{"id":2805,"date":"2017-02-12T21:56:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?p=2805"},"modified":"2017-01-12T22:05:14","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T22:05:14","slug":"give-live-managing-blessings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2017\/02\/12\/give-live-managing-blessings\/","title":{"rendered":"Give to Live: Managing Your Blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Around Thanksgiving time, the old gospel song, \u201cCount Your Blessings,\u201d usually pops up. Have you ever considered \u201cblessings\u201d as part of your portfolio? If not, you might want to add a \u201cblessing\u201d column in your worksheet.<\/p>\n

God blesses us for more than one reason; we are also blessed to be a blessing. God\u2019s love for you is equaled only by His love for others. He wants you to enjoy the good things He has created for you, but He also wants you to pay them forward. I recently heard a father tell a story about his son. The youth had been to an amusement park, a water park, and out to dinner in one week\u2019s time. At the end of that week, he was stuck at home for an evening and said, \u201cI\u2019m so bored! I never get to do anything!\u201d<\/p>\n

But to be able to bless people with the good things we have, we must be aware of how blessed we are. For example, what do you have that enriches your life? How might you use that blessing to bless others? John the Baptist said, \u201cThe man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same\u201d (Luke 3:11). What do you have that you are willing to, or can give away? Perhaps you could open your home to the youth group for an evening or clear your pantry of overstocked food and donate it to a food bank. Consider taking a small step and volunteering at a homeless shelter this week. There are times when it might be better for you to use your professional skills to benefit others rather than to advance your career.<\/p>\n

God didn\u2019t bless us so we can alienate ourselves from others, living in comfort and ease. Biblical stewardship (managing God\u2019s resources\/blessings) always has a pay it forward module: Philemon 1:6, \u201cI am praying that you will put into action the generosity that comes from your faith as you understand and experience all the good things we have in Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n

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About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"stantoler-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Stan Toler has served as a general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene as well as a pastor for over 40 years in Ohio, Florida, Tennessee, and Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

Stan Toler has written over 100 books, including his best-sellers, God Has Never Failed Me, But He\u2019s Sure Scared Me to Death a Few Times; The Buzzards Are Circling, But God\u2019s Not Finished With Me Yet; God\u2019s Never Late, He\u2019s Seldom Early, He\u2019s Always Right on Time<\/em>; The Secret Blend; The Relational Leader; Practical Guide to Pastoral Ministry;<\/em> The Inspirational Speaker\u2019s Resource,<\/em> ReThink Your Life<\/em>, his popular Minute Motivator<\/em> series, If Only I Could Relate To The People I\u2019m Related To and his newest book, Outstanding Leadership. <\/em>His books have sold over 3 million copies.<\/p>\n

Toler for many years served as Vice-President and taught seminars for John C. Maxwell\u2019s INJOY Leadership Institute training church and corporate leaders to make a difference in the world.<\/p>\n

He and his wife, Linda, an educator, have two married sons, Seth (Marcy) and Adam (Amanda), and five grandchildren Rhett, Davis, Wren Olivia Clara Jane and Bennett.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":2807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,166],"tags":[579,577,576,125,535,536],"class_list":{"0":"post-2805","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"category-stewardship","9":"tag-blessings","10":"tag-finances","11":"tag-give-to-live","12":"tag-leadership","13":"tag-stan-toler","14":"tag-stewardship","15":"entry"},"title_es":"Dar a Live: Administraci\u00f3n de las Bendiciones","content_es":"Alrededor de tiempo de Acci\u00f3n de Gracias, la canci\u00f3n Evangelio de edad, \"Count Your Blessings\", por lo general aparece. \u00bfAlguna vez ha considerado \"bendiciones\" como parte de su cartera? Si no es as\u00ed, es posible que desee agregar una columna \"bendici\u00f3n\" en la hoja de c\u00e1lculo. Dios nos bendice por m\u00e1s de una raz\u00f3n; tambi\u00e9n estamos bendecidos para ser una bendici\u00f3n. El amor de Dios para ti s\u00f3lo es igualada por su amor por los dem\u00e1s. Quiere que le permite disfrutar de las cosas buenas que ha creado para usted, sino que tambi\u00e9n quiere que usted pague hacia adelante. Hace poco o\u00ed a un padre contar una historia sobre su hijo. El joven hab\u00eda estado en un parque de atracciones, un parque acu\u00e1tico, y salir a cenar en el plazo de una semana. Al final de esa semana, estaba atrapado en su casa por una noche y le dijo: \"Estoy tan aburrido! Nunca puedo hacer nada! \"Pero para ser capaz de bendecir a la gente con las cosas buenas que tenemos, hay que estar al tanto de lo bendecidos que somos. Por ejemplo, \u00bfqu\u00e9 tiene que enriquece su vida? \u00bfC\u00f3mo se podr\u00eda utilizar esa bendici\u00f3n para bendecir a otros? Juan el Bautista dijo: \"El que tiene dos t\u00fanicas d\u00e9 al que no tiene; y el que tiene qu\u00e9 comer, haga lo mismo\" (Lucas 3:11). \u00bfQu\u00e9 tiene que usted est\u00e1 dispuesto a, o puede regalar? Tal vez usted podr\u00eda abrir su casa para el grupo de j\u00f3venes para una noche o borrar su despensa de alimentos en exceso y donarlo a un banco de alimentos. Considere tomar un peque\u00f1o paso y el voluntariado en un refugio para personas sin hogar esta semana. Hay ocasiones en las que podr\u00eda ser mejor para que pueda utilizar sus habilidades profesionales para beneficiar a otros en lugar de avanzar en su carrera. Dios no nos bendiga para que podamos alejarnos de los dem\u00e1s, que viven en la comodidad y facilidad. mayordom\u00eda b\u00edblica (gesti\u00f3n de recursos \/ bendiciones de Dios) siempre tiene un pago que el m\u00f3dulo hacia delante: Filem\u00f3n 1: 6: \"Estoy orando que va a poner en acci\u00f3n la generosidad que viene de su fe como se entiende y experimentar todas las cosas buenas que tenemos en Cristo. \"Sobre el autor<\/strong> \"stantoler-1\"<\/a> El Dr. Stan Toler ha servido como superintendente general de la Iglesia del Nazareno, as\u00ed como un pastor por m\u00e1s de 40 a\u00f1os en Ohio, Florida, Tennessee y Oklahoma. Stan Toler ha escrito m\u00e1s de 100 libros, incluyendo sus \u00e9xitos de ventas, Dios nunca me ha fallado, pero est\u00e1 seguro de que me dio miedo a la muerte un par de veces; Los halcones est\u00e1n dando vueltas, pero Dios no est\u00e1 terminado conmigo; Nunca tard\u00edo de Dios, \u00c9l es raramente temprano, \u00e9l est\u00e1 siempre en el momento justo;<\/em> La mezcla secreta; El l\u00edder relacional; Gu\u00eda Pr\u00e1ctica de Pastoral;<\/em> Recursos del orador inspirador,<\/em> reconsiderar su vida,<\/em> su popular serie Motivador minuto,<\/em><\/em> si s\u00f3lo pudieran relacionarse con la gente que estoy Para relacionada y su m\u00e1s reciente libro, liderazgo sobresaliente.<\/em> Sus libros han vendido m\u00e1s de 3 millones de copias. Toler durante muchos a\u00f1os se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como vicepresidente y ense\u00f1\u00f3 seminarios para la formaci\u00f3n de la iglesia Instituto de Liderazgo INJOY de John C. 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