A CUP OF TEA!

Do you like tea? Is your cup empty?

The love of the LORD JESUS is better than the most desirable cup of tea that can fill the cup of your heart to satisfaction!

You are fairer than the sons of men;

Grace is poured upon Your lips;

Therefore God has blessed You forever.

Psalm 45:2

The Bible says, since all of us have sinned and fallen away from our relationship with the Almighty GOD, His wrath abides on us.

Who can stand before His indignation?

And who can endure the fierceness of His anger?

His fury is poured out like fire,

And the rocks are thrown down by Him.

Nahum 1:6

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple

saying to the seven angels,

"Go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God

on the earth."

Revelation 16:1

Now the great city was divided into three parts,

and the cities of the nations fell.

And great Babylon was remembered before God,

to give her the cup of the wine

of the fierceness of His wrath.

Revelation 16:19

 But GOD has made a way for us to be connected with Him once again, by pouring out His wrath on His own Son, when He carried all the sin of all of mankind on Himself on the cross. 

 Then Jesus came with them

to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, "Sit here while I go and pray over there."

And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. Then He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me."

He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if it is possible,

let this cup pass from Me;

nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will."

Then He came to the disciples and found them asleep, and said to Peter, "What?

Could you not watch with Me one hour?

Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation.

The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done."

Matthew 26:36-42

Our Savior drank the cursed cup of all the sin and evil of mankind. It was such a difficult task for the Pure and Holy Son of GOD! He drank of that cup by pouring out His soul unto death.

 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,

And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,

Because He poured out His soul unto death,

And He was numbered with the transgressors,

And He bore the sin of many,

And made intercession for the transgressors.

Isaiah 53:12

Now we have this momorial in Holy Communion as a Church which is the Body of CHRIST. We come under the new covenant in His blood by which we receive forgiveness of sins and newness of life in CHRIST JESUS!

 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; 

do this in remembrance of Me." 

 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood. 

This do, as often as you drink it, 

in remembrance of Me."

1 Corinthians 11:24-25

By drinking the cup of curse on our behalf, the LORD JESUS has made the cup of blessing available to us.

 The cup of blessing which we bless, 

is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? 

The bread which we break, 

is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

1 Corinthians 10:16

Trust in Him at all times, you people;

Pour out your heart before Him;

God is a refuge for us. Selah

Psalm 62:8

Although GOD is great and Holy, He is a GOD of love Who understands each one of us. Therefore we can come before the LORD humbly to pour out to Him, whatever is in our heart. Then, as we wait on Him humbly like a cup placed below the spout of the tea pot, He fills our heart with His graceous love!

 Now hope does not disappoint,

because the love of God has been poured out

in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Romans 5:5

  But when the kindness and the love of God

our Savior toward man appeared,

not by works of righteousness which we have done,

but according to His mercy He saved us,

through the washing of regeneration

and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

whom He poured out on us abundantly

through Jesus Christ our Savior,

Titus 3:4-6

Hannah poured out her soul to the LORD and received the blessing of a son in answer to her prayer.

 And Hannah answered and said, 

"No, my lord, I am a woman of sorrowful spirit. 

I have drunk neither wine nor intoxicating drink, 

but have poured out my soul before the Lord.

1 Samuel 1:15

 And she said, "O my lord! As your soul lives, my lord, 

I am the woman who stood by you here, 

praying to the Lord. For this child I prayed, 

and the Lord has granted me my petition 

which I asked of Him. 

Therefore I also have lent him to the Lord; 

as long as he lives he shall be lent to the Lord." 

So they worshiped the Lord there.

1 Samuel 1:26-28

We can never outgive GOD! The more we give of ourselves to Him, and the more we give for the work of His Kingdom, the more He pours out on us!

 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, 

That there may be food in My house, 

And try Me now in this," Says the Lord of hosts, 

"If I will not open for you the windows of heaven 

And pour out for you such blessing 

That there will not be room enough to receive it.

Malachi 3:10

You prepare a table before me 

in the presence of my enemies; 

You anoint my head with oil; 

My cup runs over.

Psalm 23:5

Recently we heard a testimony from a lady who said, "Since my husband received the LORD JESUS into his life and was baptised, we are receiving so much, we don't know how to handle it!" 

The message that was given that day at the service was about wisdom. This lady was very receptive to the word and knew that GOD had spoken to her clearly about asking Him for wisdom to handle the blessings He was pouring out on them!

When our cups are filled with the love and blessings of the LORD, we become like teapots to pour into the lives of others!

All of us are like teapots, having some kind of tea in us and there are many empty cups around us, waiting to be filled!

And being in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,

as He sat at the table,

a woman came having an alabaster flask

of very costly oil of spikenard.

Then she broke the flask and poured it on His head.

Mark 14:3

What shall I render to the Lord

For all His benefits toward me?

I will take up the cup of salvation,

And call upon the name of the Lord.

I will pay my vows to the Lord

Now in the presence of all His people.

Psalm 116:12-14

As followers of our LORD JESUS, we are also called to drink of the cup of suffering for the sake of others in intercession and ministry and good works. When we drink the cup of selflessness and give ourselves to be used by the LORD, He takes us as a teapot and uses us to pour out His goodness to others.

The mother of James and John desired great positions for her sons as they followed JESUS. But He spoke to her about the cup of suffering He was about to drink, and as His followers, they would have to drink! Now we know that James and John drank that cup of suffering in serving their Master and laying down their lives for the sake of the Gospel! 

 Then the mother of Zebedee's sons 

came to Him with her sons, kneeling down 

and asking something from Him. And He said to her, "What do you wish?" She said to Him, 

"Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, 

one on Your right hand and the other on the left, 

in Your kingdom." But Jesus answered and said, 

"You do not know what you ask. 

Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism 

that I am baptized with?" They said to Him, 

"We are able." So He said to them, 

"You will indeed drink My cup, 

and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on My right hand and on My left 

is not Mine to give, 

but it is for those for whom it is prepared by My Father."

Matthew 20:20-23

That was the life of the apostle Paul who served GOD with all his heart.

Yes, and if I am being poured out as a drink offering

on the sacrifice and service of your faith,

I am glad and rejoice with you all.

Philippians 2:17

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.

2 Timothy 4:6

 Even as we continue to wait on the LORD and receive from Him His love and goodness, may we be His instruments, pouring out such love to others!

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