SOURCE
OF ALL BLESSINGS
BREAD
26 I will
bless them and the places surrounding my hill. I will send down showers in
season; there will be showers of blessing.
Ezekiel 34:26 (NIV)
6 Blessings
crown the head of the righteous, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the
wicked. Proverbs 10:6 (NIV)
10 The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord is enthroned as King forever. 11 The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace. Psalms 29:10-11 (NIV)
12 For
there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all
and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will
be saved.” Romans 10:12-13 (NIV)
24 “The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; 26 the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” 27 “So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I
will bless them.” Numbers 6:24-27 (NIV)
12 Blessed
is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people he chose for his inheritance. 13 From heaven the Lord
looks down and sees all mankind; 14 from his dwelling place he watches all who live on
earth-- 15 he who
forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do. 16 No king is saved by the size
of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength. 17 A horse is a vain hope for
deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save. 18 But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those
whose hope is in his unfailing love, 19 to deliver them from death and keep them alive in
famine. 20 We
wait in hope for the Lord; he is
our help and our shield. 21 In him
our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. 22 May your unfailing love rest
upon us, O Lord, even as we put
our hope in you. Psalms 33:12-22 (NIV)
1 Praise
the Lord. Blessed is the man who
fears the Lord, who finds great
delight in his commands. 2 His
children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be
blessed. Psalms 112:1-2 (NIV)
18 Yet
the Lord longs to be gracious to
you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord
is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! Isaiah 30:18 (NIV)
11 For
the Lord God is a sun and shield;
the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. 12 O Lord Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you. Psalms 84:11-12 (NIV)
BUTTER
“God’s blessings are not
limited to the human resources available.”
Tom Elliff
“We pray for blessings, we pray for peace Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while You hear each spoken need Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things
'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops What if Your healing comes through tears? What if a thousand sleepless nights Are what it takes to know You're near? What if trials of this life Are Your mercies in disguise?” Laura Story
We pray for healing, for prosperity We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while You hear each spoken need Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things
'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops What if Your healing comes through tears? What if a thousand sleepless nights Are what it takes to know You're near? What if trials of this life Are Your mercies in disguise?” Laura Story
“The
hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our
blessings.” Eric Hoffer
“God is more
anxious to bestow His blessings on us than we are to receive them.” Augustine
“The height of joy isn’t simply to be blessed — but to become the blessing. The height of joy isn’t to have blessings actualized — but to become the actual blessing. Not to be blessed with stuff — but to become the blessing in service.” Ann Voskamp
“Though
salvation is not by the works of the law, yet the blessings which are promised
to obedience are not denied to the faithful servants of God. The curses our Lord took away when He was
made a curse for us, but no clause of blessing has been abrogated. We are to note and listen to the revealed
will of the Lord, giving our attention not to portions of it but to ‘all these
words.’ There must be no picking and
choosing but an impartial respect to all that God has commanded. This is the road of blessedness for the
Father and for His children. The Lord’s
blessing is upon His chosen to the third and fourth generation. If they walk uprightly before Him, He will
make all men know that they are a seed which the Lord has blessed.” Charles H. Spurgeon
“If the worst things work for good to a believer, what shall
the best things? Nothing hurts the
godly…all things…shall co-operate for their good, that their crosses shall be
turned into blessings.” Puritan Thomas
Watson
“Martin Luther wrote in his book, Table
Talk: ‘The greater God’s gifts and
works, the less they are regarded.’ We
tend to exhibit a degree of thanksgiving in reverse proportion to the amount of
blessings we’ve received. A hungry man
is more thankful for his morsel than a rich man for his heavily-laden
table. A lonely woman in a nursing home
will appreciate a visit more than a popular woman with a party thrown in her
honor. If the birds only burst into song
once a year, we’d all pay close attention.
But because they are singing every morning, we scarcely bother to
listen.” Robert J. Morgan
“Teach me to treat all that comes to me throughout the day with
peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all. Nothing that
comes to me is devoid of divine purpose. In seeking to see the whole with God's
eyes, we can find the peace which human events so often destroy. I rest, dear
Lord, in the knowledge that You are the Blessed Controller of all things.” Elisabeth Elliot From: Orthodox Morning
Prayer (The Music of His Promises, p.134)
HEART SAVOR
·
The Lord blesses
His people with peace despite the circumstances.
·
God
delights to bless His people.
·
He is the
Giver of every good and perfect gift.
