m.A.u.r.i.C.E's Kitchen

Good Looking Beach Boy, haha. Can cook abit. Likes Man United. Likes Mcdonalds. Likes Jogging. Likes Weight Lifting. Likes Music. Love my IPOD. Other then all this I Love God.

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Giving is not a one time event

Yeay gave jianli the last lesson for Getting Started BS yesterday, stumbled abit during the BS but thank God it turned out well yet again, praise the LORD! The last lesson talks about God's plan for prosperity for us, it covers the areas on tithing, offerings and how God wants to bless us.
When i was preparing for the lesson, the Lord just spoke to me about giving, ever since i started giving i have always wondered, i give my tithe every month faithfully, give my offerings every week but how come i don't get the very blessings that others have? Whether its financially or relationship areas with friends or relatives, and how come my blessings come once in a very long while.

But I now know He has a reason for doing this, its not to punish us or anything, but to actually mold us in to faithful givers and stewards, as why do we sometimes have to wait for certain periods before He blesses us? Its because He wants to remind us that giving to His Kingdom is not a one time event, its a lifestyle, its where He tests us, to see where our priorities are in our lives, as the Bible says, where our heart is, there the treasure will be. God is also able to test us in this area to see if we are result oriented christians, to see if we will stll continue giving to Him if we don't see any blessings, do we continue to obey Him , to continue to give to Him for the cause of His Kingdom, do we keep on going doing what He says in the bible, in the bible theres alot of emphasis on sowing , giving. Tuesday prayer meeting Pst Zhuang shared that the word BLESSING also means that God is empowering us , giving us the ability to get the things that we want, from this i reallised that sometimes we overlooked this other kind of blessing God actually gives us. So blessings are actually given to us daily, at our work place, at schools, when we are serving in church, everyday we have to face new things, but where do we get the ability to be able to do or adapt to all this new things? It's His blessing to us.

Thank God for the chance to give bible study, not only am i able to bring a person closer to God but at the same time i am also receiving, things which i do not see in the past, now i am able to. I pray for more renewing of my mind through BS giving, cg , svc, even in daily activities outside of church.

Wow yesterday after BS, Jianli blessed me to a sumptuous dinner at PS, forgot what is the name of the restaurant, but its the one selling seafood beside comics connection i think on the same level as the foodcourt. Initially, i thought he would just treat me to a main course dish, but then he went on to say lets have the soup of the day, then the main course, then the dessert, and a chocolate milkshake. Very filling dinner, the most filling dinner i had after breaking fast during this week of consecration and fasting for N211. On the way to meet jianli for bs , i actually i asked God if i could have someone bless me for food after bs as i was abit short on cash after paying for a courier service for solomon as i forgot to bring extra cash, thought of borrowing from jian li but praise the Lord, after BS he told me that the holy spirit prompted him to bless me a meal. God is Jehovah Jireh!

Prosperity : It's not just finances in abundance, it's a journey that God has called us to go into.

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