Title Blessing! into God's expectation
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At the end of the year there should be reflection and gratitude.
When you start a new year, you need to make new resolutions.
I wish you a good start to the year with good dreams and good hopes.
True happiness in life is in God.
To be truly happy, you must meet God.
You must serve God.
People leave God to be happier
If you leave God, you will get only temporary things,
You cannot enjoy true and eternal blessings.
Therefore, a life apart from God is like a life chasing a mirage.
Jesus came to this earth to make our lives bright, good, happy, and rich.
There is true wealth and happiness in Jesus.
“I came that they might have life, and have it more abundantly” (John 10:10).
1. Believe in God! (Blessings of those who believe)
(1) The blessing of salvation comes first to those who believe in God.
-The deliverance of Joseph from prison, David's deliverance from the hand of King Saul, Israel's deliverance from slavery in Egypt, Daniel's deliverance from the lions' den, etc. Salvation is the forgiveness of sins and eternal salvation through faith in Jesus. If you believe in God, the most glorious and greatest blessing of salvation will come. receive eternal salvation. *Then what do we believe? See verse 9. We believe in “Jesus is Lord”. We also believe that Jesus came to this earth as a man like us to save us, died on the cross for us, and “resurrected” three days later.
(2) The blessing of wealth comes to those who believe in God.
- Those who believe in God will never be put to shame (verse 11). Jesus is rich to all who call on Him. God's will for us is our blessing. *Romans 8:32 “He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him give us all things?”
2. Tell it! (The believer's mission)
- Anyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved (verse 13).
But I do not believe, and I cannot call on the name of the Lord.
I haven't even heard of it, but I can't believe it.
You cannot hear without a preacher.
You cannot preach unless you are sent.
If so, who was sent?
First, those who believe in Jesus. (Matthew 28:18-20 ; Mark 16:15 ; Luke 24:46-48 ; John 20:21 ; Acts 1:8)
It is us.
These are the people we have been sent to preach about Jesus.
“Beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news” (Romans 10:15).
Evangelism is beautiful.
It is beautiful in the sight of God.
God has given us a truly blessed and beautiful mission.
He has given us a precious mission that we can never give up until the moment we die.
Where was Paul's interest?
It wasn't about getting rich or getting healthy.
His interest was in the soul.
It was about preaching the gospel.
He confessed how strong his interest and mission was.
“I do not count my life of any value, in order to finish my course and the mission I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God” (Acts 20:24).
We also pray that it will be a year in which we can fulfill our mission well.