Has someone ever done something good for you? Better yet, has a stranger
or someone you hardly know that well ever done something good for you,
something that was unexpected?
Do you remember that good warm feeling that you felt on the inside? That god feeling that probably brought tears of joy to your eyes? That’s a nice feeling.
Think about this do you realize that you have the power give someone that kind of feeling today? All it takes if for you to go out of your way and do something unexpectedly nice to someone.
The bible tells us that it is more blessed to give than to receive. I sometimes wonder if we really believe that because if we really did then we would be scrambling for and trying to outdo each other in the area of giving.
I have realized that I am not on this earth for myself; I am here to make someone’s life better. My focus in life should not be on myself and how much I can amass for myself but I should seek to make others lives better.
Everywhere Jesus went, he always made someone’s life better. Think about this: pressure… discouragement… stress… fear…
All this are focused on me and self. We never assume someone’s pressure of fear. This happens when I focus on me myself and i. The root word for miserable is miser.
Misers are miserable because they have no time for others and they are not willing to share their resources. Now I know that I cannot make the whole world better but I can make one life better.
If you have the power in your hand to do good, then do not withhold it. This is the purpose of prosperity. Don’t be like the Dead Sea, receiving and not making another life better.
If we as a church are not making lives better then we need to close our doors because we are not fulfilling our purpose. Today God will bring opportunities your way to do something worthwhile for someone else; it may even be a stranger.
If you and I are too focused on me and I then we will miss it. Let us not withhold doing good especially if it is in our power to do so. Stop taking about it, stop thinking about it, do something today to make another life better.
Proverbs 3:27-28
Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act. Do not say to your neighbor, "Come back later; I'll give it tomorrow"— when you now have it with you.
Do you remember that good warm feeling that you felt on the inside? That god feeling that probably brought tears of joy to your eyes? That’s a nice feeling.
Think about this do you realize that you have the power give someone that kind of feeling today? All it takes if for you to go out of your way and do something unexpectedly nice to someone.
The bible tells us that it is more blessed to give than to receive. I sometimes wonder if we really believe that because if we really did then we would be scrambling for and trying to outdo each other in the area of giving.
I have realized that I am not on this earth for myself; I am here to make someone’s life better. My focus in life should not be on myself and how much I can amass for myself but I should seek to make others lives better.
Everywhere Jesus went, he always made someone’s life better. Think about this: pressure… discouragement… stress… fear…
All this are focused on me and self. We never assume someone’s pressure of fear. This happens when I focus on me myself and i. The root word for miserable is miser.
Misers are miserable because they have no time for others and they are not willing to share their resources. Now I know that I cannot make the whole world better but I can make one life better.
If you have the power in your hand to do good, then do not withhold it. This is the purpose of prosperity. Don’t be like the Dead Sea, receiving and not making another life better.
If we as a church are not making lives better then we need to close our doors because we are not fulfilling our purpose. Today God will bring opportunities your way to do something worthwhile for someone else; it may even be a stranger.
If you and I are too focused on me and I then we will miss it. Let us not withhold doing good especially if it is in our power to do so. Stop taking about it, stop thinking about it, do something today to make another life better.
Proverbs 3:27-28
Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act. Do not say to your neighbor, "Come back later; I'll give it tomorrow"— when you now have it with you.
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