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MONTHLY THEME – JESUS MY DEFENCE

THEME SCRIPTURE:
Psalms 59:17 KJV
Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.

Jas 1:17  Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

1.SPIRITUAL GROWTH:

Psa 84:10  For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Psa 84:11  For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
2Co 9:10  Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
Eph 4:16  From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
Col 2:19  And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

2.FRUITFULNESS IN RELATIONSHIPS:

1Th 3:12  And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:

3.MATERIAL INCREASE:

2Co 9:10  Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
Ecc 5:19  Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
Psa 85:12  Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.

4.INCREASE IN INFLUENCE:

1Ch 4:10  And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

5.MINISTRY GROWTH

1 Corinthians 3:6-9   (KJV)
6  I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
7  So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
8  Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
9  For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

Prayer 1:

Father, thank You for every good gift from above and the spiritual growth You bring, increasing us in grace. We praise You that we will walk uprightly and receive Your promised blessings in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Prayer 2:

Father, we thank You for Your abundant blessings that increase our relationships, needs, and ministries. Thank You for multiplying the fruits of our labor and helping us abound in love. We praise You for increase in every area of our lives in Jesus’ name, Amen.

ALTAR CALL

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (KJV):

“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.”

John 3:16 — For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 14:6 — Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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