by Overseer Prophet Daniel Powell Sr.
Continuing on from The Power of the Lord´s Blessing Part 7 .
Bitterness can hinder what God wants to do in our lives. We have to go through some things for God to be seen and for Him to get the glory in our lives.
People will try to make you feel bad and bitter, and they’ll try to make you think you don’t have a relationship with God. They also say if God existed, you wouldn’t be going through what you are going through.
Let’s discuss Job and how he was bitter and how God delivered him from it. Let’s turn to Job 1:1-22. When we know who we are in Christ, and we know our mission down here on Earth, we know how to stand. We’ll stand more when we go through things. The Bible says who God blesses, can’t no man curse. When we go through things in life, don’t think it’s a curse. The enemy is trying to make you bitter.
The Power of the Blessing Part 8 (The Spirit of Bitterness 2)
Job came from an unknown place that was blameless and upright.
Job’s relationship with God motivated him to shun evil because he feared God. A relationship causes us to be motivated.
In Job 2:1-13, we see that Job lost everything. You would think him losing everything (his children and material possessions) would be enough for him to curse God, but it did not, and he kept his integrity. Sometimes, when we lose things naturally, it doesn’t bother us, but we become bitter when it touches our flesh. Bitterness comes from our flesh being touched. The things we go through in life, whether it’s God’s plan or an attack of the enemy — we should NOT allow it to change our character or integrity. When you are not mature in life, you cannot handle adversities. Don’t think when they come that you did something wrong. This causes some people to stop coming to the house of God and it stops then from having a relationship with Him. Adversities will come, but they should not cause us to become bitter. God is a God of adversity. We go through a lot in life, but when the people we love or the people who say they love us come against us and do not help us, it can cause us to become bitter. Never allow anybody in your life to come against the plan of God for your life. Sometimes we think just because we are saved, sanctified, anointed, walking in favor, grace, and glory, we are not supposed to go through adversities, that is not true! Job 7:8-11, Job was not speaking. It was anguish and bitterness speaking when he complained. Whenever you complain about something, you are bitter. Because you are CHOSEN, never think you are the LEAST. Sometimes when things happen to us and not to someone else, we think we are least. Things will happen to us, so don’t let it touch your heart. Don’t allow it to make you bitter. Being bitter will block your blessings. Job 9:14-18, Job's friends beat him down so much by making him think he sinned against God that he thought he couldn't hear God's voice. Job 10:1,16 Job spoke in bitterness because he was excluded from the conversation with God and Satan. Job thought God was against him, but it was Satan because of his righteousness. Never reject what happens in your life. Job 21:25, shows us that there's no pleasure when bitterness is present. What Job's friends said touched Job's heart. After 20 something chapters we see in Job 23:1, Job still had bitterness in him and needed to be delivered. When the enemy attacks you twice, God’s going to bless you twice. If he attacks you 4,5 or 6 times, the Lord will bless you that many times. Job 42:1-16, When we have been delivered from bitterness, we will know and say that the Lord can do EVERYTHING. Job repented to God for uttering what he did not understand. Sometimes we have to despise ourselves and repent in dust and ashes. We don't need tp despise other people but ourselves. When we truly repent, it causes us to be forgiven and those who came against us. Satan came before the Lord twice, and Job got blessed twice. Sometimes we don’t understand the things we have to go through in life, certain things we have to fight, but it is to get us where God wants to take us or how He wants to bless us. Scripture Readings: Job 1: 1-22 Job 2: 1-13 Job 7: 8-11 Job 9:14-16 Job 10: 1,16 Job 21:25 Job 23:1 Job 42:1-16
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Heaven to Earth Worship Center, Tampa Florida was founded in 2016 and has grown tremendously in these last four years of being open. Moving steadily and forwardly under the leadership of Overseer Prophet Daniel Powell Sr. and his wife Prophetess Esther Powell. Our church has done so much for Tampa, Florida. From our Annual Huge Back to School Giveaway Events, Feeding Tampa Bay Food Giveaways, Holiday Giveaways, and Vacation Bible School. We have a Food Pantry open for the community. We have a Women’s Outreach Ministry, Youth Ministry, HEWC Feed The Hungry Ministry, Hospitality Ministry and more. HEWC has had two recent marriages within the last year. The Lord has ordained 12 licensed ministers in our ministry. And in just three years, the Lord has blessed over 10 members (and counting) with brand new vehicles. We receive countless emails and text messages of testimonies of prophecies coming to past. Our Overseers and Coverings are blessed to be under the Head Apostle Kathy Kinchen. This Ministry has prospered in so many ways, and we have much more in store!
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