The first thing God did
after creating Adam and
Eve was to bless them.
That was God's first
response. We are created
in God's image and
therefore should have
this same desire to
bless people.
We can bless in
different ways.
1. We bless people by
what we say.
God blessed and "said
to them..." What do
you say when you open
your mouth? Is your
first response to bless?
To bless your husband?
To bless your children?
To bless the people you
come in contact with? It
is a God-like habit we
need to cultivate. Think
about things you can say
that will encourage,
inspire and bless and
then say them.
Words of blessing can be
exhilarating words that
will gladden a person's
heart. They can be
exhorting words that
will spark vision and
revelation and release
people to do great
things. Blessing words
inspire people to be
what God created them to
be.
The word for "bless" in
the Hebrew is eulogeo
from eu which
means "good" and
logos which means
"word, speech." If you
are a blessing person as
God created you to be
you will constantly be
speaking good words.
2. We bless people by
what we impart. We
invoke blessings when we
pray. Pray prayers of
blessings over your
husband, your children
and others. Pray and
bless those who
persecute you and say
evil things about you.
(Matthew 5:44) The Lord
commanded Moses and his
sons to speak blessing
over all the children of
Israel. God wants us to
pray this blessing over
each other today:
"The Lord bless you and
keep you;
The Lord make his face
shine upon you, and be
gracious to you;
The Lord lift up his
countenance upon you,
and give you peace."
Numbers 6:24-26
3. We bless people by
what we do.
Actions speak louder
than words. 1 John
3:17-18 says, "But
whoso hath this world's
good, and sees his
brother have need, and
shuts up his bowels of
compassion from him, how
dwells the love of God
in him? My little
children, let us not
love in word, neither in
tongue; but in deed and
in truth."
Of course, we must
always keep the
Scripture in context.
The context of God's
blessing in this
Scripture is the
blessing of children.
This was God's first
blessing to the man and
woman He created. This
is how we receive
children. By God's
blessing. *If we want to
be in sync with God, we
will think of children
as a blessing. No matter
what the circumstances,
a child is always a
blessing. This is what
God says, so we either
believe God or we don't.
This should be our first
response when we
conceive a baby - "How
awesome! God is blessing
me!"
This should be our
response when we hear
the news of someone else
having a baby - "God is
blessing you. Isn't that
wonderful?"
May you be blessed.
Love from NANCY CAMPBELL
PRAYER:
"Dear Father, you are a
God of blessing. You
have blessed me with
life, salvation and
every good gift. Please
help me to be a blessing
too. Help me to speak
words of blessing to my
family. Help me to make
this a habit of my life
so it is the first
response to come from my
lips. Amen."
AFFIRMATION:
"I have been blessed and
therefore I bless."
* Check out the
Scriptures in my book,
Be Fruitful and
Multiply, Chapter 3.
We see here that every
time God wanted to give
children he first
pronounced a blessing
upon them.
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