THE
FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING
BREAD
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. Psalm
84:11-12 (NIV)
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)
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)
11 The LORD will
guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will
strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring
whose waters never fail. Isaiah 58:11 (NIV)
14 “Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him; I will protect
him, for he acknowledges my name. 15 He
will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will
deliver him and honor him. 16 With
long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation.” Psalm
91:14-16 (NIV)
4 Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not look to the proud, to those who
turn aside to false gods. 5 Many, O
LORD my God, are the wonders you
have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to
speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare. Psalm
40:4-5 (NIV)
1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of
the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day
and night. 3 He is like a tree
planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf
does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. 4 Not
so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in
the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the LORD
watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. Psalm
1:1-6 (NIV)
3 “Blessed are the poor in
spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are
those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 Blessed are
the meek, for they will inherit the earth. 6
Blessed are those who hunger and
thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. 7 Blessed are
the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in
heart, for they will see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of
God. 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of
righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 "Blessed
are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil
against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven,
for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” Matthew 5:3-12 (NIV)
12 “Let the beloved of the LORD
rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the LORD loves rests between his shoulders.”
Deuteronomy
33:12 (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)
BUTTER
“He
who grows not in the knowledge of Jesus, refuses to be blessed.” Charles H. Spurgeon
“In
shunning a trial, we are seeking to avoid a blessing.” Charles
H. Spurgeon
“The Beatitudes are conditional promises of blessing.
Letting Jesus work His character in us is the condition; blessedness is the
promise. Pray for yourself, that you will enjoy the blessing of being the
person God wants you to be, as God molds you in the character of His beloved
and well-pleasing Son.” Sylvia
Gunter
“The
Christian is suspended between blessings received and blessings hoped for, so
he should always give thanks.” M. R. Vincent
“Anything
that causes you to pray is a blessing to your life.” Ron
Dunn
“Whenever you
react with praise and thanksgiving for an opportunity to grow more like Jesus
in your way of reacting to things, instead of grumbling or feeling self-pity,
you will find that that whole situation will be changed into a great blessing.” Hannah Hurnard
“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
“To know Him is ‘life eternal,’ and to advance in the
knowledge of Him is to increase in happiness.
He who does not long to know more of Christ, knows nothing of Him
yet. Whoever has sipped this wine will
thirst for more, for although Christ does satisfy, yet it is such a
satisfaction that the appetite is not choked, but whetted.” Charles H. Spurgeon
“He
is the Source of every blessing. He gives us every breath we take.
He gives us strength and protection in every step where our feet and legs carry
us. He gives us eyes to see and minds and hearts to spiritually behold
Him. He made us and we are fearfully and wonderfully designed by Him, the
Great Creator God. He is Present everywhere in the Universe. We are
never apart from Him. Though we sin and transgress His Laws, He is
Gracious and Forgiving. When we confess before Him and call upon Him in
the Name of Jesus, His Son, He wipes out our inequities and cleanses us.
He attributes to us the Righteousness of Jesus.” Roger Killian
“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
“If
we will look back upon the past, many of us will find that the very time our
heavenly Father has chosen to do the kindest things for us, and given us the
richest blessing, has been the time we were strained and shut in on every
side. God’s jewels are often sent us in
rough packages and by dark liveried servants, but within we find the very
treasures of the King’s palace and the Bridegroom’s love.” A. B. Simpson
“Gratitude makes even a temporal blessing a taste of
heaven.”
William Romaine
“See God in everything, and
God will calm and color all that thou doest see! It may be that the circumstances of our
sorrows will not be removed, their condition will remain unchanged; but if
Christ, as Lord and Master of our life, is brought into our grief and gloom,
‘He will compass us about with songs of deliverance.’ To see Him, and to be sure that His wisdom
cannot err, His power cannot fail, His love can never change; to know that even
His direst dealings with us are for our deepest spiritual gain, is to be able
to say, in the midst of bereavement, sorrow, pain, and loss, ‘The Lord gave,
and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.’ Nothing else but seeing God in everything
will make us loving and patient with those who annoy and trouble us. They will be to us then only instruments for
accomplishing His tender and wise purposes toward us, and we shall even find
ourselves at last inwardly thanking them for the blessing they bring us. Nothing else will completely put an end to
all murmuring or rebelling thoughts.” Hannah
W. Smith
HEART
SAVOR
·
God’s richest
blessings sometimes come to us in rough packages.
·
No good thing does
He withhold from those whose walk is blameless – not perfect but blameless.
·
The richest pathway
to blessing is to be thankful in all things – for this is the will of God in
Christ Jesus concerning me.
