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GOD, BLESSINGS AND PRIORITIES. (Sunday message transcript)

Text: Luke 12:29-31

 Having priorities brings order into our lives.
God is a God of priority. He teaches and shows us priority in His Word.
God is focused, wise and intelligent.
God knows the difference between a need and a want.
God knows what He wants.
God knows what He needs.
God knows what you need, what you want and He sees you right where you are.
God is interested in us getting our priorities right, we see this from the story of Mary and Martha Luke 10:38-42
God expects us to make His Word our priority.
God expects us to make Him, His Word our priority.
The seeking of God, the ways of God and the Spirit of God is seeking first the Kingdom of God, and seeking the Kingdom of God first is what releases the blessing. Matthew 6:33
And it's the blessing that removes sorrow from our lives, it's the blessing that enriches us.
Proverbs 10:22

God's priority is His Kingdom, and you are part of that Kingdom if Jesus is in your life.
God expects us to make the advancing of His Kingdom our priority, God wants us to be Kingdom minded. Matthew 6:33

The study of scriptures shows us that God's priority is His Kingdom, His power and His glory!
1 Chronicles 29:11, Matthew 6:13
Within God's Kingdom, His glory and power is revealed. And that Kingdom is within you when Jesus is within you. Luke 17:21
If God's Kingdom is God's priority, as God's son or daughter He expects you to make His Kingdom your priority. Matthew 13:44

The knowledge of God's Kingdom comes by staying at the feet of the Master and learning from Him. This is what Mary was commended for by Jesus. Mary was commended for getting her priority right. Luke 10:42

If we are going to receive God's blessings our priorities as individuals, as a ministry, as a family, as a nation will have to be clear for we are dealing with a God who is orderly and whose priorities are clear.
One of God's priorities is that God's children should love Him. John 21:15-17
A priority for us as individuals and God's people should be thinking the right thoughts. Philipians 4:8
Right thoughts and right thinking come about by thinking God's Word. Hebrews 4:12
God's Word brings about right thoughts, right thoughts bring about right thinking, and right thinking leads to right action
WHAT SHOULD OUR PRIORITIES BE AS GOD'S CHILDREN?-
1) Love for God. Luke 10:27, Deuteronomy 6:5
2) Love for our fellow man. 1 John 3:10
3) God's Kingdom. Acts 28:31, Matthew 25:34, Matthew 16:19
4) The Blessing- we need the blessing to prevail. Genesis 1:28-31, Proverbs 10:22
5) Our quiet time with God. Matthew 6:6, James 4:8, Psalms 1:2
6) Our health. 3 John 2, Jeremiah 30:17
7) Our love life (marriage/relationship)- 1 Corinthians 7:9, Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
8) Our family life- Joshua 24:15, Proverbs 6:20, Proverbs 1:8
9) Our ministries and ministry gifts- Ephesians 4:11-13, 2 Timothy 4:5

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