TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the Lord blessed him”
(Genesis 26:12, NIV)
TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
One time Isaac was in a famine. There was a great drought in the land, but Isaac went out and planted crops right in the middle of that famine. It didn’t make any sense, but somehow in that same year of drought, the Scripture says, “Isaac received 100 times what he had sown because the Lord blessed him.”
What’s interesting is that when Isaac got blessed, the people around him, the Philistines and his friends all of the sudden got jealous of him. They were fine as long as he was broke. As long as they were at the same level, it was no big deal. But when he stepped up to a new level, when he began to wear his blessings well, the Scripture says, “The Philistines hated Isaac.”
Maybe you’ve noticed this in your own life. When you start to do better, the people around you don’t celebrate. They become jealous. But you can’t allow the attitudes of others to hold you back and cause you to live in mediocrity. Instead, when you’re blessed, brag on God! Shake off the criticism of others and receive His blessing. Wear it well because when you honor Him, He will continue to increase and promote you all the days of your life!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father God, thank You for every good and perfect gift that You have poured out on my life. In humility, I choose to wear my blessings well. I won’t shrink back at the criticism of others; but instead, I will walk with You forward into the life of blessing You have prepared for me. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
— Joel & Victoria Osteen
Thank you Noel,Vic & LT.
Indeed,I have 2 wear my blessing well.
Looking 4ward 2 next Sunday’s Scripture & Prayer
A part of me is saddened for mankind, frustrated in considering all the folks generationally brainwashed from birth, indoctrinated from their first breath, and subsequently immersed in the propaganda of religion to the point where rational thought to the contrary becomes impossible, as their brains have created thousands, perhaps millions, of neural transmitter pathways all reinforcing the same faulty information as if it were scientific fact.
For those religiously afflicted, the misinformation permeates, thus contaminating, their entire cognitive decision making process, rendering true objective religious examination as well as many other mental explorations, unlikely at best.
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Most will never escape the mental delusion of religious teaching and will typically fall into the category of those … not ready to be unplugged, as deviation from the implanted belief system pushes the victim into frightening mental territory most cannot fathom nor endure for long, given that most of the religious dogma conveniently stigmatizes non-belief with loss of favor with the appointed deity in a pure pavlovian response conditioning.
Not that those of us spared of such mental aberration have all the answers, but at least we’re free to scientically investigate for the truth, rather than attempt to divine it through a fog of mysticism, fable, and superstition.
Great words of encouragement. Thank you LT & The Osteen Ministry.
#2 you seem be confused and frustrated about the word of God. If you have chosen not to serve the living God, that is nobody’s problem but your own. Let those of us who have chosen to yield to the Lord serve Him with gladness. Depart from this forum with your words of unbelief.
@ no 2. One day you will face the wrath of the Almighty God. One day every knee will bow and tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. The wrath of abides on you and there is still hope if you come to trust Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. I know you have a void within you and lack of peace, you try to find peace in other things but the more you try the more troubled your life is. Why cant you come to the Saviour and find rest for your troubled soul!
Nine Chale & Gear box, Just as much as you can give your personal opinions freely about your beliefs, am I not not entiled to my own opinion? Just because I do not believe doesn’t mean I am confused or frustrated. I have studied the Bible, Quran, etc to try and make sense out of them and the funny thing is that I find it strange that your language, Nine Chale, is so contrary to what is written. While the ‘holy book’ emphasizes on preaching love and peace, you are busy kicking my butt out of the forum.
I sense #6 is looking for love, acceptance name it. My friend you’ll only have this when you give your life to Jesus. There’s a marked difference between reading and studying the bible or any other book. I would urge you to study the bible and not just read it.
@ #7, Nonsense. You don’t know what you are talking about.
@Nine Chale, Mandela, Gearbox Nyambe ba stanyoko u are primitive! let Milingo espouse is beliefs jst like you, why are u castigatng him? Dull chaps like you cant debate instead you rush to quote senseless verses to hide ur shallow mnids, i really get irritated with this kind of demagogues who refuse to think and everytime they find something challenging they go running to hide behind the bible.
Thank you Nokia.
Joel, you have made an egregious error in your speak. When you applaud yourselves as a group, and deem yourself worthy to occupy a house which you did not build, and reap from vines you did not plant; you have slapped Isaac in the face and spat upon the words of Isaiah! You must now repent and confess your error before All! I will be waiting.