Are Things Pressing? Be a Blessing.
I’m Dr. Bob and for just a Mentoring Minute, I’d like to ask if you feel things are pressing in around you? If that’s the situation you find yourself in today, what you need to do is embrace this advice: When things are pressing, take the opportunity to be a blessing! Try it. You will like what being a blessing does to relieve and release you from whatever is pressing. Being a blessing in the face of what is pressing will put life into a correct perspective, and you will find yourself walking on top of your troubles. Yes, there is divinely sourced power in blessing others. It not only makes a difference for them, but when you bless others, it becomes the stepping stone to today’s victory for you. I’m Dr. Bob. I highly recommend that you listen to my previous Mentoring Minutes at www.mentoringministry.com. They will all contribute to your being a blessing to others, while enjoying God’s best for you.
Are Things Pressing? Be a Blessing.
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Contribution or Sacrifice?
I’m Dr. bob and for just a Mentoring Minute, I want to share a life-changing thought I received while listening to the preaching of Pastor Jamie Peters, a friend and apostle to Africa. He pointed out that though a contribution is given with good intentions (there is certainly nothing wrong with that); there is a far deeper meaning to a sacrifice than there could ever be with a contribution. Romans 12:1 (The International Children’s Bible) says, “So brothers, since God has shown us great mercy, I beg you to offer your lives as a living sacrifice to him. Your offering must be only for God and pleasing to him. This is the spiritual way for you to worship.” If you have been content to approach your time in church by giving a contribution (such as money, service or even praise to God), I want to encourage you to take it up a life-changing notch. Let your contribution become a sacrifice. It will get God’s immediate attention, because He will understand and value your surrender to the inconvenience, pain, or even great discomfort a sacrifice requires. Then, something supernatural will occur. The fire if God will come down. Only a sacrifice brings the fire of God. Ask Elijah or the prophets of Baal. 1 Kings 18:20-40 tells us they had firsthand knowledge of the power of a sacrifice to bring down the fire (1 Kings 18:20-40). I’m Dr. Bob and that’s my Mentoring Minute. You can listen to my previous Mentoring Minutes by going to www.mentoringministry.com/blog/
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Traffic Lights
I’m Dr. Bob and for just a Mentoring Minute, I want to ask if you have ever been frustrated with yourself because you made bad decisions? I certainly have. Sometimes, our decisions take us away from the successes for which we work so hard. At other times, it seems we are all too eager to choose what turns out to be a waste of time and effort, or may even be harmful to us or perhaps to others. I want to suggest a way you can make good decisions while avoiding bad ones. I am sure you have encountered traffic lights as you drove through the city. The way they work gives the key to hearing God’s voice and letting what He says lead you to doing the right thing. When you approach a traffic light, you are given three choices: (1) red light, (2) yellow light or (3) green light. When decision-making time comes, if you listen for the still, small voice of the Holy Spirit, He will signal you: red light means stop; yellow light means caution; green light means go. Just like with a traffic light, if you watch for and obey the Holy Spirit’s signals, you will have a safe journey, while making good decisions along the way to your blessings. I’m Dr. Bob. Contact me at www.mentoringministry.com and let’s compare how God has directed our journeys.
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Fruit that bears Fruit
I’m Dr. Bob, and for just a mentoring minute I want to share a thought with an eternal perspective. In John 15:16 (NKJV), Jesus said, “You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.” Jesus spoke of fruit should remain. Take it up a notch and consider the value of “fruit that remains… and becomes fruitful.” Consider the fruit tree that drops its fruit and the seeds become more fruit trees, that drop more fruit, as they continue the pattern, producing even more fruit trees. I once visited a pastor I had trained. When he introduced me to his congregation of new believers, he said, “Pastor Bob, I want to introduce you to your spiritual grandchildren.” Do you see my point? What a feeling it was to see the fruit of my earlier efforts produce more fruit into the next generations! I’m Dr. Bob. Write me at Dr.Bob@mentoringministry.com and let me know that what I shared is fruitful for your future.
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Best Hospital in Town
I’m Dr. Bob, and for just a mentoring minute, I want to thank God that most of you listening to this do not have to do so from a hospital bed. Even listening from the best hospital in town is not as good as listening to this from most other places. Thank God we can prosper and be in health even as our souls prosper (3 John 2). You and I are alive and well, blessed by God, and in a position to bless others. I know that even if I should find myself in the best hospital in town, my hope remains in the Lord, who is my Healer.” (Exodus 15:26.) This is my confession and prayer: Psalms 103:2-3 (NKJV) says, “Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: {3} Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases,” God is forever faithful. He is always ready to perform His Word over you (Jeremiah 1:12.). I’m Dr. Bob. Write me at www.mentoringministry.com and let me know your latest reason to rejoice that your Healer performed His Word over you. ?
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The “If” Factor
I’m Dr. Bob and for just a mentoring minute, I want to ask you, “What if?” You are probably thinking, “What if what? Well, what if we all had a positive response to obey all the “Ifs” God presents us with in the Bible? Deuteronomy, Chapter 28 tells us that obedience to Biblical “ifs” results in blessings. It is a simple cause and effect formula. If we obey, then we get blessed. This is not just hope or speculation. It is a guarantee backed by the authority of heaven. God commands the blessing. It seems to me that this is another one of those “no brainers.” I would suggest that not to obey the positive “ifs” guarantees we will experience the negative “ifs.” There are plenty of those in the Bible too. The same authority guarantees the negatives as the positives. Yes, it is definitely a no brainer. Only a fool chooses the negatives, when God promises the blessings of the positives. He never lies. I’m Dr. Bob, and I am no fool. I will take the positive “ifs.” What if… you did too? Contact me at www.mentoringministry.com and tell me what you think.
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