God’s presence/presents
Gen 24:53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
When Rebecca agreed to the servant of her future father in law to be in her future husband’s presence (A picture of God) she got presents.
Notice that presents not only sounds like presence, have the word present in it. You usually have to be present, in the presence of someone, to receive presents.
God loves to give. That’s how God shows love!
He doesn’t scream down from heaven ‘I LOVE YOU’, He showed His love for us through His action of Giving.
John 3:16. For God so loved the word that He GAVE His only begotten son.
Love is both a noun and an action verb. Give is an action verb. Going into God’s presence is action. It’s there in God’s presence that He gives you presents.
He’s already given you the presents of peace, the filling of God the Holy Ghost, Salvation and Joy are immediate presents from God the moment you accept Jesus (God the Son) into your heart.
And He wants to give us even more presents. We get more presents when we are in His presence, in the present (moment) with Him.
God’s presents to us when we are in His presence
- Fullness of joy
Psalm 16:11 You will show me the path of life; in your presence is fullness of joy; at your right hand there are pleasures forevermore-
- Answers (He is all knowing)
- Medicine (He heals)
- Forgiveness (if you are forgiven you forgive)
- Happiness (different from joy)
- Pleasure (from God, it’s a delight to be with Him)
- Understanding (maturity, grace, fellowship)
- Plans (God’s plans are better)
- Vision (without a vision people perish)
10.Dreams (old men dream dreams)
11.Rest (God is our rest, our peace our Sabbath)
If you want to see God’s best presents, and receive them, seek His presence. Turn off the radio, your iphone, yourTV. Get alone. No background preaching or music (even Christian music).
I praise God for being stuck in a hotel. Lots and Lots of God’s presence time.
Get alone with God. In the moment. Make an appt. with God Today!
Exodus 33: And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
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UPDATE!!! Report on how we are after losing our personaria juridica in August;
- We have Great NEW team Winnie, Marlon, Lawyer/CPA/bookkeeper resetting everything
- The school and ministry are operating normally. We had to cut out extra stuff but the basics are still happening.
- We should have everything back to normal in a few months, Lord Willing!
- My ankle surgery has been postponed a week (very hard on us 150$ a day in expenses until the day i go in for surgery). Pray it happens next week. Waiting on the new ankle
Thanks for your prayers
Dean and Winnie
Isaiah 43:19
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland