God blessed Jabez directly, and granted him that which he requested (1 Chronicles 4:9-10). God’s blessings will always trail our obedience disobedience is a disqualifier for His blessings. However, such blessings always respond to our obedience to His instructions. So, we can encounter the raw blessings of God directly from Him. From God Directly: In Genesis 22:16-18, God swore a blessing on Abraham.Three Major Channels of Blessings in Scriptures From Jacob to Israel from a person to a nation! So, his travail ended by an encounter with blessings.Īlso Read: Unveiling Success Keys! By David Oyedepo “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob.” Then God said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel” (Genesis 32:24-28). “I won’t let you go until you bless me,” was what Jacob said and then, God showed up. We are indestructible with implanted blessings.ĭivine Blessing empowers us to Prevail: We prevail by divine blessings, where others travail. “…Destroy it not for a blessing is in it…” (Isaiah 65:8). Don’t ever think that everybody is struggling that is a lie of the devil!ĭivine Blessing makes us Indestructible: One of the virtues in blessings is our indestructibility. Christ has redeemed us from every curse of the law, which includes the curse of a life of struggle (Galatians 3:13). We also know from scriptures that “sweat” is a curse (Genesis 3:17-19). It Empowers us to live a Struggle-free Life: The blessing of God is the gateway to a struggle-free life (Proverbs 10:22). What are the Virtues in Divine Blessings? So, if we want to be blessed, keep blessing God because, nothing enhances destiny like blessings. That will entitle us to the harvest of His blessings. So, let us go beyond seeing our praises as one of those things we do let us see our praises as blessing God. So, we are not entertaining God, we are blessing God and as we bless Him in praise, we commit His integrity to bless us in return. That means, by blessing God, we are provoking His blessings on our lives (Psalm 67:5-7). Also note that, whatever good thing any man does, the same he shall receive from the Lord (Ephesians 6:8). That means, praise is a spiritual way man blesses God. The Psalmist says: I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth (Psalm 34:1 see also Psalm 103:1). The reason for that is very simple every time we praise God, we are blessing Him. Praise is a proven, viable and dependable spiritual platform for encounter with fearful blessings. God shall bless us and all the ends of the earth shall fear him (Psalm 67:5-7). Then shall the earth yield her increase and God, even our own God, shall bless us. As it is written: Let the people praise thee, O God let all the people praise thee. We discover from scriptures that praise is a spiritual platform for fearful blessings. Today, we shall focus on: Engaging the Power of Praise for Fearful Blessings!
Welcome to the concluding part of this teaching! I hope you were blessed by last week teaching. Topic: Engaging the Power of Praise for Fearful Blessings! Engaging the Power of Praise for Fearful Blessings! By David Oyedepo