BECOME a RICHER BLESSING

Dear Blessed Saints of God, I often think of Psalm 133 of how it is a great blessing and very pleasing to God to see us be together in unity. When I see myself as a very small part of a large body of Believers and seeing Christ as the Head, I can't help be encouraged to reach out and tell everyone, especially for you that we are members of one body as believers in Christ. Therefore, you matter so much to each one of us, to myself, and especially to God. When a Brother of Sister hurts, if we are truly one body the way we need to be, we all hurt. I like to compare a hand holding on to the sore part of the body who may be suffering. I like to see myself as part of a hand that reaches out to others where Christ (the head) directs the hand to bring comfort to others if there is any time you need comforting and encouragement. Also, when you share a great testimony, we want to know so we can also rejoice with you and fulfill the Word & the law of Christ (Read Romans 12:15 and Gal 6:2). When I see this picture as us being many parts that makes up one body, this gives me more passion to be an encourager and a blessing to you and each of the Brothers and Sisters in the Lord because we see our great need one for another and the power of being united in Christ. When we delight to be a rich blessing to one another, we can picture the face of Christ shining because He is carrying a spiritually healthy body when we are united as one in Him because we care for one another and care about how we represent our great and awesome Lord (Jesus). If there is anytime you need prayer, please don't feel left out because we are in this together (as one body). A family, organization & a nation is the strongest when they are united in love. Our greatest Unity is compounded when we want to give God the glory. When we value unity, we need to give absolutely no place for factions, strife, division or any form of lukewarmness by having very little value of one another and how that displeases the One whom we should live to please. When I see how desperate I am aside from God and know/strongly believe how awesome He is to care for us and be that awesome Helper in our time of need, I am amazed at how He works through plain ordinary people like myself to do extra-ordinary works. I see this especially when I desire to be a blessing to each other when I understand that we are together as one in Christ. I want to let you know that I am just a plain ordinary person with no special crudentials whom God is simply able to use when we don't rely on ourselves, but allows His glorious power of His Spirit to work through us. Just like Paul says, when I am weak (undertanding the truth of how desperate we are), then we are strong because it is then that we allow the power of God and His strength work through us). When we are desperate to receive His love and power work through us and believe with His help, YOU CAN be mightily used to be a rich blessing that lives to give God the glory. When God tells us that we are created to live for His glory (Isa 43:7), BY HIS GRACE, YOU CAN live for His glory because He tells us to. He wouldn't tell us to do something or be the man or woman of God they way He tells us to be if He didn't give us His power to be able to do so in the first place. Perhaps He doesn't work through so many as He would like to all because we may have limited Him by our pride, doubt and/or unbelief. By His Grace, let us set our confidence in Him to a far greater and higher standard in His love knowing He cares for us, and we can be counted as those who forcefully advances His Kingdom (Matt 11:12). We can allow Him to do greater works through us to be a richer blessing and leave a greater positive legacy from our lives if we will humble ourselves before God and truly believe Him to do that much needed work for us and through us. A similar question Jesus asks Martha in John 11:26, do you believe this? We see more of Gods power work through those who believe, rely and who trusts in Him. Receive His blessings to you(Eph 1:3). In the Matchless Name of Jesus Richard Associate Director Answers2Prayer http://sites.google.com/site/greatestbuilderforourlife http://www.answers2prayer.org/ Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, awesome in splendor, doing wonders? (Exod 15:11)