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Dec 23, 20242 min read

It is more blessed to give than receive…

You cannot out give the Giver…You cannot out give God…God always gives more to those who are faithful with the little things…

2Co 9:6-7 KJV But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7 Every man according as he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

Luk 16:10-12 KJV He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. 11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?

Pro 19:17 KJV He that hath pity upon the poor lends unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Mat 6:30-34 KJV Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof…

Joh 6:35 KJV And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst…Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Mat 5:6 KJV

Father help us to always be faithful with You and the things You give us…please reveal the truth so we can change and do what is right by You and Your only Fathered Son…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

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It is more blessed to give than receive…

Ben Stewart

Dec 22, 20243 min read

Whose table do you sit at…

Joh 3:16-21 AFV For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not perish, but may have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not His Son into the world that He might judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 18 The one who believes in Him is not judged, but the one who does not believe has already been judged because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, but men loved darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. 20 For everyone who practices evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be exposed; 21 But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be manifested, that they have been accomplished by the power of God…

…And this is the message that we have heard from Him and are declaring to you: that God is light, and there is no darkness at all in Him. 6 If we proclaim that we have fellowship with Him, but we are walking in the darkness, we are lying to ourselves, and we are not practicing the Truth. 7 However, if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, His own Son, cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say that we do not have sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our own sins, He is faithful and righteous, to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us…1Jn 1:5-10 AFV

1Co 10:20-22 AFV But that which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God; and I do not wish you to have fellowship with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and the table of demons. 22 Now do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

2Th 2:7-12 AFV For the mystery of lawlessness is already working; only there is one Who is restraining at the present time until it arises out of the midst. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed (whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth, and will destroy with the brightness of His coming); 9 Even the one whose coming is according to the inner working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in those who are perishing because they did not receive the love of the truth, so that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause, God will send upon them a powerful deception that will cause them to believe the lie, 12 So that all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but who took pleasure in unrighteousness…

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure (perhaps) will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; 26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. 2Ti 2:24-26 KJV

Jas 4:7-10 KJV Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up…

Father, please grant us repentance and a love of the Truth which cannot be quenched…we renounce any other table and ask to receive only from Jesus of Nazareth Your only Son…please clean us and free us so we can learn the Truth and never do an evil thing again by forsaking lies and doing right by You…In Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

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Ben Stewart

Dec 21, 20242 min read

A big oak tree is just a little nut that held its ground…

Are you faithful with the truth…do you behave properly when the truth is revealed to you…the best any soul can do is what is right when he learns the truth…

Ask yourself do you have any of these in your life…

Gal 5:16-21 ASV But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would. 18 But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication (no sex outside of marriage), uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities (hostilities), strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties, 21 envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practice such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God

Forsake the works of flesh…do you have any of these Christian fruits…

Gal 5:22-25 ASV But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 meekness, self-control; against such there is no law. 24 And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof. 25 If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.

Try…A…Daily Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend...

A big oak tree is just a little nut that held its ground…