Observe the commands of the LORD your God, walking in his ways and revering him.
For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land�a land with streams and pools of water, with springs flowing in the valleys and hills;
a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey;
a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills.
When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.
Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day.
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,
and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied,
then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
He led you through the vast and dreadful desert, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock.
He gave you manna to eat in the desert, something your fathers had never known, to humble and to test you so that in the end it might go well with you.
You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me."
