And the Lord said unto Abram after that Lot was separated from him Lift up now thine eyes and look from the place where thou art northward and southward and eastward and westward For all the land which thou seest to thee will I give it and to thy seed for ever

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 Sarah 039 s womb He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief but was strong in faith giving glory to God And being fully persuaded that what he had promised he was able also to perform

I say unto you that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance

And God remembered Noah and every living thing and all the cattle that was with him in the ark and God made a wind to pass over the earth and the waters assuaged

This is the day which the Lord hath made we will rejoice and be glad in it Save now I beseech thee O Lord O Lord I beseech thee send now prosperity

O Lord I have heard thy speech and was afraid O Lord revive thy work in the midst of the years in the midst of the years make known in wrath remember mercy

Gad a troop shall overcome him but he shall overcome at the last

Bless the Lord O my soul and forget not all his benefits

Behold I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts which dwelleth in mount Zion

A Fathers blessing is the permission and authorization to prosper