24 November 2019 - ENCS

Pastor Josh ended the three week prosperity series

He first showed a few pictures from internet queries

Images depicted food, family, growth, and money

Some of them were serious while others were funny

Josh then turned to the Bible for a prosperity definition

Per John ten, giving abundant life was Jesus’ ambition

The first mention in Deuteronomy twenty eight eleven

Is relationships, vocation, and inheritance from heaven

The passage says God will make us the head not tail

Lending but no borrowing our lives should thus entail

Per verse thirteen, God ensures that we will be above

Romans eight says nothing separates us from His love

Paul says that tribulation, distress, peril, and persecution

Will always be conquered thanks to Christ’s contribution

We should remember that to serve Jesus came to earth

And by following His example, we will prove our worth

Why people want to prosper, there are reasons three

More and bigger things as well as fear and insecurity

The only good reason is so that we can others bless

As Second Corinthians chapter nine does profess

We should be generous with our gifts and our time

For the impact on others might be clear or sublime

The key is to “pray, meditate, proclaim, fellowship"

Josh wants us to internalise this as it will us equip

17 November 2019 - ENCS

More on prosperity Pastor Josh Harris shared today

Based on what Deuteronomy twenty eight does say

As Josh said last week, prosperity is more than things

Relationships, vocation, and inheritance God brings

How this really works in our lives is the key question

God’s blessings help us to succeed in our progression

Listen and hear God’s voice, per Isaiah twenty eight

For His word is like a seed that produces fruit great

God instructs and teaches everyone the right way

A wonderful plan and magnificent wisdom, it does say

Deuteronomy says that if we follow God’s commands

Then He will give His “prosperity" throughout the lands

But we are under the power of sin, per Romans three

The law makes us conscious of our sin, we clearly see

Righteousness thus comes not from our works but faith

Though obedience and works follow faith, James sayeth

Through our relationship with God, He can clear our sin

Allowing to our heart His counsel, plans, and wisdom in

We cannot please God without faith, per Hebrews eleven

But it is more than just believing that He exists in heaven

We must believe that He rewards those who do Him seek

Those blessings can be used to bless others every week

If we think of God’s words as seeds intended for our heart

Then how should we live our life and therefore do our part

Pastor Josh repeated “pray, meditate, proclaim, fellowship”

Because each step is critical so none should we daily skip

10 November 2019 - ENCS

Sunday Pastor Joshua Harris spoke about prosperity

In movies and festive seasons this word we do see

Dictionaries too often focus on flourishing materially

But is that what God means by prosperity, in actuality

Per Deuteronomy chapter twenty eight verse eleven

Abundant prosperity will be granted by God in heaven

A grant provides us opportunities, not the end result

If we use the grant correctly, our value will catapult

But eternal value is not focused on temporal stuff

When we harvest, for others there should be enough

So earthly prosperity should be used to others bless

Three types of prosperity Deuteronomy does identify

Relationships, vocation, and inheritance it does imply

Relationships are based on love so deserve our best

Vocations should be fulfilling but not overly stressed

Our primary inheritance is God’s purpose or calling

For us to do otherwise would be extremely galling

3 November 2019 - ENCS

Pastor Josh today spoke about Genesis twenty eight

Jacob had left home and was just in a survival state

He stopped for the night and took a stone for a pillow

Angels going up and down a ladder, a dream did show

Of Abraham and Isaac his father, God did Jacob remind

And the Lord's promise to Jacob was very well defined

Remember His promises and blessings are massive

And we can claim them even if our actions are passive

Jacob’s family would be blessed and would bless others

God wants His blessings to expand beyond our brothers

Even in toxic situations, our presence should be a light

Jesus’ miracles often happened out of normal eyesight

Jacob awoke and realised the Lord God had been there

For God is omnipresent, Pastor Josh did then declare

Even or perhaps especially when we feel most alone

God will never forsake us nor will he ever us disown

Jacob said that that place must be heaven’s entrance

Building an altar, Bethel is what he named the expanse

But then Jacob reverted to his simple survival mentality

He tried to make a deal with God, as was his normality

But an encounter with the Lord is of a journey, one part

Obviously important, while often serving as a kickstart

Per John one, Jesus is the ladder which gives us access

Per Romans five, this access is ours by faith not stress

In summary, Josh reiterated four steps for our life’s trip

We should often pray, mediate, proclaim, and fellowship

By doing this, Jesus’ light in us will to others be evident

And thus our lives will reflect why to earth we were sent