It Is More Blessed To Give Than To Receive

The Benefits Of Giving

I have showed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of The LORD Jesus, how he said, it is more blessed to give than to receive (Acts 20:35).

According to the opening scripture above, Jesus said “It is more blessed to give than to receive,” meaning “It is of more benefit to you to give than to receive.”The promise of blessing is to the giver and not the receiver. As far as God is concerned, the one who gives is greater than the one who receives.

An important benefit of giving is that when you give something – be it money or other material possessions, you “Conquer” that thing that you gave, and I’ll explain…

The Lord is my Good Shepherd (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

God Knows How To Take Care Of You (The LORD Is My Shepherd I Shall Not Want).

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures…. {Psalm 23:1-2}

God knows everything. He knows you and everything about you. He knows the things you need, and He knows how to get them across to you. He is that BIG! He proved this in the Scriptures when a certain Hebrew woman needed His help. She had given birth to a son at a time the Pharaoh of Egypt issued a decree that every Hebrew male child from two years down be killed. She tried for a while to protect the child, but it became increasingly difficult; so she put him…

Divine Health Is Ours In Christ Jesus. By Pastor Chris Oyakhilome

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayst prosper and be in health…. (3 John 1:2)

God’s desire for us His children is for us to live in divine health! The life He gave us when we were born again is divine, and that life can’t be corrupted by any sickness or disease. The Bible however says that the believer has been delivered from death and all its effects (Romans 8:2). That includes sickness, for sickness is incipient death. The reason many Christians are still suffering in their bodies is that they are oblivious of this truth.

Some
time ago, God showed me a vision: I saw a man, a born again Christian, who was dying of a deadly cancerous disease and his doctors had given him up to die. This…

Communication (Photo credit: P Shanks)

Be Polite To Others

Let your speech at all times be gracious (pleasant and winsome), seasoned (as it were) with salt, (so that you may never be at a loss) to know how you ought to answer anyone (who puts a question to you) (Colossians 4:6 AMP)

For many in our country, acting in a polite and civil manner, after being exposed to protracted years of military rule is something to learn. Many are yet to learn the importance of the words “Please”, “Excuse me” and “Thank You” in their communication with others. They are of the erroneous belief that being polite is a sign of weakness in one’s character, but that’s not true. Rather, being polite is something that reveals the strength of character.

In James 3:13-14, the Bible says, “Who is a wise man and endued…

Christ In You The Hope Of Glory!

To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory(Colossians 1:27)

The Christian is not a religious fellow, but one in whom all the fullness of Deity resides. If you’re born again, God dwells in you. This should give you a new mindset and confidence in life. There’s a big difference between us today – the new creation – and the Old Testament folks. God’s plan was to be in them, but they couldn’t enter into His rest because of unbelief.

When Jesus came, He came as “Emmanuel”, meaning “God with Us”, and thus was them until His crucifixion. After His resurrection, and the arrival of the Holy Spirit, the new creation – The Church – came into…

Your Mouth Is A Weapon By Pastor Anita Oyakhilome

Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff (Isaiah 41:15)

In Joshua 1:2-3, The LORD said to Joshua: “….now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you.” Thus, by this instruction the children of Israel knew that all they had to do to take possession of the land God gave to them was to step on it. Once they stepped on it, it became theirs.

But in the New Testament, there’s a difference. The power isn’t in…

Holy Spirit! The Spirit Of Excellence

Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the satraps because an excellent spirit was in him, and the king thought to set him over the whole realm (Daniel 6:3 AMP)

Christianity isn’t a life of mediocrity, for the Holy Spirit, Who Himself is The Spirit of Excellence inspires excellence in all you do. When you recognize this truth, you’ll find yourself doing things right the first time, without having to try again and again to get it right.

Walking in excellence is giving The LORD the opportunity to express Himself through your mind, words and actions; it takes you off the sidewalk of life, and stands you out amongst your peers. Having the consciousness that you have an excellent mind will make you a success in your job, business or academics; it will reveal brilliance and high quality in all…

Genesis 1. The History Of Creation

1In the beginningGod created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it…

English: Deuteronomy 8:18, Thou shalt remember the Lord thy God, 1901 Bible card published by the Providence Lithograph Company (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Genesis 2. Life In God’s Garden

1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, 5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew:…

English: Deuteronomy 8:18, Thou shalt remember the Lord thy God, 1901 Bible card published by the Providence Lithograph Company (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Genesis 3. The Temptation And Fall Of Man

1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your…

English: Sacrifice of Cain and Abel (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Genesis 4. Cain And Abel

1And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance…

English: God took Enoch, as in Genesis 5:24: “And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.” (KJV) illustration from the 1728 Figures de la Bible; illustrated by Gerard Hoet (1648–1733) and others, and published by P. de Hondt in The Hague; image courtesy Bizzell Bible Collection, University of Oklahoma Libraries (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Genesis 5. The Family Of Adam

1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; 2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: 4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were…

English: 4 days of Evangelism Training in Southern California provided by LivingWaters Ministry. Obeying the great commission of Jesus Christ. “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to everyone” Mark 16:15 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Love Your Enemy

Psalm 109:4“I love them, but they try to destroy me with
accusations even as I am praying for them!”

Now this is easier said than done, but by God’s grace it is
possible. You can do all things through Christ who gives you
strength and praying and loving those who stand against you is
very possible. So Love and pray for those who persecute you and
leave the rest to God. Amen!

May GOD bless Nigeria, America and Israel and take care of us; May GOD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the LORD lift up His countenance upon us, And give…

English: 4 days of Evangelism Training in Southern California provided by LivingWaters Ministry. Obeying the great commission of Jesus Christ. “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to everyone” Mark 16:15 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

God Has Not Forgotten You. He Has Not Forsaken Or Left You Behind

Jeremiah 2:2“Go and shout this message to Jerusalem. This is
what the LORD says: “I remember how eager you were to please me
as a young bride long ago, how you loved me and followed me even
through the barren wilderness”

The LORD has not forgotten you, you may feel dry and down and out
right now but He has not forsaken or left you behind. He was with
you through all your rough times and will continue to be with you
always. Never think otherwise or let doubt convince you
otherwise. Amen!

May GOD bless Nigeria, America

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Genesis 6. The Wickedness And Judgment Of Man

1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also isflesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. 5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the…

English: Resurrection of Christ (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

PRAYER POINTS MOUNTAIN OF FIRE AND MIRACLES MINISTRIES, POWER MUST CHANGE HANDS PRAYER PROGRAMME. DELIVERANCE OF THE FAMILY TREE (4) FEBRUARY 2013

Scripture Reading: Genesis 49

Confession: Joshua 24:15

Aggressive Praise Worship

1. Thou Great Physician, heal every injury and wounds on my

family tree, in the name of Jesus.

1. Every information stored in the caldron against my family,

catch fire, in the name of Jesus.

1. All information stored in the memory bank of the enemy

against my family tree, be wiped off by the blood of Jesus, in

the name of Jesus.

1. Angels of fire, locate my family roots and uproot all arrows of

wickedness, in the name of Jesus.

1. Holy Ghost fire, purge my roots for breakthrough repositioning, in the…

English: Noah’s sacrifice (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Genesis 7. The Great Flood

1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

5And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. 6 And Noah

English: Noah’s sacrifice (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Genesis 8. Noah’s Deliverance

1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; 2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; 3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

6 And it came to pass at…

RCCG Special Prayer For All Bankers, Accountants And Auditors By Pastor E A Adeboye. Theme: I Will Make You My Divine Treasurer 3^rd February 2013

Special Prayer for all Bankers, Accountants & Auditors.

Theme: I will make you my Divine Treasurer (Luke 19: 16-24)

Date: Sunday, 3rd February 2013.

Venue: The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Throne of Grace ,1-9 Redemption Way Ebute-Metta, LagosNigeria.

Time: 8AM

Ministering: Pastor E.A. Adeboye

May GOD bless Nigeria, America and Israel and take care of us; May GOD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the LORD lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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