Advancing Encouragement By:
Bishop James Jr. Hairston

Psalms: 128:1: Blessed is every one that fears the LORD; that walks in his ways. 128:2: For thou shalt eat the labor of your hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

What kind of work do you do on a daily bases? There are many types of work that will make a difference in our lives. Let us start out with the person who has to work at finding full time employment, looking for employment is work in its self. The house wife who takes care of their children and or home schools them that is work in its self. Everyone that is involved in ministry in a fulltime or part time capacity to carry out the work of God is also work in itself. If you have a profession of any kind depending on what it is can bring glory to God by the work of your hands. In order for your work to be blessed by God first of all you must fear God! After which, you will walk in His ways in all that you do to give him glory, honor and praise in your life. Blessed means how happy you will be if you have reverential fear for God. This happiness in a choice that you make because you trust God and you know that He is in control therefore, you reverence Him by walking in is ways according to His word. It does not matter who you are and what conditions you live under or what you do for a living under Gods moral law, if you are willing to trust God and fear Him you can be happy if you choose too. Why, when you put your hands to work to the Glory of God He will bless your work and prosper you in what you are trying to accomplish. The word eat means to dine, to devour, to burn up and to consume in plenty that is you will be provided for by the work that you do. The Lord never meant for His people to work and not prosper. To be well means bountiful, cheerful, at ease, (be in) favor, fine, glad, merry, pleasure, precious, prosperity, wealth, welfare, (be) well – and be favored. To every believer in Christ Jesus you must pray ‘God bless my work’ because it is what He does, it is His pleasure to bless your work and to prosper you to gain wealth and to be blessed and highly favored. Today is your day my friend to be blessed and highly favored for God to increase the work of your hands and to prosper you at whatever you are trying to accomplish as long as you fear the Lord and trust Him, pray bless my work and He will in Jesus Name…

James Jr. Hairston