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BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY

Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” – Genesis 1:28   REFERENCE Genesis 1:26-30   When God pronounced the above blessing on man, He did not put any time or age limit to it. This is a mandate of productivity that God placed on man for the rest of his life. So don’t get to a point where you think that God is done...
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LEAVE YOUR TENT – 2

And the LORD said to Abram…”Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are – northward, southward, eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever.” – Genesis 13:14-15   REFERENCE Genesis 13:14-18   (Continued from yesterday) Yesterday we concluded with the thought that God wants you to keep advancing in life. But, that can only happen if you are willing to step out of your world. (the familiar – what you are used to), to the bigger world – the whole earth and all of human society...
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LEAVE YOUR TENT – 1

Now the LORD had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you.” – Genesis 12:1   REFERENCE Genesis 12:1-4a   A popular Proverb says, “A child thinks his father’s farm is the biggest farm in the world until he goes out and sees other farms.” This proverb summarizes a central truth about life. Your world (your environment and experiences), is smaller than the world out there. However, you will not know this until you leave the familiar. It is only by leaving the familiar...
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WHEN IN DOUBT, LOOK AT THE BIRDS

Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on… – Matthew 6:25   REFERENCE Matthew 6:25-34   The fact that Jesus repeated, “DO NOT WORRY!” 3 times in this passage shows concern in the heart of the Father that His children worry not. It also shows that as dwellers on this earth realm, we are prone to worrisome thoughts and agitating passions. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow is not yet here, and today is the only day we have. If we...
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MOTIVATED BY LOVE

So he answered and said, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind’, and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’ – Luke 10:27   REFERENCE Luke 10:25-37   ‘Love’ is one of the most frequently used words and talked about concepts, yet it is the most difficult to practice. However, as believers, love must mark everything we do – for Jesus said, “by this shall all men know you are my disciples.” God gave you a mandate to “love your neighbor as yourself.” This is important...
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KNOCKING ON THE WRONG DOOR

Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria, and was injured; so he sent messengers and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this injury.” - II Kings‬ ‭1:2‬‭   REFERENCE II Kings 1:1-4   It is quite paradoxical to hear a king of Israel send to a heathen god, Baal-Zebub, to make inquiries concerning his health. It is as if a Pastor of a church goes to a ritualist to make inquiries concerning certain matters. That is ‘knocking on the wrong door,’ you may not like...
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JESUS DEEPLY CARES

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And if I send them away hungry to their own houses, they will faint on the way… ~ Mark ‭8:2-3   REFERENCE Mark 8:1-3   Who says Jesus does not know what you are going through or the things you are waiting for to happen? Who says He has forgotten you or that He is not presently working on your case? Sometimes it feels like you are all alone when His help seems far in reaching you, but our text...
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WEANED OFF FLESHLY INFLUENCES

But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, 'Not until the child is weaned; then I will take him, that he may appear before the LORD and remain there forever.' ~ I Samuel ‭1:22‬ ‭   REFERENCE I Samuel 1:21-24   The process of weaning is to cut a child off depending on the mother’s milk and to begin to introduce him to solid food. It metaphorically also refers to detaching someone from some comfort they are used to; depriving the flesh of certain affections and indulgence. Spiritually, it speaks of maturity, growing in grace, obedience to...
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A KNACK FOR EXCELLENCE

Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm. – Daniel 6:3   REFERENCE Daniel 6:1-3   God is a God of excellence and He created us in His image. He is not a shabby God, for the Bible says, “He does all things well.” (Mark 7:37) Statistics shows us that ‘poor service’ is the number one reason why companies lose businesses. Why? Because excellence attracts but mediocrity repels. As we look around us in our country, mediocrity surrounds us,...
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DIVINE FAVOR

The king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so he set the royal crown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. - Esther‬ ‭2:17‬ ‭   REFERENCE Esther 2:1-17   One area in which God demonstrates His generosity to us is ‘divine favor.’ This simply means, God granting us advantages, preferential treatment and special privileges by His own unique formula, not based on how deserving or how good we are. God specializes in granting His favor to unlikely or even seemingly undeserving...
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