WHOEVER DOESN’T ENRICH, BECOMES POOR Part 2 Here are some steps I consider helpful so that God always takes us to increase: LIVE REAL Recognize what you have and what you don’t have. Appreciate and also work with the gifts the Creator has given you. Do not try to imitate others. The Lord…
WHOEVER DOESN’T ENRICH, BECOMES POOR A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished. Proverbs 28:20 (NIV) The Heavenly Father has left us in charge of something on earth and one day we will have to be accountable to Him. God has given us wealth,…
WATCH OUT FOR THOSE FRIENDS WHO THINK THEY KNOW IT ALL “Ahithophel answered, “Sleep with your father’s concubines whom he left to take care of the palace. Then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself obnoxious to your father, and the hands of everyone with you will be more resolute” (2 Samuel 16:21)….
THE MULTITUDE OF COUNSELORS Where there is no counsel, the people fall: But in the multitude of counselors, there is safety. (Proverbs 11:14). One person is too small when it comes to the big things that can be achieved as a team. Jesus did not do it alone and I cannot do it alone either….
ENRICH OTHERS It is more blessed to give than to receive (Acts 20:35 NKJV). It is right to live blessed but to also bless others. There are people who know more than I do, they have more than I do and they preach better than I do; therefore, they enrich me with their friendship. There…
TAKING CARE OF RELATIONSHIPS 7 Stay away from a fool, for you will not find knowledge on their lips (Proverbs 14:7 NIV). Tell me who you are with and I will tell you who you are…be around wolves and you will learn to howl…be around honey and something will stick to you… Take care of…
DEVELOP THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT AND LOVE EVERYONE But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! (Galatians 5:22-23 NIV) The best way to get along with everyone is by developing the…
ACCEPT EVERYONE EVEN IF THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOU “Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God” (Romans 15:7 NIV). Many times, human beings complain because of the differences we have with other people: women are different from men; temperaments are different, our way of doing things,…
GOD HELPS US FORGET Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.” The second son he named Ephraim and said,…
FORGIVE YOURSELF You forgave the iniquity of your people and covered all their sins. Psalms 85:2 (NIV) In life it’s hard to forgive others, but sometimes it is even harder to forgive ourselves. The past mistakes bring guilt into our lives and they can ruin our present and future. The word guilt means someone…
