"But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you." Matthew 5:44(NKJ) What a concept!!! Blessing is God's way of turning something from one way into another way. God is the God of the turn and the return. Thinking blessing is just the beginning. Speaking blessing releases the blessing! When we voice blessing it releases God's power to work in a person and situation. How wonderful it is when the words we release are the words that breathe out the life of God. "Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit-you choose." Proverbs 18:21(Msg) The tongue may be accused of being the culprit, but the reality of this is an unrenewed mind or heart that supplies the tongue it's content. I believe that one of the reasons we don't see God's fullness in our lives is we haven't learned to bless what God has blessed. "In a word, what I'm saying is, GROW UP. You're kingdom subjects. Now live like it. Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you." Matthew 5:48 (Msg)
Exodus 34:6 And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, "The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering , and abounding in goodness and truth... In this verse IS the disposition of Messiah. The early church used this important verse to judge prophecy and conduct in the church atmosphere. There were three elders who were in charge of hearing and deciding if what was said and done in that time was in the disposition of Messiah. In this very shaky and explosive time we are living in (exciting & wonderful time I might add) it would serve us well if we would write this verse on the tablet of our heart and in every circumstance, situation we find ourselves apply it rightly and justly. By doing this, we, as the body of Christ, will start looking like the "church" the public has never seen!!!
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