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Beloved, yes we have confessed The Lord JESUS as our Savior, but does that mean that we automatically receive in reality every single promise made to us? No, they are stored up until we have proven we are obedient and mature. And at the right time, GOD knows exactly when we have passed and are mature to receive what is already ours. So, I suggest you GROW UP! Stop holding up your own blessings by acting like a child when you are actually all growd up! 😉

Deuteronomy 26:14b-15
14b …I have obeyed the LORD my God and have done everything you commanded me.
15 Now look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you swore to our ancestors to give us—a land flowing with milk and honey.’

Galatians 4:1-2
1 I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything,
2 but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father.

Beloved, are the Tithes we give meant for only the Priest who takes care of the house of God? Is there something like a special Tithe and what is it meant for?

Deuteronomy 26:12-13
12 “Every third year you must offer a special tithe of your crops. In this year of the special tithe you must give your tithes to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows, so that they will have enough to eat in your towns.
13 Then you must declare in the presence of the LORDyour God, ‘I have taken the sacred gift from my house and have given it to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows, just as you commanded me. I have not violated or forgotten any of your commands.

My Beloved, after you have honored and given to The LORD, and HE has blessed you, celebrate! How should we celebrate you ask and who should we invite? In your good conscience, I’ll let you decide

Deuteronomy 26:11
11 Afterward you may go and celebrate because of all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household. Remember to include the Levites and the foreigners living among you in the celebration.

Beloved,

God asks us not to compare ourselves with anyone. Our experiences with GOD and with life are unique and we all have unique purposes. So it will be useless to compare a sweet pear with a sweet orange. Though both are fruit, they each have their distinct taste yet provide nourishment to those who eat them. So also our unique lives are to produce fruits that others can benefit from. So focus on you, be the pear or apple or orange GOD has made you to be and produce your own fruit without worrying about what that other person is doing, producing or experiencing.

2 Corinthians 10:12
12 We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.

Galatians 6:4
4 Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else.

Beloved, do you remember where or what God delivered you from? Is this not reason enough to worship and praise HIM?

5 “You must then say in the presence of the LORD your God, ‘My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean who went to live as a foreigner in Egypt. His family arrived few in number, but in Egypt they became a large and mighty nation.
6 When the Egyptians oppressed and humiliated us by making us their slaves,
7 we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors. He heard our cries and saw our hardship, toil, and oppression.
8 So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and powerful arm, with overwhelming terror, and with miraculous signs and wonders.
9 He brought us to this place and gave us this land flowing with milk and honey!
10 And now, O LORD, I have brought you the first portion of the harvest you have given me from the ground.’ Then place the produce before the LORD your God, and bow to the ground in worship before HIM.

Beloved, so are you truly putting God first in all you do including your Tithes? Our first fruits, the first of all we profit belongs to our Lord.

Deuteronomy 26:1-4
1 “When you enter the land the LORDyour God is giving you as a special possession and you have conquered it and settled there,
2 put some of the first produce from each crop you harvest into a basket and bring it to the designated place of worship—the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored.
3 Go to the priest in charge at that time and say to him, ‘With this gift I acknowledge to the LORD your God that I have entered the land he swore to our ancestors he would give us.’
4 The priest will then take the basket from your hand and set it before the altar of the LORD your God.

My Beloved, you know those things that defeated or made you fall in the past. Do not entertain or re-engage with those things or people. Dismiss them with an urgent passion and dont play nice. Evil is evil no matter how pretty or enticing it looks. Dont forget your enemies as their aim is to destroy you!

Deuteronomy 25:17-19
17 Never forget what the Amalekites did to you as you came from Egypt.
18 They attacked you when you were exhausted and weary, and they struck down those who were straggling behind. They had no fear of God.
19 Therefore, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies in the land he is giving you as a special possession, you must destroy the Amalekites and erase their memory from under heaven. Never forget this!

Beloved, what do you think happens to those who cheat others or are dishonest in business?

Deuteronomy 25:13-16
13 “You must use accurate scales when you weigh out merchandise,
14 and you must use full and honest measures.15 Yes, always use honest weights and measures, so that you may enjoy a long life in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
16 All who cheat with dishonest weights and measures are detestable to the LORD your God.

Malachi 3:5
5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Beloved, this is a perfect scenario to help answer the question, “Am I my brother’s keeper? Ummmm yah you are. In another light, I suggest a similar treatment be dealt to husbands who fail to take care of their wives. Don’t you think so?

Deuteronomy 25:5-10
5 “If two brothers are living together on the same property and one of them dies without a son, his widow may not be married to anyone from outside the family. Instead, her husband’s brother should marry her and have intercourse with her to fulfill the duties of a brother-in-law.
6 The first son she bears to him will be considered the son of the dead brother, so that his name will not be forgotten in Israel.
7 “But if the man refuses to marry his brother’s widow, she must go to the town gate and say to the elders assembled there, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel—he refuses to fulfill the duties of a brother-in-law by marrying me.’
8 The elders of the town will then summon him If he still refuses and says, ‘I don’t want to marry her,’
9 the widow must walk over to him in the presence of the elders, pull his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. Then she must declare, ‘This is what happens to a man who refuses to provide his brother with children.’
10 Ever afterward in Israel his family will be referred to as ‘the family of the man whose sandal was pulled off’!

Beloved, dont you believe that folks should get paid for the hard work they do? Well our God thinks so. So why question Pastors getting paid? Now when it gets lavish, then I understand. Any comments?

Deuteronomy 25:4
4 “You must not muzzle an ox to keep it from eating as it treads out the grain.

1 Corinthians 9:1-10
1 Am I not as free as anyone else? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus our Lord with my own eyes? Isn’t it because of my work that you belong to the Lord?
2 Even if others think I am not an apostle, I certainly am to you. You yourselves are proof that I am the Lord’s apostle.
3 This is my answer to those who question my authority.a
4 Don’t we have the right to live in your homes and share your meals?
5 Don’t we have the right to bring a Christian wife with us as the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers do, and as Peterb does?
6 Or is it only Barnabas and I who have to work to support ourselves?
7 What soldier has to pay his own expenses? What farmer plants a vineyard and doesn’t have the right to eat some of its fruit? What shepherd cares for a flock of sheep and isn’t allowed to drink some of the milk?
8 Am I expressing merely a human opinion, or does the law say the same thing?
9 For the law of Moses says, “You must not muzzle an ox to keep it from eating as it treads out the grain.”c Was God thinking only about oxen when he said this?
10 Wasn’t he actually speaking to us? Yes, it was written for us, so that the one who plows and the one who threshes the grain might both expect a share of the harvest.