blessed |blest; ˈblesid| |blɛst| |ˈblɛsəd| |ˈblɛsɪd| |blɛst|
Psalm 103:1-2 MSG
(1) A David psalm. O my soul, bless GOD. From head to toe, I'll bless his holy name!
(2) O my soul, bless GOD, don't forget a single blessing…
Levels of Blessing…
1. God blesses his people when he bestows on them some gift temporal or spiritual
Job 42:12-17 (MSG)
(12) GOD blessed Job's later life even more than his earlier life. He ended up with fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand teams of oxen, and one thousand donkeys.
(13) He also had seven sons and three daughters.
(14) He named the first daughter Dove, the second, Cinnamon, and the third, Dark eyes.
(15) There was not a woman in that country as beautiful as Job's daughters. Their father treated them as equals with their brothers, providing the same inheritance.
(16) Job lived on another hundred and forty years, living to see his children and grandchildren--four generations of them!
(17) Then he died--an old man, a full life.
2. We bless God when we thank him for his mercies…
Psalm 145:1-7 (MSG)
(1) David's praise. I lift you high in praise, my God, O my King! and I'll bless your name into eternity.
(2) I'll bless you every day, and keep it up from now to eternity.
(3) GOD is magnificent; he can never be praised enough. There are no boundaries to his greatness.
(4) Generation after generation stands in awe of your work; each one tells stories of your mighty acts.
(5) Your beauty and splendor have everyone talking; I compose songs on your wonders.
(6) Your marvelous doings are headline news; I could write a book full of the details of your greatness.
(7) The fame of your goodness spreads across the country; your righteousness is on everyone's lips.
3. A man blesses himself when he invokes God's blessing, or rejoices in God's goodness to him
Isa 65:16-17 (MKJV)
(16) He who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth. And he who swears in the earth will swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from My eyes.
(17) For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth. And the things before will not be remembered, nor come to mind.
Barnes:
“The favor of God shall be restored. His pure worship shall be re-established, and his name shall be celebrated again in the land. The image here is one of returning prosperity and favor; a state when the happiness will be so great that all the former trials will be regarded as not worthy of recollection.”
4. One blesses another when he expresses good wishes or offers prayer to God for his welfare .
Gen 31:55 AMP
(55) And early in the morning Laban rose up and kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and pronounced a blessing [asking God's favor] on them. Then Laban departed and returned to his home.
Apostolic Benediction!
The utterance or bestowing of a blessing
Blessing one another….!
2 Cor.13:14 MSG
(14) The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you.
Eph 6:23-24 MSG
(23) Good-bye, friends. Love mixed with faith be yours from God the Father and from the Master, Jesus Christ.
(24) Pure grace and nothing but grace be with all who love our Master, Jesus Christ.
2Thes. 3:16 MSG
(16) May the Master of Peace himself give you the gift of getting along with each other at all times, in all ways. May the Master be truly among you!
Heb 13:20-21 MSG
(20) May God, who puts all things together, makes all things whole, Who made a lasting mark through the sacrifice of Jesus, the sacrifice of blood that sealed the eternal covenant, Who led Jesus, our Great Shepherd, up and alive from the dead,
(21) Now put you together, provide you with everything you need to please him, Make us into what gives him most pleasure, by means of the sacrifice of Jesus, the Messiah. All glory to Jesus forever and always! Oh, yes, yes, yes.
1Peter 5:10-11 MSG
(10) The suffering won't last forever. It won't be long before this generous God who has great plans for us in Christ--eternal and glorious plans they are!--will have you put together and on your feet for good.
(11) He gets the last word; yes, he does.
Num 6:23-27
(23) …This is how you are to bless the People of Israel. Say to them,
(24) GOD bless you and keep you,
(25) GOD smile on you and gift you,
(26) GOD look you full in the face and make you prosper.
(27) In so doing, they will place my name on the People of Israel-- I will confirm it by blessing them."
Monday, February 23, 2009
Blessed - Think on This!
Blessed!
Psalm 1:1-6 MSG
(1) How well God must like you - you don't hang out at Sin Saloon, you don't slink along Dead-End Road, you don't go to Smart-Mouth College.
(2) Instead you thrill to GOD’ s Word, you chew on Scripture day and night.
(3) You're a tree replanted in Eden, bearing fresh fruit every month, Never dropping a leaf, always in blossom.
(4) You're not at all like the wicked, who are mere windblown dust--
(5) Without defense in court, unfit company for innocent people.
(6) GOD charts the road you take. The road they take is Skid Row.
BLESS, v.t. pret. and ppr. blessed or blest.
1. To pronounce a wish of happiness to one; to express a wish or desire of happiness.
2. To make happy; to make successful; to prosper in temporal concerns; as, we are blest with peace and plenty.
3. To make happy in a future life.
4. To set apart or consecrate to holy purposes; to make and pronounce holy.
5. To consecrate by prayer; to invoke a blessing upon.
6. To praise; to glorify, for benefits received.
7. To praise; to magnify; to extol, for excellencies.
8. To esteem or account happy; with the reciprocal pronoun.
9. To pronounce a solemn prophetical benediction upon.
Bless, Blessed, Blessedness, Blessing
lit., "to speak well of" (eu , "well," logos, "a word"), signifies,
(A) "to praise, to celebrate with praises," of that which is addressed to God, acknowledging His goodness, with desire for His glory
Luk 1:64 MSG
(64) Surprise followed surprise--Zachariah's mouth was now open, his tongue loose, and he was talking, praising God!
Jas 3:9 MSG
(9) With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same tongues we curse the very men and women he made in his image.
Bless, Blessed, Blessedness, Blessing
(B) "to invoke blessings upon a person,“
Rom 12:14 MSG
(14) Bless your enemies; no cursing under your breath.
(C) "to consecrate a thing with solemn prayers, to ask God's blessing on a thing,
Luk 9:16 MSG
(16) He took the five loaves and two fish, lifted his face to heaven in prayer, blessed, broke, and gave the bread and fish to the disciples to hand out to the crowd
(D) "to cause to prosper, to make happy, to bestow blessings on,“
Gal 3:9-10 MSG
(9) So those now who live by faith are blessed along with Abraham, who lived by faith--this is no new doctrine!
(10) And that means that anyone who tries to live by his own effort, independent of God, is doomed to failure. Scripture backs this up: "Utterly cursed is every person who fails to carry out every detail written in the Book of the law."
Bless, Blessed, Blessedness, Blessing
from a root mak---, meaning "large, lengthy," found also in makros, "long," mekos, "length," hence denotes "to pronounce happy, blessed,"
lit., "good speaking, praise," is used of
(a) God and Christ, Rev.5:12-13; Rev.7:12;
(b) the invocation of blessings, benediction, Heb.12:17; Jam.3:10;
(c) the giving of thanks, 1Cor.10:16;
(d) a blessing, a benefit bestowed, Rom.15:29; Gal.3:14; Eph.1:3; Heb.6:7;
of a monetary gift sent to needy believers, 2Cor.9:5-6;
Psalm 1:1-6 MSG
(1) How well God must like you - you don't hang out at Sin Saloon, you don't slink along Dead-End Road, you don't go to Smart-Mouth College.
(2) Instead you thrill to GOD’ s Word, you chew on Scripture day and night.
(3) You're a tree replanted in Eden, bearing fresh fruit every month, Never dropping a leaf, always in blossom.
(4) You're not at all like the wicked, who are mere windblown dust--
(5) Without defense in court, unfit company for innocent people.
(6) GOD charts the road you take. The road they take is Skid Row.
BLESS, v.t. pret. and ppr. blessed or blest.
1. To pronounce a wish of happiness to one; to express a wish or desire of happiness.
2. To make happy; to make successful; to prosper in temporal concerns; as, we are blest with peace and plenty.
3. To make happy in a future life.
4. To set apart or consecrate to holy purposes; to make and pronounce holy.
5. To consecrate by prayer; to invoke a blessing upon.
6. To praise; to glorify, for benefits received.
7. To praise; to magnify; to extol, for excellencies.
8. To esteem or account happy; with the reciprocal pronoun.
9. To pronounce a solemn prophetical benediction upon.
Bless, Blessed, Blessedness, Blessing
lit., "to speak well of" (eu , "well," logos, "a word"), signifies,
(A) "to praise, to celebrate with praises," of that which is addressed to God, acknowledging His goodness, with desire for His glory
Luk 1:64 MSG
(64) Surprise followed surprise--Zachariah's mouth was now open, his tongue loose, and he was talking, praising God!
Jas 3:9 MSG
(9) With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same tongues we curse the very men and women he made in his image.
Bless, Blessed, Blessedness, Blessing
(B) "to invoke blessings upon a person,“
Rom 12:14 MSG
(14) Bless your enemies; no cursing under your breath.
(C) "to consecrate a thing with solemn prayers, to ask God's blessing on a thing,
Luk 9:16 MSG
(16) He took the five loaves and two fish, lifted his face to heaven in prayer, blessed, broke, and gave the bread and fish to the disciples to hand out to the crowd
(D) "to cause to prosper, to make happy, to bestow blessings on,“
Gal 3:9-10 MSG
(9) So those now who live by faith are blessed along with Abraham, who lived by faith--this is no new doctrine!
(10) And that means that anyone who tries to live by his own effort, independent of God, is doomed to failure. Scripture backs this up: "Utterly cursed is every person who fails to carry out every detail written in the Book of the law."
Bless, Blessed, Blessedness, Blessing
from a root mak---, meaning "large, lengthy," found also in makros, "long," mekos, "length," hence denotes "to pronounce happy, blessed,"
lit., "good speaking, praise," is used of
(a) God and Christ, Rev.5:12-13; Rev.7:12;
(b) the invocation of blessings, benediction, Heb.12:17; Jam.3:10;
(c) the giving of thanks, 1Cor.10:16;
(d) a blessing, a benefit bestowed, Rom.15:29; Gal.3:14; Eph.1:3; Heb.6:7;
of a monetary gift sent to needy believers, 2Cor.9:5-6;
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