Being A Blessing

Are you one of the ones who always want a blessing? You go to church to get a blessing? Do you something with the mindset of getting a blessing (something in return)? OR----do you want to be the blessing? This has been heavy on my heart for about three or four months now. Every day when I get up I pray and ask God to show me, teach me, tell me--How I can be a blessing to at least one person today. When you do this a really mean it, it will make you more aware of your words, actions, and atttitude. I have received several comments about how I have helped them. And I appreciate that. But this is what blessing someone is...................................................
It is when you do something for someone else who has less than you do. You have to mire in the dirt. You have to get dirty to help someone else sincerely. Some people think if they do something for someone that has what they have or more they are blessing them. At that point, they are doing someone a favor or trying to get in their favor for some reason. It is not a true blessing.

If you follow Jesus' life, He was a blessing to the ones who others would not help. The woman at the well. She had a name among her own people. Jews were not suppose to talk to her. But Jesus did. Jesus walked the roads. He helped who He came in contact with.

Are we doing that? Or --------- Are we picking and chosing who we want to help? Are we helping others for a certain motive or are we helping others who could never do anything for us at all? Are we helping others because of who they are or what they have or do we help others because of what we can help them be or achieve?

I chose to help others and be a blessing to others who are less fortunate than I am. I am willing to get a little dirty. I am willing to be a little uncomfortable. What about you? Search your heart today and pray about it. You can not be a leader without being a servant first. I pray for God bless you and your decisions today---------------------

You can compare our lives to a catapillar. Before we were saved to crawled around in dirt and done whatever. We even built a cocoon around us. the catapillar cocoon comes from within and our does to. We make our cocoon stronger every time we harden our hearts toward God, build up walls to protect ourselves from getting hurt, done wrong toward others, and any and every sin imaginable. As the cocoon gets stronger to protect us so does the cocoon for the catapillar. But when we get saved, God cracks our cocoon. As God works on us, then you see the wings of a beautiful butterfly start to show. Then, the butterfly is completely out of the cocoon. At this point, we as christians are totally free. But God is never completely finished with us. We will never be totally Christlike until Jesus comes back.
You have to be careful to stay in God's word, have a relationship with the Lord, do His will, and minister to others. If not you will become the catapillar again, building a cocoon around yourself.
God gave us grace for a reason.
1. produces power 2 Corin. 12:9-10
2. provides perspective 2 Corin. 4:17-18
3. promotes perserverance 2 Corin. 4:8-9
4. promotes praise (this is just what we are made for)

God's grace teaches us to (Titus 2:12-14)
1. renounce sin
2. rule self
3. respect others
4. reverence God
5. repond diligently

We dod what we do:
1. God's power will be present in us 2 Corin. 4:7
2. Jesus' life may be manifested in us 2 Corin. 4:11
3. that christ's power may rest upon us 2 Corin. 12:9

Let's live our life according to God's word and not be rules and ideas that humans have come up with. I pray for each of you to be strong and bold and take a firm stand to live a Godly life that God has called you to live. Not just live haphazardly with not goals in site. God formed each of us with a goal in mind. Be the Man or Woman of God, He formed. If God is not ashamed of you, and He calls you His child. Don't be ashamed of your Heavenly Father, to praise Him to others.
God Bless--------------------------

Still, I Look to Find a Reason to Believe

That is a line from an old Rod Stewart song. I am sure most of you have heard it. I heard it one morning on the way home after taking Tony to work. It made me stop and think. Everybody is looking for a reason to believe in something. Are you living your life to give someone a reason to believe in God? As christians we need to examine our life to make sure we are living to help others. For several weeks now, before I go to work, I pray and ask God to show me how I can be a blessing to at least one person each and every day. If we all became a little more servant minded instead of wanting something for ourselves, we could be a blessing to others a little easier. Ask yourself---Am I the reason, (any name) believes in God? If the answer is yes, you have been a true blessing to that one person. And at some point in that persons life, you were the world to them.
God Bless each and everyone--------------