BLESSED

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 357
December 12, 2017

Bless, Blessed, Blessing!!

We use the phrase ‘bless you’ when someone sneezes. We say, ‘bless your heart’ when someone is upset, and we desire blessings on our lives and to be blessed abundantly.

So, this morning I want to examine these words in light of what the dictionary and the Word of God Says.

The word of God is filled with scriptures about us blessing God with worship and God blessing us with good things. There is not room to deal with all of this, so I am going to zero in on how God Blesses us.

In the Bible: Blessed is mentioned 302 times//Blessing 67 times//And Bless 127 times

One each of the definitions of these words are;

BLESSED:
bringing pleasure, contentment, or good fortune
BLESSING:
a thing conducive to happiness or welfare
BLESS:
to confer prosperity or happiness upon

What we all so desperately desire in our lives is wrapped up in being blessed and having blessings bestowed upon us.

Most parents are trying hard to provide for their family and if you ask them they desire their children be blessed.

So, in just the few definitions above you can see that blessings are a good thing.

So, let us look at what God’s Word says.

Psalm 115:13 (KJV)
He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
Psalm 29:11 (KJV)
The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
Psalm 119:2 (KJV)
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Jeremiah 17:7 (KJV)
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
Romans 4:7 (KJV)
Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Luke 11:28 (KJV)
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Ephesians 1:3 (KJV)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

If we just understood how much God wants to Bless us we would heed the scriptures above and love and serve him with our whole heart. We are blessed because we are forgiven but our Loving Heavenly Father wants to add to eternal life amazing blessings in our journey from birth to death.

If you consider the definitions at the beginning of these thoughts, you will agree that is a list of things we all want……contentment, prosperity, happiness…..and yet we sometimes miss the fact that all of that is tied up in our relationship with the Lord God Almighty. He gives those things and adds Peace, Joy and Strength and all Spiritual Blessings.

May we understand that we are Sons and Daughters of the most high God. Our Father Loves us and desires great things for us.

My desire is that I lay down my stubborn ways and allow the Lord God to Bless me in every way. What about you? In this season of sending and receiving cards that declare blessings, are we ready to come to Jesus just as we are and receive all He has for us?
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Father, in Jesus name I come to you. I bless you oh my soul and all that is within me and I receive your amazing blessings that you have prepared. Bless each one who reads this with a spirit of ease during this busy season and a love for you that will open the windows of heaven with inner and outer blessings. Amen

Have an amazing week.
Love, Me-Maw