Psalm 1:3b Whatever they do prospers. Blessing and prosperity abides in the dwelling of a man/woman who fears the Lord. You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours (Psalm 128:2). Everybody wants the blessing and favour of the Lord but God can bless whatever we do only if we walk in the fear...
Author: Caroline Joseph (Caroline Joseph)
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25 August 2023 – Blessed – Part 6
Numbers 23:20-22 Behold, I have received His command to bless [Israel]. He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it. God has not observed wickedness in Jacob [for he is forgiven], Nor has He seen trouble in Israel. The LORD their God is with Israel, And the shout of their King is among the people. A...
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24 August 2023 – Blessed – Part 5
Acts 20:35 “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” PsyPost published a study on ‘the psychology on giving’ and concluded that ‘greed may be good for our pockets but comes at a psychological cost’. Greedy people tend to have more household income but lower life satisfaction. The gift of generosity accumulates more wealth than the grit of...
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23 August 2023 – Blessed – Part 4
Genesis 39:3&5 When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did….From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The favour of God floods...
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22 August 2023 – Blessed – Part 3
Deuteronomy 28:7 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. Blessed is the man whose enemies flee before him. Blessedness is commonly understood as the ‘favour of God’. The favour of God will...
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21 August 2023 – Blessed – Part 2
Psalm 32:1-2 Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit. Guilt is not a bad emotion. Guilt leads to repentance however when we wallow in guilt, shame and low self-esteem it can...
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20 August 2023 – Blessed – Part 1
Jeremiah 17:7 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.” The most common understanding of “blessed” is to be divinely, highly or supremely favoured and to have blissful, happy and contented life. Blessed can be used as an adjective or a noun. The dictionary meaning of ‘blessed’ as an adjective...
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19 August 2023 – Prompt or Provoke – Part 7
1 Peter 2:23 When they hurled their insults at Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats. Instead, He entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly. Harvard Business School did a study on the “power paradox” which studied that the behaviour of people shift as they gain power. The actions and reactions worsen...
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18 August 2023 – Prompt or Provoke – Part 6
2 Kings 18:4 He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.) High place in the Bible refers to a ‘place of worship’. King Hezekiah...
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17 August 2023 – Prompt or Provoke – Part 5
Exodus 32:1 “When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.” Moses was on...