What's Next - Week 3
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What’s Next - Week 3 (Give) / Success
What’s Next - Week 3 (Give) / Success
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
“Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
loyal love n. — an unfailing kind of love, kindness, or goodness; often used of God’s love that is related to faithfulness to his covenant.
to honor v. — to bestow honor or rewards upon.
#1 Honoring God
My son, do not forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commandments,
for length of days and years of life
and peace they will add to you.
Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you;
bind them around your neck;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
“Steadfast Love” - loyal love n. — an unfailing kind of love, kindness, or goodness; often used of God’s love that is related to faithfulness to his covenant.
Faithfulness - Loyal and unwavering…
“Bind them around your neck” or “Wear them like something tied around your neck.”
Write them on the table of your heart
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
First we have to love God.... With everything
And be faithful to him…
Then we need to love and be faithful to people!
Friends who are faithful to God will be faithful to you!
So you will find favor and good success
in the sight of God and man.
If you will do this…
You will find favor and good success
“In the sight of God and Man”
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
Trust: to believe (trust) v. — to have faith; put one’s trust in something.
Lean: to depend on rely v. — to put trust in with confidence.
I Am My Biggest Enemy!
In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths.
Way: a course of conduct.- Your Behavior
What you put your trust in will determine your behavior!
Acknowledge: to accept (someone) to be what is claimed.
Straight: to make straight v. — to give the property of straightness to something; abstractly of making something upright morally.
Path: life circumstances ⇔ path n. — a person’s overall conditions or circumstances in life understood as a path.
Be not wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
It will be healing to your flesh
and refreshment to your bones.
The point of this warning is to avoid thinking that you are wise and therefore forgetting that the Lord is the source of wisdom
“Do not congratulate yourself on your own wisdom,”
I Am Not God!
Humbleness
“Fear the Lord” to fear (reverence) v. — to regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of.
“Turn away from evil “
“Refuse to do evil things,” “Don’t do evil acts,”
“It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones”
Humbleness and Fear.... Being in awe of God
Will bring healing to your body and Refreshment to your bones…
Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with the firstfruits of all your produce;
Honor
To Honor means to hold in high esteem, to recognize someone as being great and worthy. In relation to the Lord it means to give respect or to speak highly of. In some languages this is expressed as “Show that the Lord is great,” “Show that the Lord is wonderful,” or “Show how much you respect the Lord.”
With your wealth
First fruits were offered by the worshipers of Israel at their yearly harvest festival, sometimes called the Festival of Weeks
Honoring God with our Best.... Is trusting God with our Best
Our church Budget is around $15,000 a month...
My question is, could we meet our church budget is everyone gave at your level of trust in God?
I say yes but........
And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”
It all depends if you are willing to give your best because you trust him… ‘
Not only do with give to the kingdom of God or the local church but we honor God by giving to others!
then your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will be bursting with wine.
Then your barns will be filled with plenty…
Barns renders a word referring to places where grain crops are stored
“Barns” - My Accounts will be filled.......
“Vats will be bursting with wine”- The picture presented is of wine vats or presses running over because they cannot contain the abundance of wine.
I don’t focus on the overflow but I Focus on honoring Him with my Best.....
(Example)
What’s Next Success!
Let Recap:
If I stay Faithful to God and people - Favor is going to over take me
If I trust in God and not in myself - He will guide me through life’s circumstances!
If I say humble and keep God first - Then healing will come and refreshments to my bones!
If I honor God with my wealth / Give my Best - Then I walk in overflow of resources (Not just money)
What’s Next is knowing that a Successful life is a God lead life!