February 7,
2010
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How
Big is God Part 5
Big Enough to Bless Me
How big is your God? Do you believe He is able to meet your
deepest needs? Help you overcome your past? Strengthen you to
face today’s challenges? Unfortunately, for too many of
us, our God is too small. The goal of this series is to help
you rediscover the God of the Bible. Learn what the Bible has
to say about the character of God and fall in love with the
One who reigns supreme over heaven and earth.
Have you noticed that the word blessing is slowly going away
from our modern vocabulary and has kind of gone out of favor
for
a more secular word— luck? You can still hear it
occasionally in certain context like when someone sneezes, or
after someone has done a good deed, but it is often little
more than a kind farewell. Some greeting card messages about
having a "blessed Christmas" or "blessed birthday", echo with
a nostalgic ring to them. Even today's believers who regard
the word as having any real meaning to it rarely use it
except on a special occasion.
Today Pastor Rick shares a simple message about the blessings
of God. God is blessed by your tithe as an expression of your
love and obedience to Him. The tithe is God’s property
that we are required to return to Him; however an
“offering” is that which we give voluntarily out
of our own property after the tithe has been given. As we
give our tithes, and give offerings above our tithe to God,
He will continue to bless us and multiply our return as we
worship in obedience to His commands.
“Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap
sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap
generously. Each person should give what they have decided in
their heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for
God loves a cheerful giver.” 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 NIV
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North
Raleigh Church of the Nazarene
9200
Strickland Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27615
919.870.1141 Phone
919.870.1447 Fax
web@nrnazarene.org