AUTHOR: QueenJoya TITLE: Live to Give DATE: 2/24/2006 12:37:00 PM ----- BODY:

Principle 6 Joel Osteen Your Best Life Now "But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness. Hebrews 3:13" Live to give... Don't live a SELF-CENTERED LIFE. You have so much to give, so much to offer. When you cent4er your life around yourself, not only do you miss out on GOd's best, but you rob other people of the joy and blessings that God wants to give them through you. It's easy to criticize and condemn, to point out everyone's flaws and failures. But GOd wants us to build people up, to be a blessing, speaking words of faith and victory into their lives. How long does it take to give somebody a compliment? This is where Joel leaves off... I am infamous for being a self centered person! God has dealt with me on so many levels...even right now! I'm talking about me but it's all about God, so forgive me Father for all the times I've taken the focus off of You and placed it solely on me. Forgive me for all the times I've taken credit for your work and basically stole GLory due to you not me. In the day and time we're living in God is admonishing us to Give of ourselves, call a friend let them know you're thinking about them. Say a prayer for the person God put on your mind today...I whole heartly believe when a person just pops into our mind that's Gods way of saying pray for my son/daughter, give them a call encourage them tell them I the Father loves them. Tell them that you my child loves them as well. When we take self off the throne and place God back on HIS throne (our hearts) we are allowing Him to do His job ultimately taking the attention off of self and putting it back on God...nobody can do a better job at handling our affairs than God! If God was a rapper I could here Him Saying "I betcha can't do it like me... Nope!" Don't hate yall know that was funny! God has a sense of humor or He wouldn't have blessed us with laughter. Anyway we were created to Give God Glory and when we live to give we Glorify and Please our Heavenly Father. This has been an AnGeL wItH a BrOkEn wInG moment. Be blessed and know that I am praying for you.

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