The Way of the Cross Leads to Heaven

The Way of the Cross Leads to Heaven
JOHN 14:6 JESUS CHRIST said: I AM THE WAY

Friday, August 3, 2007

It Is God's Will For You To Increase

Be Blessed, Be Prosperous and Let
THE SPIRIT OF INCREASE Overflow in your Life!

Job 8:7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
Psalm 4:7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
Psa 62:10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
Psa 115:12 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
Prov 11:24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
John 10:10b I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Put yourself in a position for God to Bless/Increase/Prosper you by:

1) Keeping covenant with God – Deut. 6:1-9Deut 6:3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

2)Put God’s Word First in your life – Joshua 1:8; Psalm 1:1-3
Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Act 6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

3) Be Willing & Obedient – Job 36:11
Job 36:11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
Isaiah 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

Obedience always bring the Blessings of God in ones life! Conversely speaking, Disobedience hinders/blocks God’s blessings!

4) Be Diligent & Work Hard – Prov. 13:4,11
Prov 13:4 The soul of the sluggard (idler) desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent (hard-working, industrious, persistent, tireless) shall be made fat.
Prov 13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labor shall increase.
2Thes 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

5) Live & Act on the Law of Seedtime & Harvest – Gen. 8:22
Gen 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

Sowing & Reaping – Gal. 6:7,9-10
Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Gal 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Gal 6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

“You are never without a seed” – sow a good deed, kindness.
Moses was asked by God, What is that in your hand?
Do something!
When you tithe, you are saying: Thank you LORD for being the Source of my Total Supply, my Jehovah-Jireh. Malachi 3:10-11.Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Phil 4:15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. Phil. 4:15-19


Give heartily & with joy in your heart.
2Cor 9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:


6) Increase by association – Prov. 13:20; Phil. 1:3-7
Chose carefully those that you want to be associated with. People that you want to be known with. Chose wisely and well for they will affect and influence you for good or bad; they will add to you or subtract from you; they will pull you up or down; they will have a tremendous impact on your life that can last for a lifetime!

Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Prov 9:9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Ex.: Laban – Gen. 30:27
Genesis 30:27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
Gen 30:30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming:

Joseph & Potiphar
Gen 39:1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither.
2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not aught he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favored.

Go and associate yourself with people of faith. Men and women who knows how to live by faith. Those who have experienced in their faith walk the goodness, faithfulness and trustworthiness of our God and Savior the LORD Jesus Christ. They will infect you with their zeal for the LORD. Their mouth will speak and declare the wonderful works of God in their lives. Learn from them. Imitate and follow them, as they walk with God! Then, you will become like them (transference of spirit).

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