“God’s Hand Of Blessing”
Blessing: English Dictionary • To consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy. • To request of God the bestowal of divine favor on: Bless this house. • To bestow good of any kind upon: a nation blessed with peace. • To extol as holy; glorify: Bless the name of the Lord.
Quotables On Blessing “If it’s good, God did it. If “Never undertake it’s bad, I did it, and it’s anything for which you worse than it looks. ” wouldn’t have the courage to ask the (A. W. Tozer) blessing of heaven. ” (George Lichtenberg)
“If we were to remove the words bless, blessed, and blessing from the Christian vocabulary, our prayer life, congregational worship, and preaching would be greatly affected.” (Warren Wiersbe)
Bible Usage Hebrew Greek “ Barak ” “ Eulogy ” which which means to speak literally means to well of, to invoke bow the knee, to favor upon, to adore, to salute, to consecrate with endow. goodness.
I. Our Call To Blessing I Peter 3:8-12
What Is A Blessing? It is a favorable gift James 1:17 of endowment and Numbers 22:6 empowerment from Genesis 1:28 God to enrich others.
II. Our Channels To Blessing Now the L ORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. ” (Genesis 12:1-3)
“ Channels Only ” Channels only, blessed Master, But with all Thy wondrous pow’r Flowing through us, Thou canst use us Every day and every hour.
1. Salvation Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places (Ephesians 1:3). And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works (Romans 4:5-6).
2. Worship “Bless The Lord, O My Soul” (Psalms 103-104)
3. Service Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them (Romans 12:6a). For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem. For they were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings. (Romans 15:26-27). •
“The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven. Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed. It blesses him that gives and him that takes.” (William Shakespeare)
4. Fellowship
5. Stewardship This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. (I Corinthians 4:1-2). Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need (Malachi 3:10).
6. Separation Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. (Psalm 1:1-3)
7. Citizenry Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment (Romans 13:1-2). I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed” (Genesis 12:3).
III. Our Challenges Toward Blessings 1. It Is By Faith Not Sight (Hebrews 11:20 2. To The Humble Not The Proud (Hebrews 7:7) 3. Through Pain And Struggle (Jacob & Jabez) 4. Through Our Sacrifice (I Chronicles 16:2) 5. Greater To Give Than Receive (Acts 20:35)
Testimony Service Tonight An awareness of God’s blessings gives to us His acceptance and approval.
Warren Wiersbe “I have come to the conclusion that a blessing is any act of God that brings Him glory by accomplishing His will and helping His people grow and do His will. ”
At Christ’s Ascensioin And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple blessing God (Luke 24:50-53).
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