"The Lord had said to Abram, "Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father's family, and go to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you...and you will be a blessing to others. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you."
Genesis 12
"I will bless you" ... "He will not burden you. He will not break you. He will bless you!
Here are a few quotes from my devotional tonight...
"You must feel the fullness of your own pitcher before you trust the pouring out of yourself."
"It is no use for you to attempt to sow out of an empty basket, for that would be sowing nothing but wind"
Spurgeon
"So slow down to feel the wind. Listen to the carols just a little bit longer. Linger in the quiet and taste the grace of now, and know that He is good and He is God. Name them in this moment - gift upon gift upon gift - and listen for the echo in everything: I will bless you"
"D.L. Moody once wrote, 'Faith is the gift of God. So is the air, but you have to breathe it; so is bread, but you have to eat it; so is water, but you have to drink it. Breathe it, eat it, drink it - leave the blur of Ur and slow to taste and see the promised land of Advent, of Christmas, of His coming - the blessing of gift upon gift. Only when you first unwrap the gifts of blessings to you can you be wrapped up as a gift of blessing to others. Only when you are overwhelmed with the goodness of God can you overflow with the goodness of God to others."
"There is no need for more: the heart is full of gifts that is full of Christ".
****sigh****
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