Walking in 2020 within God's Blessings

Walking in 2020 within God's Blessings

This is the final Sunday of January 2020 and the last sermon for the 2020 foundational message which is.

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 ESV

As a church we need to embrace these words and hold onto it to experience God.

It is the intention of God to give us His joy and we need to repent of anything that is preventing us from experiencing God's joy. We need to love God. We have all had success and failures and we are reminded of these failures. Moses has the same words for us which is to love God with all our hearts. The way to do this is to put the words on our hearts.

When our emotions fail us, we need to get our intellect to push us on to loving God. And when our intellect fails us, we need to have our will push us to love God.

We also need to commit the words of God to our family and teach them to our children. God's words needs to become the impetus of everything we do. We need to strive to know him in everything we do.

Not only will the words of God will govern our household but will also allow others see that I am Christian. My lifestyle will demonstrate how Christ is working in me, and this witnessing will be organic and genuine so that people will truly see God’s work. The intention of God is to bless His people who honour Him.

Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'"
John 7:38 ESV

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But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:9 ESV

God counts on us to channel His blessings. We must take action and put into practice God’s words.

In Deuteronomy 6:10-15, we read that we need to be careful not to forget all that He has done. God wants to bless us, but let us be vigilant that we are obedient to God. For some of us it is easy to overcome adversity, but it is easy to forget when things become comfortable. God intends to bless us but we need to be committed in good times and bad times. 

For 2020, let us make every effort to worship and praise God for all that He has done for us. Also, let us make every effort to be obedient to His word and seek His guidance as we walk in His blessing and protection.