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HOW TO EXCEL IN LIFE

HOW TO EXCEL IN LIFE

Tune in for our Sunday Morning message, with Dr. John Pelizzari at Agape Christian Center, Belton, TX 76513.

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Agape Christian Center

321 N Penelope St, Belton, TX 76513, USA

Sunday 10:00 AM

HOW TO EXCEL IN LIFE

2 Cor. 8:7 - But just as you excel in everything...

Deut. 8:18 - God gives power to prosper

Prosperity is not always money!

How to excel:

#1SEEK TO EXCEL

2 Cor 8:7 - Paul called for believers:

a. to abound (excel)

b, in the grace of giving

c, giving is God's nature

d. we should reflect His nature

2 Cor.9:8-10 - God will help you

a. excel in every good work

Matthew 5:20 (MSG)
Unless you do far better than the Pharisees in the matters of right living, you won't know the first thing about entering the kingdom.

Jesus tells us to surpass the Pharisees

The Pharisees gave tithes

a. actually gave 20-30%

b. which is why the Jews are wealthy

2 Cor, 9:6 - sow sparingly

sow - plant (seed) by scattering

Sowing is different than sowing.

give - freely transfer the possession

a. hand over to

Give tithe because it belongs to God.

Sow because it belongs to you.

The power to prosper is now in your hands.

#2AS YOU PROSPER.

1 Cor, 16:1-2 - Paul charged Christians to give as they prosper

a. shows that prosperity will come

2 Cor, 8:12-13 - give according to what you have

Our giving should be:

a. according to the level of our prosperity

#3 DO SO WILLINGLY

Acts 5:1-11 - Ananias and Sapphira

a. promised to tithe to church

b. lied to leaders

c. dropped dead

Why?

Ecc. 5:4 (MSG)
When you tell God you'll do something, do it—now. God takes no pleasure in foolish gabble. Vow it, then do it.

2 Cor. 8:12 - one must be willing

Again, God leaves it in your hands.

2 Cor. 9:5,7 - noy grudgingly / necessity

a. because we want to, not have to

#4GIVE PURPOSELY

2 Cor,. 9:7 -- as you purpose in their heart

Why do you want to excel?

We had 2 mn compete to pay of this church.

a. God made it happen

#5WITH CHEERFULNESS

2 Cor. 9:7 - cheerful giver

Most folks see it as another bill to pay.

If we cannot give cheerfully,

a. then our giving is not acceptable to God

Jer. 17:23
Yet they did not listen or incline their ears but stiffened their necks in order not to listen or take corrections.

Job 36:11 *KJV)
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

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