BLESSINGS OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD
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OUTLINE
1.PROSPERITY
2.PEOPLE
3.PROTECTION
4.PROMISE
5.PEACE
6.POWER
7.PRIVILEGE
THE MESSAGE
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BLESSINGS OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD
1. PROSPERITY
Gen 39;2
When God is with us there is prosperity and sucess in our lives.God was with Joseph and made him successful in everything that he undertook. A supernatural power was working on behalf of Joseph in his endeavours.The same blessing can operate in our lives when the presence of God fills our lives and labours.
2. PEOPLE
Gen 39:21 II Chronicles 15:9
When God is with us He gives us the people we need to help us. God was with Joseph and gave him favour with people he needed to help him.He had favour with his father, with potiphar , with the prison
keeper and finally with Pharoh.God was with Asa and when the people
saw it they came to help him. The presence of God in our lives will
bring the people we need to help us.
3. PROTECTION
Isaiah 43:2 , Psalms 121:5 , Psalms 124: 2-3 , Jeremiah 20: 11
The presence of God is a great wall of protection around us.This
is the secret of our survival even in the midst of great attacks
and dangerous exeriences that we go through.When God is with us
we have a supernatural protection in our lives.He is our shade to
cover us all the time.
4. PROMISE
Isaiah 41:10 , Hebrews 13:5-6 , I Samuel 18: 28-29
The presence of God gives us great promises.Because He is with
us we need not fear anything.When we realize that the Almighty God
is with us all our fears vanish because He is stronger than any
force that can harm us.God was with David and it made his enemy
Saul to fear him.The presence of God will make our enemies to fear
us because they see that God is with us.
5. PEACE
Exodus 33:14 , Isaiah 26:3 , Psalms 16:11 , Philippians 4:4
The presence of God gives us great peace and joy in our lives.
Jesus promised us the peace which the world cannot give. This divine peace does not depend on the outward circumstances. When we
are inside an airconditioned room we can be cool even though it is
hot outside. Similarly the presence of God gives us great inward
peace and joy even though the external circumstances may be bad.
6. POWER
Acts 10:38 , Mark 16:20
There is great power available to us when God Presence fills
our lives. God presence was with Jesus and filled his life with
divine power to set the people free from satanic bondage. The
presence of God was with the early disciples and confirmed their ministry with signs following.
7. PRIVILEGE
Isaiah 57:15 , Jeremiah 9:23-24
The greatest privilege in life is to have God’s presence in our
lives. The people of this world feel greatly honoured if some
great man or ruler or a famous person visits their home.Some
shopkeepers hang pictures of the famous people who visited their
shop. Others are proud of the autographs they have of great people.
But the greatest privilege and honour that we can have is the
presence the Almighty God in our lives. The Lord wants us to realise this truth and live in that understanding.It is the presence of God with us that we should boast about.Let us value the presence of God and be careful not to allow anything that can remove his presence from our lives.
