There is a principle in God’s Word that says, “Give, and it will be given to you” (Luke 6:38). “Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap” (Galatians 6:7). When you do something for someone else—take them to a doctor’s appointment, pick them up when their car is broken down, call them, cheer them up, do something that no one else can do for them—God’s going to do special things for you.

When we go out and make someone else’s day, we’re saying, “God, thank You for making my day” because when you make someone else’s day, God will make your day. When God sees you blessing others, He blesses you, and there are no blessings to compare with the blessings of Almighty God.

So make someone’s day, knowing that God is going to make your day.

>> VICTORIA OSTEEN: THE OTHER

DAY, MY SON DID SOMETHING SO

NICE FOR ME.

IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL.

HE WENT OUT OF HIS WAY AND

TOOK HIS TIME TO REALLY MAKE

ME FEEL GOOD, AND I DID.

I WAS SO APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT

HE DID.

I CALLED HIM UP AND I SAID,

“JONATHAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR WHAT YOU’VE DONE FOR ME,”

AND I BEGAN TO GUSH, AND HE

SAID, “MOM, I DID IT BECAUSE

I KNEW YOU’D LIKE IT AND I

WANTED TO MAKE YOU HAPPY.”

HE SAID, “MOM, THANKS FOR ALL

YOU DO FOR ME.”

WELL, AS A PARENT, I WAS

TAKEN ABACK.

I THOUGHT, “THAT’S AMAZING,

HIS GENEROSITY AND HIS

KINDNESS TOWARDS ME,” AND,

YOU KNOW, IT JUST TOOK MY

HEART AND MOVED IT.

IT MADE ME WANT TO DO

SOMETHING EVEN MORE SPECIAL

FOR HIM.

IT GOT MY ATTENTION, AND, YOU

KNOW, WE ALWAYS WANT OUR

CHILDREN TO BE KIND.

WE WANT THEM TO APPRECIATE

WHAT THEY HAVE, SO WE TEACH

THEM THAT.

BUT WHEN THEY ACTUALLY DO IT,

WE’RE LIKE, “PRAISE GOD,

THAT’S AMAZING.”

YOU KNOW, AND IT MOVES US.

IT MOVES US, AND SEE, I

BELIEVE THAT’S EXACTLY THE

WAY IT IS WITH OUR HEAVENLY

FATHER.

YOU SEE, HE WANTS US TO DO

THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO

ENRICH OUR LIFE, AND WHEN WE

ACTUALLY DO THEM, IT MOVES

HIM.

IT MOVES HIS HAND OF

BLESSING.

YOU SEE, GOD KNOWS THAT WE

ARE MATURE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE

TO HANDLE WHAT HE HAS NEXT

FOR US.

YOU SEE, WHEN WE SAY TO GOD,

“I NOT ONLY PRAISE YOU AND I

THANK YOU, BUT I’M GOING TO

TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER, GOD,

AND I’M GOING TO SHOW YOU MY

THANKFULNESS BY MY EXPRESSION

AND MY ACTIONS.”

YOU SEE, THERE’S NOTHING

CLOSER TO THE HEART OF GOD

THAN HIS CHILDREN DOING

SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE ELSE.

YOU SEE, WE WERE PUT ON THIS

EARTH TO NOT ONLY BE THE

PRAISE TO GOD’S GLORY, BUT TO

BE HIS HANDS, TO BE HIS FEET,

TO BE HIS KINDNESS, TO BE HIS

COMPASSION.

THE BIBLE CLEARLY STATES THAT

WE ARE BLESSED TO BE A

BLESSING.

WE ARE BLESSED BY ALMIGHTY

GOD SO THAT WE CAN GO OUT AND

EXPRESS OUR BLESSINGS THROUGH

OUR ACTIONS, NOT JUST THROUGH

OUR WORDS.

I’M NOT TALKING TODAY ABOUT

JUST MATERIAL BLESSINGS.

YES, GOD WANTS YOU TO HAVE

MORE THAN ENOUGH.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING

ABOUT?

I’M TALKING ABOUT THOSE

BLESSINGS OF FAVOR,

INFLUENCE, PEACE, JOY,

FULFILLMENT, PURPOSE, THE

THINGS THAT GOD GIVES US WHEN

WE PRAISE HIM AND WHEN WE

SHOW OUR PRAISE THROUGH OUR

ACTIONS.

YOU KNOW, MY SON’S MATURITY,

LIKE I SAID, MADE ME WANT TO

GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING ELSE

FOR HIM.

IT MADE ME UNDERSTAND THAT,

“HEY, HE CAN BE TRUSTED.

I BELIEVE THIS BLESSING IS

NOT GOING TO HARM HIM, BUT

THIS BLESSING IS GOING TO

HELP HIM.

IT’S GOING TO HELP HIM GROW,

MATURE, AND BE EVERYTHING

THAT HE’S BEEN CALLED TO BE,”

AND DO YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT

WE ALL NEED TO GO OUT AND

THINK EVERY SINGLE DAY, “WHAT

CAN I DO TO PLEASE GOD?”

AND

TRY TO REACH THIS LEVEL OF

MATURITY THAT SAYS, “GOD,

IT’S NOT JUST GOOD ENOUGH

THAT I THANK YOU, BUT I WANT

TO SHOW YOU, THROUGH LOVING

PEOPLE, MY GRATITUDE, MY

EXPRESSION OF THANKS FROM

ME.”

YOU KNOW WHAT?

GOD IS MOVED WHEN WE DO THAT.

WHEN WE GO OUT AND MAKE

SOMEONE ELSE’S DAY, YOU KNOW

WHAT WE’RE SAYING?

WE’RE SAYING, “GOD, THANK YOU

FOR MAKING MY DAY.”

BECAUSE WHEN YOU MAKE SOMEONE

ELSE’S DAY, GOD’LL MAKE YOUR

DAY.

WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING FOR

SOMEONE THEY CAN’T DO FOR

THEMSELVES, PICK THEM UP,

TAKE THEM TO A DOCTOR’S

APPOINTMENT, PICK THEM UP

WHEN THEIR CAR’S BROKEN DOWN,

CALL THEM, CHEER THEM UP, DO

SOMETHING THAT NO ONE ELSE

CAN DO FOR THEM, YOU KNOW

WHAT?

GOD’S GOING TO DO SPECIAL

THINGS FOR YOU.

YOU SEE, THERE IS A LAW AND A

PRINCIPLE IN GOD’S WORD, AND

IT SAYS, “WHEN YOU GIVE,

IT’LL BE GIVEN BACK TO YOU.

WHEN YOU SOW GOOD SEEDS, THAT

GOOD HARVEST WILL COME BACK

TO YOU.”

SEE, GOD KNOWS EXACTLY HOW WE

OPERATE AT OUR HIGHEST

POTENTIAL, AND HE KNOWS THAT

WHEN WE ARE GIVING HIM PRAISE

AND WE ARE FINDING OUR

PURPOSE AND EXPRESSING THAT

PRAISE BY HELPING OTHERS,

WE’RE AT OUR HIGHEST

POTENTIAL.

YOU SEE, YOU COULD HAVE ALL

THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, BUT

YOU COULD BE AS MISERABLE AS

EVER BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE

PURPOSE.

YOU’RE NOT FUNCTIONING AT

YOUR HIGHEST POTENTIAL.

BUT WHEN GOD, WHEN HE BLESSES

YOU, THERE’S NO BLESSING LIKE

IT.

THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THE

BLESSINGS OF ALMIGHTY GOD.

SO LET’S MAKE SOMEONE’S DAY

AND REALIZE IT’S GOD GOING TO

MAKE OUR DAY.

YOU’RE MAKING OUR DAY, GOD.

LISTEN TO WHAT IT SAYS IN

HEBREWS 13:15 AND 16.

IT SAYS: “LET US CONTINUALLY

OFFER TO GOD A SACRIFICE OF

PRAISE, WITH THE FRUIT OF OUR

LIPS GIVING THANKS TO HIS

NAME.”

THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY THIS:

“AND DO NOT NEGLECT DOING

GOOD AND SHARING, FOR WITH

SUCH SACRIFICES GOD IS

PLEASED.”

YOU SEE, HE NOT ONLY WANTS US

TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS BY

PRAISE, BY THANKING HIM, BUT

HE DOESN’T WANT US TO FORGET,

TO TAKE THAT BLESSING AND

PASS IT ON.

SEE, THAT’S WHAT PLEASES THE

HEART OF GOD.

YOU KNOW, IT’S EASY TO PRAISE

GOD WHEN EVERYTHING IS GOING

GOOD, RIGHT, WHEN PEOPLE ARE

BEING NICE.

YOU GOT THAT PROMOTION AT

WORK.

YOUR KIDS ARE DOING GREAT.

HEY, EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL.

IT’S EASY TO PRAISE GOD.

WHAT ABOUT WHEN YOU’RE FACING

A CHALLENGE, WHEN IT DOESN’T

LOOK LIKE YOU’RE GOING TO

HAVE ENOUGH?

HOW ABOUT YOUR FACING A

SPIRITUAL BATTLE, AND YOU

DON’T KNOW WHY, BUT FOR SOME

REASON, YOU JUST DON’T FEEL

GRATEFUL?

YOU SEE, THAT’S WHAT IT MEANS

WHEN IT SAYS, “TO OFFER UP A

SACRIFICE OF PRAISE.”

SEE, IT’S SOMETHING THAT YOU

DON’T NECESSARILY FEEL LIKE

DOING.

YOU MAY NOT FEEL GRATEFUL

TODAY.

YOU MAY NOT LOOK AT YOUR BANK

ACCOUNT AND THINK YOU HAVE

ENOUGH, BUT THAT’S WHEN GOD

SAYS, “I KNOW HOW YOU

OPERATE.

I’VE DESIGNED YOU, AND I KNOW

THAT IF YOU WILL CONTINUALLY,

NO MATTER HOW YOU FEEL, OFFER

UP THIS SACRIFICE OF PRAISE,

BUT DON’T STOP THERE, DON’T

NEGLECT PASSING ON THIS

GRATITUDE TO SOMEONE ELSE,”

HE SAYS, “THAT’S WHEN YOU’LL

LIVE A LIFE THAT IS

FULFILLED.

THAT’S WHEN YOU WILL PLEASE

ME.”

YOU SEE, WHEN YOU PLEASE GOD,

THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, “HE WILL

DO THINGS FOR YOU THAT YOU

CANNOT DO FOR YOURSELF.”

THE BIBLE SAYS, “WHEN YOU

PLEASE GOD, HE’LL MAKE EVEN

YOUR ENEMIES BE AT PEACE WITH

YOU.”

LISTEN, WHEN YOU MAKE

PLEASING GOD YOUR HIGHEST

PRIORITY, I BELIEVE THAT’S

WHEN YOU’LL SEE YOUR LIFE GO

TO NEW LEVELS, AND YOU’LL SEE

GOD DO THINGS FOR YOU THAT

YOU COULDN’T POSSIBLY DO FOR

YOURSELF, AMEN?

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