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Secrets Of Living A Blessed Life
Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Jul 25, 2006 (message contributor)
Summary: THIS SERMON IS ABOUT THE SECRETS OF LIVING A BLESSED LIFE NAMELY 1.FRATERNITY 2.MAGNANIMITY 3.GENEROSITY 4.QUALITY 5.UNITY 6.AVIDITY 7.HUMILITY
SECRETS OF LIVING A BLESSED LIFE
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OUTLINE
1.FRATERNITY
2.MAGNANIMITY
3.GENEROSITY
4.QUALITY
5.UNITY
6.AVIDITY
7.HUMILITY
THE MESSAGE
SECRETS OF LIVING A BLESSED LIFE
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1.FRATERNITY
To live a blessed life we need good friends and godly association. We must avoid evil influences and dangerous fraternity. We must stay from negative and scornful people and never participate in their rebellious and critical activities. We must have close association with positive and committed people who will have a blessed influence in our life.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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" Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
" Away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commands of my God! "
" For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea.
They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
They all ate the same spiritual food 4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered over the desert.
Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did.
Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in pagan revelry."
We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
We should not test the Lord, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.
And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.
These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. "
2.MAGNANIMITY
To live a blessed life we must have a good and noble heart . We need a heart of love and magnanimity. We should not be full of jealousy and anger and bitterness and suspicion. Instead we must be full of love and kindness and patience and unselfishness. We must have trust and endurance and concern for the welfare of others.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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" Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. "
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. "
3.GENEROSITY
To live a blessed life we must be generous and liberal in giving to God and in helping others in need. Those who sow bountifully shall reap bountifully. God showers His abundant blessings on those who give generously and sacrificially to His kingdom. We must practice the secret of giving liberally and enjoying God’s blessings in our life.
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" One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed. "
" Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
Malachi 3:8–12
" Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. "But you ask, ’How do we rob you?’ "In tithes and offerings.
You are under a curse—the whole nation of you—because you are robbing me.
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.
I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit," says the LORD Almighty.
"Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land," says the LORD Almighty. "
