GOD BLESSED YOU LATELY?
INTRO: HOW MANY BLESSINGS DO WE ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE?
1: MATERIAL
A) CLOTHES
B) A PLACE TO LIVE
C) SHOES ON OUR FEET
QUESTION: WHETER OR NOT YOU HAVE A LITTLE OR A LOT HOW MUCH OF IT DO YOU REALLY DESERVE?
2: PHYSICAL
A) THINK ABOUT YOUR HEALTH
B) GOOD OR BAD YOU COULD BE DEAD
C) FUNCTIONS WHAT YOUR ABLE TO DO
CONCLUSION: MOST OF US ARE FULLY CAPABLE OF SERVING GOD WITH OUR BODY, IN ANY AREA OR FIELD WE CAN GET OUT AND DO SOMETHING!!
3: SPIRITUAL
A) YOU BEEN SPIRITUALLY BLESSED LATELY
B) HAVE YOU HAD A MOMENT OR AN OCCURRENCE IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE THAT MADE GOD MORE REAL TO YOU?
C) WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU FELT THE HOLY SPIRIT?
POINT: THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE WHO ACCORDING TO OUR STANDARD DIDN’T DESERVE ANYTHING FROM US OR GOD BUT GOD STILL CHOSE TO PLACE HIS HOLY SPIRIT UPON THEM TO CONVICT THEM AND BRING THEM TO A POINT OF REALIZATION.
BODY: 1 COR 13 THE BOOK OF LOVE
1: FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE
A) THESE THREE REMAIN
B) OUT OF EVERYHTING ELSE IN THE WORLD IN THE UNIVERSE THESE THREE
C) WHY THESE THREE?
ANSWER: THEY COINCIDE, THEY MAKE THE MOST SENSE, GOD HAS A PLAN A HUGE PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE CREATION, BUT THIS PLAN IS VERY SIMPLE AT IT’S VERY CORE!!!
FAITH HOPE LOVE
2: GOD’S BLESSINGS REQUIRE FAITH
A) FAITH REQUIRES BELIEF IN THINGS WE CANNOT ALWAYS SEE
B) THINGS WE CAN’T TOUCH AND FEEL
C) THIS IS ONE REASON A LOT OF CHRISTIAN PEOPLE NEVER RECEIVE THE FULL BLESSING POWER OF GOD THEY JUST NEVER HAVE ENOUGH TRUST IN HIM TO DO WHAT HE SAYS.
3: FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR HEBREWS 11:1
A) OUR HOPE HAS TO BE IN JESUS CHRIST
B) OUR HOP EHAS TO BE THAT MARRIAGE SUPPER IN HEAVEN WITH THE LAMB
C) IF OUR FAITH IS RIGHT OUR HOPE WILL BE STRONG AND PERSUASIVE
FAITH COMETH BY HEARING ROMANS 10:17 AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD. OUR HOPE COMES FROM WHAT WE HEAR FROM GOD.
SO MAYBE GOD WANTED TO BLESS YOU BUT YOU WEREN’T PAYING ATTENTION!!!
BODY: GOD’S BLESSING IS EVIDENT ANYWHERE IF WE LOOK FOR IT!!
1: THE GREATEST IS LOVE
A) THE LOVE GOD SHOWED TO US THROUGH CHRIST
B) THE CROSS
C) LOVE THE ONE THING WE ONLY PARTIALLY UNDERSTAND.
POINT: WE UNDERSTAND FAITH AND HOPE BUT LOVE IS AN ELUSIVE THING, 1 COR 13:12 WE SEE THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY THIS IS OUR PREDICTMENT WITH LOVE.
2: THE LOVE GOD HAS TOWARD US IS A BLESSING BIG ENOUGH TO FILL ANY VOID OR GAP IN OUR LIVES.
A) LOVE IS THE GREATEST BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE 1 JOHN 4:8
B) GOD LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR US 1 JOHN 4:16
C) HAS GOD BLESSED YOU LATELY?
D) SOME WOULD SAY NO,
THOUGHT: MY CAR IS BROKE DOWN, THE PEOPLE AT WORK ARE ON MY BACK, ME AND MY WIFE CAN’T SEEM TO GET ALONG. ALL THESE THINGS DISTRACT US FROM WHAT GOD IS DOING AND HAS ALREADY DONE FOR US!!
CLOSING: HOW MANY BLESSINGS HAVE YOU FAILED TO RECEIVE?
FAITH HOPE LOVE
