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| PAVILION ENCLOSURE - CLEANING August 16, 2023 |
Everyone who has given up houses
or brothers or sisters or father or mother
or children or lands for the sake of my name
will receive a hundred times more,
and will inherit eternal life.
MATTHEW 19 : 29
Jesus said: “Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of heaven. Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.” (Mt. 19:23-23)
Today is the day when the Lord shall set you out to be with Him as His champion (Jgs 6:12). Be calm, do not fear (Jgs 6:23). You have found favor with God. He gives you a sign that He is speaking with you (Jgs 6:17).
The Lord said, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all, that they may know I am with you (Jos 3:7). Go with the strength you have. It is I who send you.” (Jgs 6:14). You may be the most lowliest and insignificant but I shall be with you and will enable you to win the battle (Jgs 6:15). "Many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.” (Mt 19:30)
The Lord your God will Himself look after you and tend to all your needs (Ez 34:11). In Him, you shall not lack anything but will have everything. “For men this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.” (Mt 19:26)
Do the same to all those whom the Lord has brought to you and placed under your care. Set your heart on what you can give and not on what you can take from them (Ez 34:2-3). Strengthen the weak, heal the sick, bind up the injured. Bring back the strayed and seek the lost. Do not lord it over them but instead love and take care of them as your own. (Ez 34:4)
It is not the time spent for work that matters but the productivity and fruitfulness of your laborers. When it comes to their pay, give them what is just. You are free to do as you wish with your own money. Be generous as the Lord is generous with you beginning with the last and ending with the first. (Mt. 20:13-16)