Getting ready for a continued Bible Study for tonite :

Do you AGREE ?

Do you AGREE that YOU are righteous just solely because of GOD HIMSELF ?
YOU can do nothing to earn it…..
we just have to receive it.

The ability to RECEIVE….
The ability to RECEIVE…..

@ Christmas….it has been a slow thing …of making lists of what we want
Lists of what we desire….I have seen it come from my own generation to this.

The non ability to ” just receive “….. open hands closed eyes.
No expectations, just gratefulness.
I see it in Africa, then I come home, and I don’t see it ….I lost it in the airport – smile.

Unconditional LOVE OF GOD,   received.
Unconditional Blessings of ALL that God’s WORD SAYS …
HE WANTS TO BLESS US WITH….BLESS…..BLESS…..BLESS us with…

I read a book in Africa on RIGHTEOUSNESS….
it said this :

If a stranger called you and said, ” I have $10,000.00  I want to give you.
But you do not BELIEVE that I have the capability to give it to you….
You would not probably  AGREE…. to  meet with me…
Maybe you are thinking…I don’t KNOW YOU
or
Maybe you are thinking …I don’t deserve it.

I think the latter is the “dot”…..
Low self esteem, which is the lower ladder of PRIDE….
Still all about ourselves…..I don’t deserve God’s BLESSINGS
above all that I CAN EVEN IMAGINE…….

so I won’t agree…..with HIS ABILITY TO BLESS ME…
I will seem more “worthy”…if I think of myself as ” unworthy”
I call it the “the martyr syndrome”…keeping us from the ” blessings of God”

We are not agreeing with the WORD OF GOD
HOW GOD CREATED us to receive ALL THAT HIS SON DIED TO GIVE US.
” above all we can imagine ”

The 5,000,  they just wanted to be fed….
GOD GAVE THEM MORE THAN THEY COULD EAT !!!!
I had the little kids in AFRICA, hold their hands like the baskets for the
OVERFLOW….not the ENOUGH…. the OVERFLOW….

Oh , How I think it saddens the heart of God….
When HE has and HIS HEART is SET….on blessing us….
with HIS FAVOR, HIS LAVISH of provision…..

our son and daughter in law’s church family went to the homeless…
did they just want to give them a little…. 1/3 of what they need to exist…
or do they want to BLESS THEM ABUNDANTLY….
3 heaters or 5 or 8 or 10   =   35.00 a piece….if God leads you , smile.

Abraham…..had to agree to be blessed….
The homeless could say, you know what ..I don’t deserve this..
I am not working….and seriously reject the blessing….
and those from that church, how would they feel when they walked away ?
but “GOD LAID IT ON OUR HEARTS TO BLESS YOU ”

God’s Word…GOD’s WORD…..
says…..and our part is to AGREE to HIS WORD…..

What is His Word telling you….. ?
Have you truly agreed to accept HIS BLESSING….to the overflow…
BLESSING….. isn’t just enough…..BLESSING..

When you come from a church service…” I WAS BLESSED”
When you hold a little child or receive a deep hug…” I WAS BLESSED ”

your heart is overflowed with joy, love….
I believe God wants to hear from us….

I agree,  I am ready to accept YOUR BLESSING…
YOU CHOSE ME….YOUR SON DIED FOR ME….
I will receive ALL ALL ALL YOU HAVE FOR ME….ALL ….ALL

to the glory of GOD, I want to be blessed .
My eyes are closed, my hands are open, my heart is open
What ever and all you have for me I AGREE TO ACCEPT

in the name of JESUS and by HIS BLOOD , amen