SERIES: I’M STEPPING INTO ALL THAT GOD HAS FOR ME!
SUBJECT: “I PRAYED; I OPENED THE DOOR TO RECEIVE IT; NOW THAT I HAVE IT WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH IT?
Point #1: TAKE CARE OF WHAT YOU RECEIVED.• It’s a new car and you’re keeping the maintenance up and even with that unexpected things happen. The house will need the grass cut and plumbing and pest control and painting. it’s not like being in a rental; now everything that breaks is on you to fix. • The relationship is fresh and new but you will need to invest your time and energy into it and find a balance for everything else in your life so that it can have a solid foundation to grow on. • It’s your dream job you have the degree and or the skill set for it and even with that everything isn’t going to flow the way you want it to. There will be good days and bad days. Settle in and remember this is your blessing.
Scripture for Point #2: Ecclesiastes 2:24 King James Version
24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
Point #2: TAKE THE TIME TO ENJOY IT• The job and the relationship are blessings that come from God. Don’t allow the daily ups and downs to discourage you. He’s going to see you through it all.
Scripture for Point #3: Mark 11:22-26 New King James Version 22 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. 23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.25 “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. 26 [a]But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.
Point #3: PAY IT FORWARD BY SHARING THE WORD OF GOD THAT YOU STOOD ON AND BY SHARING THE PROCESS OF HOW YOU RECEIVED WHAT YOU HAVE. • In addition to sharing the word, share the process that you had to go through to get what you received. (building your credit up, the loan process, putting together your resume, working on your skill set to get to the next level in your career, all the ups and downs in previous relationships before this relationship.
“I PRAYED; I OPENED THE DOOR TO RECEIVE IT; NOW THAT I HAVE IT WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH IT?
1. TAKE CARE OF WHAT YOU RECEIVED.
2. TAKE THE TIME TO ENJOY IT.
3. PAY IT FORWARD BY SHARING THE WORD AND BY SHARING THE PROCESS OF HOW YOU RECEIVED WHAT YOU HAVE.
It’s time for us to enjoy what God has blessed us with. It’s been rough for some us to maintain things and that’s o.k. but it’s time to regroup and come up with a solid plan. We prayed and asked God for it; now let’s go back to Him and ask Him to bless our plan. God will never leave us or forsake us.