THE
OVERFLOWING CUP
BREAD
5 You
prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head
with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days
of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalms
23:5-6 (NIV)
14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom his
whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out
of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in
your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power,
together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is
the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that
you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who
is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his
power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory
in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and
ever! Amen. Ephesians
3:14-21 (NIV)
4 But
may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your
salvation always say, “Let God be exalted!"” Psalms 70:4 (NIV)
14 But as
for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. 15 My mouth will tell of your
righteousness, of your salvation all day long, though I know not its measure. 16 I will come and proclaim your
mighty acts, O Sovereign Lord; I
will proclaim your righteousness, yours alone. 17 Since my youth, O God, you
have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds. Psalms 71:14-17 (NIV)
27 To
this John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven. 28 You yourselves can testify
that I said, ‘I am not the Christ but am sent ahead of him.’ 29 The bride belongs to the
bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him,
and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and
it is now complete. 30 He
must become greater; I must become less.”
John 3:27-30 (NIV)
13 May the
God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you
may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 (NIV)
12 May
the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone
else, just as ours does for you. 13 May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be
blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus
comes with all his holy ones. 1 Thessalonians
3:12-13 (NIV)
All
who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the Lord has blessed. 10 I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he
has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of
righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride
adorns herself with her jewels. Isaiah
61:9-10 (NIV)
12 Be
joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Every attribute of God should become a fresh ray in the
sunlight of our gladness. That He is
wise should make us glad, knowing as we do our own foolishness. That He is mighty should cause us to rejoice
who tremble at our weakness. That He is
everlasting, should always be a theme of joy when we know that we wither as the
grass. That He is un-changing, should
perpetually yield us a song, since we change every hour. That He is full of grace, that He is
overflowing with it, and that this grace in covenant He has given to us; that
it is ours to cleanse us, ours to keep us, ours to sanctify us, ours to perfect
us, ours to bring us to glory – all this should tend to make us glad in
Him. This gladness in God is as a deep
river; we have only as yet touched its brink, we know a little of its clear
sweet, heavenly streams, but onward the depth is greater, and the current more
impetuous in its joy.” Charles
H. Spurgeon
“Hardened hearts begin to melt beneath the warmth of Christ's love overflowing from our lives. People who we never thought would let the name of Jesus roll off their lips suddenly praise Him because we have taken the time to love them the way God has commanded us to love. Once we learn how to abide in His love, our feelings of jealousy, greed, and anger die a quick death. A true champion extends grace and kindness because he knows the transformation that has taken place in his own heart, and he realizes those who receive God's love and grace have no other course of action but to give God's love away.” Michael Youssef
“The pattern in everything is this: the greater joys are obtained through struggle and difficulty and pain—things you must force yourself to do when you don’t feel like it—while brief, unsatisfying, and often destructive joys are as inviting as couch cushions….God is calling you not to indulgence but endurance.” Jon Bloom
“The Bible is
filled with stories of people who receive blessings in their life because of
faith.” Greg
Laurie
“At times you will feel as the Israelites did
before I worked through Moses to part the Red Sea. They gazed with fear into a
sea of hopelessness as their Egyptian enemies headed toward them. However, as
My people discovered, hopelessness is just an illusion created by the enemy.
The truth is, there is no such thing as a futile situation. I am the God of
hope, even when everything you love and live for appears to be drowning. When
you can’t swim any longer, I am your lifesaver. I am the author of your life
who can rewrite and transform any tragedy to triumph. I am the one who will
work all things together for your good even when it appears all has gone bad.
When you don’t know what to do, be still long enough to allow Me to calm the
storm in your heart and part the sea that seems to lie in the way of My
promises for you. If you will wait on Me, you will witness My wonders!” Sheri
Rose Shepherd“He who is a believer in Jesus finds enough in his Lord to satisfy him now, and to content him for evermore. The believer is not the man whose days are weary for want of comfort, and whose nights are long from absence of heart-cheering thought, for he finds in Christ such a spring of joy, such a fountain of consolation, that he is content and happy. Put him in a dungeon and he will find good company; place him in a barren wilderness, he will eat the bread of heaven; drive him away from friendship, he will meet the ‘friend that sticketh closer than a brother.’ Blast all his gourds, and he will find shadow beneath the Rock of Ages; sap the foundation of his earthly hopes, but his heart will still be fixed, trusting in the Lord. The heart is as insatiable as the grave till Jesus enters it, and then it is a cup full to overflowing. There is such a fullness in Christ that He alone is the believer’s all. The true saint is so completely satisfied with the all-sufficiency of Jesus that he thirsts no more – except it be for deeper draughts of the living fountain.” Charles H. Spurgeon
HEART SAVOR
·
Jesus
came to give me life to the full – there is ever constant abundance in Jesus. He is not the God of meager but plenty.
- · He can do exceedingly, abundantly above all I can ask or imagine. 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV)
·
Jesus is
the God of all hope.
