RELEASING THE BLESSINGS OF GOD

The blessing of God is released through words. When God blessed man, He spoke words over him. So likewise, we must speak the blessing over ourselves and our children. Asking God daily to bless us is not vain repetition but a spiritual necessity.

 We have been empowered to prosper already (Ephesians 1:3).

The blessing is not released without words being spoken.  When God blessed mankind, He spoke words (Genesis 1:22).  To bless is to speak well of; to curse is to speak negatively of something or someone.  Jesus cursed the fig tree by speaking negatively to it, and it caused a physical reaction (Mark 11:12-14, 20).  The blessing is an empowerment to produce peace in every area of your life (Genesis 12:1-3).  God blessed Abraham.  Mechizedek, who was the high priest (spiritual authority), blessed Abraham (Genesis 14:18, 19). Abraham gave his tithe in exchange for the blessing released through the high priest’s words.

You can ask God to bless you.

Jabez, whose name means “sorrow,” asked God to doubly bless him (1 Chronicles 4:9, 10).  Jabez called on the Lord and asked Him to enlarge his coast and bless him. God granted that which he requested.  Jabez boldly asked God to bless him.  Go before God with boldness and ask Him to bless you every day.  The only thing that’s stopping you from receiving more is a limited mindset. Ask God to enlarge your territory.  Every day there is some evil planned for you. Ask God to deliver you from the evil of the day.  There are blessings and protection that you need daily.

 We should be persistent in our daily prayers to God.

Jesus was giving us key points to pray in Matthew 6:9-13, but this was not intended to be a repetitious, religious prayer.  Vain repetition is when you pray something out of memory and recite something that doesn’t really come from your heart.  We need daily bread from God, which is why we should approach Him daily with the same request to bless us and deliver us from the evils of each day.  Ask and keep on asking, seek and keep on seeking, knock and keep on knocking (Matthew 7:7, 8).  Hypocrites love to pray (Matthew 6:5). Let your prayers be from your heart.  You can meditate on the Word, and it can become a prayer to God (Psalm 5:1).  God promises to keep us in perfect peace, and to doubly reward us (Isaiah 26:3; Hebrews 11:6).  The number-one objective of prayer is communication and relationship with God, not vain repetitions and religiously reciting things over and over again.