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  • The Blessing Defined
    1. OUR RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES
    Deuteronomy 28:3 Amp
    “You will be blessed in the city, and you will be blessed in the field.
    In the city
    In all civil employments (your job or business)
    In the field
    -in all agricultural pursuits (Your farm Vineyard)
    Isaac sowed in the land of famine… Whether living in town or country, whether engaged in trade or agriculture, Gods blessing is upon them to prosper each endeavor
    Deuteronomy 28:4 Amp
    “The offspring of your body and the produce of your ground and the offspring of your animals, the offspring of your herd and the young of your flock will be blessed.
    Genesis 1:26–28, NKJV
    Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
    – Fruit of your body
    All your children are blessed
    Produce of your crops and of your ground
    Every animal employed in domestic and agricultural purposes shall be under the special protection of Divine Providence. wisdom, (care, and guidance to be provided by God)
    Your Basket & Bowl
    Deuteronomy 28:5
    “Your basket and your kneading bowl will be blessed.
    Thy basket
    Thy olive gathering and vintage, as the basket was used to collect the harvest and fruit.
    Kneading bowl -Thy store,
    [uwmish artekaa. This word “store” is rendered “kneading trough. A place for your bread. At all events, the meaning is, there will be plenty of fruit for the basket, and meal for the kneading trough-an abundant supply of all the necessaries and comforts of life.
    Deuteronomy 28:6 Amp
    “You will be blessed when you come in and you will be blessed when you go out.
    When you come in
    When you return from your travels, you will find that no evil has happened to your family or home in your absence.
    When you go out
    Your way shall be made prosperous before you, and you will have the divine blessing in all you efforts as you go.
    Deuteronomy 28:7 Amp
    “The Lord will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you; they will come out against you one way, but flee before you seven ways. This is a promise of security from any invasion. Total embarrassment of the invaders should they enter your land, they shall come against you one way-in the firmest and most united manner. And flee seven ways-shall be utterly broken, confounded, and finally routed.
    Deuteronomy 28:8 Amp
    The Lord will command the blessing upon you in your storehouses and in all that you undertake, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
    Deuteronomy 28:11 Amp
    The Lord will give you great prosperity, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you.
    Deuteronomy 28:12 Amp
    The Lord will open for you His good treasure house, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.
    The Lord shall open unto thee good treasure:
    • The seasonable supply of the early and latter rain was one of the principal means by which their land was so uncommonly fruitful and abundant.
    • You shall lend unto many, and thou shall not borrow – i.e., you shall be in such affluent circumstances as to be capable, out of your excessive wealth, to give aid to thy poorer neighbors.
      • Deuteronomy 28:13 Amp
      The Lord will make you the head leader and not the tail follower; and you will be above only, and you will not be beneath…
      The head, and not the tail – an Oriental form of expression, indicating the possession of independent power, great dignity, and acknowledged excellence, This high condition was realized in the reigns of David and Solomon;
      Note: The detail of blessings comprehends the possession of everything necessary for a person’s happiness-health and wealth, security from external disturbance, and prosperity in all their internal concerns.The post The Blessing Defined first appeared on Covenant Life Church.
      45 min
    • Blessed With Ability

      Deuteronomy 8:18 NKJV

      And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

      ABRAHAM

      Genesis 12:1–3, NKJV

      Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you. 2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

      Genesis 13:1–2 NKJV

      Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, to the South. 2 Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

      MELCHIZEDEK

      Genesis 14:18–20 NKJV

      Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. 19 And he blessed him and said: “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; 20 And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”

      SARAH

      Genesis 17:15–16 NKJV

      Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. 16 And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her.”

      ISAAC

      Genesis 26:2–5 NKJV

      Then the Lord appeared to him and said: “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you. 3 Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. 4 And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; 5 because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

      Genesis 26:12–14 NKJV

      Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the Lord blessed him. 13 The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous; 14 for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him.

      JACOB

      Genesis 30:27–28 NKJV

      And Laban said to him, “Please stay, if I have found favor in your eyes, for I have learned by experience that the Lord has blessed me for your sake.” 28 Then he said, “Name me your wages, and I will give it.”

      JOSEPH

      Genesis 39:4–5 NKJV

      So Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and all that he had he put under his authority. 5 So it was, from the time that he had made him overseer of his house and all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had in the house and in the field.

      Isaiah 61:6–9 NKJV

      But you shall be named the priests of the Lord, They shall call you the servants of our God. You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, And in their glory you shall boast. 7 Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs. 8 “For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery for burnt offering; I will direct their work in truth, And will make with them an everlasting covenant. 9 Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles, And their offspring among the people. All who see them shall acknowledge them, That they are the posterity whom the Lord has blessed.”

      YOU & ME

      Galatians 3:6-9 NKJV

      just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” 7 Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.” 9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.

      Galatians 3:27-29 NKJV

      For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

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      46 min
    • The Power of The Blessing

      Galatians 3:13–14 NKJV

      Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

      Proverbs 10:22 NKJV

      The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it.

      John 3:4–8, NKJV

      Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

      Blessing Defined

      An endowed power for prosperity and success.
      – By nature, it is an endowment of power.
      – It’s effects and results will be prosperity & success.

      – Special favor that is intended to result in prosperity and success.

      (The Bakers Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology)

      2 Samuel 6:10–12 NLT

      Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath. 11 The Ark of the Lord remained there in Obed-edom’s house for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and his entire household. 12 Then King David was told, “The Lord has blessed Obed-edom’s household and everything he has because of the Ark of God.” So David went there and brought the Ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the City of David with a great celebration.

      Luke 24:49 NKJV

      Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”

      Luke 24:49 AMP

      … remain in the city [Jerusalem] until you are clothed with power from on high.

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      45 min
    • Lift Off

      Psalm 107:20 NKJV

      He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions.

      “You don’t have to try harder, you just have to receive the word better.”

      – Mark Hankins

      Isaiah 53:4 NKJV

      Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.

      The Hebrew word Borne Is nāśā‘

      Lift off, to rise, to carry far away.

      Psalm 103:1-4 NKJV

      Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: 3 Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, 4 Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,

      THE WORD OF GOD IS MEDICINE

      Spiritual medicine received by your spirit that will affect your Body.

      Proverbs 4:20–23, NKJV

      My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings 21 Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; 22 For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh. 23 Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.

      THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM

      The blessings comprehends the possession of everything necessary for a person’s happiness-health and wealth, security from external disturbance, and prosperity in all their internal concerns.

      Blessed shall you be everywhere:

      • In the city.
      • in the country.
      • when you come in.
      • when you go out.
      • blessed in their homes.
      • in their farms,
      • in their kitchens.
      • The fruit of your body.
      • The produce of your ground.
      • The increase of your herds.
      • Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.

        • Deuteronomy 28:3 Amp

        “You will be blessed in the city, and you will be blessed in the field.

        Deuteronomy 28:4 Amp

        “The offspring of your body and the produce of your ground and the offspring of your animals, the offspring of your herd and the young of your flock will be blessed.

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        44 min
      • True Transformation

        Galatians 3:13–14 NKJV

        Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith

        Philippians 4:8–9 NKJV

        Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. 9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.

        Proverbs 4:20–27 NKJV

        My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. 21 Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; 22 For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh. 23 Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. 24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you. 25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you. 26 Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established. 27 Do not turn to the right or the left;Remove your foot from evil.

        RENEW YOUR MIND

        Romans 12:1–2 NKJV

        I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

        Transformed Greek: metamorphoō

        Compound Word

        Meta

        This word carries the idea of an exchange,

        Morphoo

        This is the Greek word for a person’s outward form. Together

        metamorphoo, the compound word means to transfigure or transform one’s appearance.

        Ephesians 4:22 NKJV

        that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that 1you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

        Ephesians 4:23-24 AMP

        And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude], 24 And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) created in God’s image, [Godlike] in true righteousness and holiness.

        2 Corinthians 3:14-18 NKJV

        But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. 15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. 16 Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

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        41 min
      • Fully Convinced

        Galatians 3:13–14 NKJV

        Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith

        Joshua 1:8 NKJV

        This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

        1. STRONG IN FAITH

        Romans 4:17–21 KJV

        As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb: 20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

        Romans 10:17 NKJV

        So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

        Psalm 1:1–3 NKJV

        Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.

        2. STOP THE NEGATIVE

        Philippians 4:8–9 NKJV

        Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report,  if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. 9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.

        Philippians 4:8–9 MSG Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies.

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        44 min
      • Leaving The Curse Behind

        From Cursed To A Blessed land

        Galatians 3:13–14 NKJV

        Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith

        Joshua 1:8 NKJV

        This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

        Genesis 24:63 NKJV

        And Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening; and he lifted his eyes and looked, and there, the camels were coming.

        Hebrews 4:11–12 NKJV

        Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. 12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two- edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Unbelief caused them not to come in to the promised land.

        Proverbs 4:23 KJV

        Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

        WRONG MEDITATION

        Numbers 13:31–33 NKJV

        But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.” 32 And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature. 33 There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”

        Numbers 14:1-3 NKJV

        So all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night.2 And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness! 3 Why has the Lord brought us to this land to fall by the sword, that our wives and children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”

        11 Timothy 4:15 NKJV

        Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.

        Meditate Greek

        meletaō

        – To (pre-)meditate, to imagine, You are imagining, Visualizing in your mind. Devise – you create these pictures in your mind. To revolve in the mind:—imagine. – To ponder for the purpose of putting into practice, to imagine to dream about! – Mutter-To say it softly, to confess, to declare to your self. – To muse-as a cow chews its cud , it’s swallows it burps it back up and repeats to the point where the nutrients become one with the cows system.

        Mark 5:25–28 NKJV

        Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, 26 and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. 28 For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” Look at this from the Amplified

        Mark 5:28 AMP

        28 For she kept saying, If I only touch His garments, I shall be restored to health.

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        45 min
      • Choose Life

        Galatians 3:9–14 NKJV

        So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham. 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.” 11 But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for “the just shall live by faith.” 12 Yet the law is not of faith, but “the man who does them shall live by them. 13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith

        2 Corinthians 2:14 NKJV

        Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. He who hath believed do enter into rest.

        Deuteronomy 27:11–13 NKJV

        And Moses commanded the people on the same day, saying, 12 “These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin; 13 and these shall stand on Mount Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

        Deuteronomy 30:19 NKJV

        I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;

        Proverbs 12:14 NKJV

        A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth,

        Proverbs 18:20–21 NKJV

        A man’s stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth; From the produce of his lips he shall be filled. 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

        Hebrews 10:23 NKJV

        Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

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        43 min

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