United Pentecostal Church Mannheim Short Messages |
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who won't survive the week. If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of millions of people around the world. If you attend a Christian church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed than almost three billion people in the world. If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over your head, and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75 percent of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish somewhere, you are among the top 8 percent of the world's wealthy. If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful, you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not. If you can read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read anything at all. We are very blessed in so many ways that we may never even know. Psa 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. Psa 50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God. Psa 9:2 I will praise You, O LORD, with my whole heart..., Psa 75:2 We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks!..., Psa 105:1 Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name..., Psa 106:1 Oh, give thanks to the LORD for HE is good..., Psa 107:1 Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good..., Ps 111,1 I will praise the LORD with my whole heart..., Psa 118, 1 Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good..., Psa 136,1Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good..., Psa 138,1 I will praise You with my whole heart... PS: …if you are an Apostolic, filled with the Holy Ghost and baptized in Jesus name, living a holy life – you are on your way to heaven. This beats every blessing mentioned above. You are truly blessed and you owe it all to the cross at Calvary. With all that is in me I give thanks to Jesus for my salvation and for all His blessings. I glorify Him alone; He is the One God and Only Saviour. |
a. Have we obeyed His gospel?
Mark 16,16; Acts 2,37-40 ; 2 Thess. 1,6-9
b. Have we been baptized in water for the forgiveness of our sins, just like
He commanded?
c. Have we been filled with His Spirit which He promised to all those who
believe in HIM?
Mark 1,8; Acts 1,8; 2,1-4; 8, 12-17; 10,44-48
d. Would we be willing to leave everything behind, to also give up our plans
and follow Jesus wherever HE wants to lead us?
Math. 10,38; Luc 9,23-25; 18,18-24
e. If just one of these answers happens to be “no”, then the rich
man down below will also shake his head about your lack of concern and your
doubt - for you will end up meeting him. That is definite. Eternity also has
no end there.