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Deuteronomy 28:1–14 NIV84

1 If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God: 3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. 4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. 5 Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed. 6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. 7 The Lord will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven. 8 The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you. 9 The Lord will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the Lord your God and walk in his ways. 10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will fear you. 11 The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your forefathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. 13 The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. 14 Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them.

I have heard many people say, “Let’s turn this place upside down.”

I understand what they may mean; however, what they are saying is wrong.

To turn something upside down means: to Put in disorder, mix or mess up. This phrase means to literally invert something so that the upper part becomes the lower (or vice versa) to throw into disorder or confusion.

God wants us to turn this world “Right Side Up.” In it’s original state. In it’s proper design. In it’s proper order.

1. God’s original plan is our destiny

In complete communion with God

Sin is not our master

God is our master

God is our source (from now on you will feed your family)

2. Get it right to get right

“Man without God is a contradiction, a paradox, a monstrosity. He sees evil as good and good as evil. That is why some people love evil and hate that which is good—they are still in their sins.” - Billy GrahamGod made you to be the head, not the tail

Isaiah 66:2 NIV84

2 Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?” declares the Lord. “This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.

Isaiah 5:20 NIV84

20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.

Right side up

God made you to be on top only, never at the bottom

Right side up

Don’t get things in the wrong order

3. The “If” that changes things

If we obey we get blessed

If we obey we will be blessed in the city and in the country

If we obey we get prosperity

If we obey we will be blessed coming and going

If we obey our hands get blessed

If we obey our children will be blessed

If we obey we will defeat the enemy

If we obey we will have favor

4. Don’t be fooled right reproduces right

We need to understand that God wants our blessings to follow our children

Exodus 20:6 NIV84

6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Exodus 20:4–6 NIV84

4 “You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

5. Get right side up

No weapon formed will prosper against you

You are the head

You are above only

You are a conqueror

This is the original design

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