COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS PART 1

ABILITIES

Exodus 31:3

"And I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship,"

Romans 12:6

“And since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let each exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith;”

1 Corinthians 12:4-7

“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. And there are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good”

2 Corinthians 1:4

“who comforts us in all our affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”


ABUNDANCE

Deuteronomy 15:6-7

"For the Lord your God shall bless you as He has promised you, and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow; and you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you. "If there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother;"

Deuteronomy 30:9

"Then the Lord your God will prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your cattle and in the produce of your ground, for the Lord will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers;"

Psalm 92:12

"The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree,
He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon."

Isaiah 41:18

"I will open rivers on the bare heights,
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
And the dry land fountains of water."

Malachi 3:10

"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows."


ANGELS

Psalm 34:7

"The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him,
And rescues them."

Psalm 91:11-12

"For He will give His angels charge concerning you,
To guard you in all your ways.
They will bear you up in their hands,
Lest you strike your foot against a stone."

Isaiah 63:9

"In all their affliction He was afflicted,
And the angel of His presence saved them;
In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them;
And He lifted them and carried them all the days of old."

Matthew 4:11

"Then the devil left Him; and behold, angels came and began to minister to Him."

Matthew 18:10

"See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their angels in heaven continually behold the face of My Father who is in heaven."

Hebrews 1:7

And of the angels He says,
“Who makes His angels winds,
And His Minister a flame of fire”


ASSURANCE

Genesis 26:3

"Sojourn in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham."

Ezekiel 34:16

"I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken, and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with judgment."

John 14:18

"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you."

Romans 8:28

"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."

Hebrews 6:17-18

"In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath, [18] in order that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, we who have fled for refuge in laying hold of the hope set before us."

Hebrews 13:6

"So that we confidently say,
The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid.
What shall man do to me?"


AUTHORITY

Genesis 1:27-28

"And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. [28] And God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

Genesis 9:2

"And the fear of you and the terror of you shall be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given."

2 Samuel 22:30

"For by Thee I can run upon a troop;
By my God I can leap over a wall."

Luke 10:19

"Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall injure you."


CHURCH

Psalm 122:1

I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the Lord."

Isaiah 54:17

"No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper;
And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
And their vindication is from Me," declares the Lord."

Haggai 2:9

'The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,' says the Lord of hosts, 'and in this place I shall give peace,' declares the Lord of hosts."

Matthew 16:18

"And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades shall not overpower it."

Romans 12:5

"So we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another."

Ephesians 2:19-22

"So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household, [20] having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, [21] in whom the whole building, being fitted together is growing into a holy temple in the Lord; [22] in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit."


CONFIDENCE

Isaiah 40:31

"Yet those who wait for the Lord
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary."

2 Corinthians 3:5

"Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,"

2 Corinthians 9:8

"And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;"

Philippians 1:6

"For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus."

1 John 4:4

"You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world."


DELIVERANCE

Exodus 3:8

"So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite."

Psalm 18:19

"He brought me forth also into a broad place;
He rescued me, because He delighted in me.

Psalm 34:9

O fear the Lord, you His saints;
For to those who fear Him, there is no want."

Isaiah 10:27

"So it will be in that day, that his burden will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be broken because of fatness."

2 Timothy 4:18

"The Lord will deliver me from every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen."


ETERNAL LIFE

Job 19:25-26

"And as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.
"Even after my skin is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I shall see God;"

Matthew 16:25

"For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake shall find it."

Matthew 16:27

"For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels; and will then recompense every man according to his deeds."

John 3:16

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life."

Romans 6:23

"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

1 John 5:11

"And the witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son."


ETERNAL HONOR

Malachi 3:17

"And they will be Mine," says the Lord of hosts, "on the day that I prepare My own possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him."

James 1:12

"Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him."

1 Peter 1:4

"To obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,"

Rev. 2:17

"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it."

Rev. 3:12

'He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name."

Rev. 3:21

'He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne."

Rev. 21:7

"He who overcomes shall inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son."


FAITH

Mark 9:23

And Jesus said to him, " 'If You can!' All things are possible to him who believes."

Luke 17:6

And the Lord said, "If you had faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea'; and it would obey you. "

Romans 1:17

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "But the righteous man shall live by faith."

Romans 5:1-2

"Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God."

Galatians 3:11

"Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, The righteous man shall live by faith."


FAITHFULNESS OF GOD

Numbers 23:19

"God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent;
Has He said, and will He not do it?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?"

Deuteronomy 7:9
"Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments;"

1 Kings 8:56

"Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised; not one word has failed of all His good promise, which He promised through Moses His servant."

Psalm 121:3-4

"He will not allow your foot to slip;
He who keeps you will not slumber.
Behold, He who keeps Israel
Will neither slumber nor sleep."

Psalm 145:18-19

"The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him in truth.
He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He will also hear their cry and will save them."

Isaiah 54:10

"For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake,
But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you,
And My covenant of peace will not be shaken,"
Says the Lord who has compassion on you.

John 6:37

"All that the Father gives Me shall come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out."

Hebrews 13:5

"Let your character be free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, "I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,"

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

Psalm 1:1

How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!

Psalm 32:2
How blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity,
And in whose spirit there is no deceit!

Psalm 34:8
O taste and see that the Lord is good;
How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

Psalm 40:4

How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust,
And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

Psalm 84:5

How blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee;
In whose heart are the highways to Zion!

Psalm 84:12

O Lord of hosts,
How blessed is the man who trusts in Thee!

Psalm 94:12

Blessed is the man whom Thou dost chasten, O Lord,
And dost teach out of Thy law;

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord!
How blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
Who greatly delights in His commandments.

Psalm 127:5

How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them;
They shall not be ashamed,
When they speak with their enemies in the gate.


Proverbs 3:13
How blessed is the man who finds wisdom,
And the man who gains understanding.

Proverbs 8:34
"Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at my doorposts.

Proverbs 28:14
How blessed is the man who fears always,
But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

Isaiah 56:2
"How blessed is the man who does this,
And the son of man who takes hold of it;
Who keeps from profaning the sabbath,
And keeps his hand from doing any evil."

Jeremiah 17:7
"Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord
And whose trust is the Lord.

All of these passages of Scripture tell us one thing, that we who put our trust in the Lord are blessed. If you are a born again Christian, you are blessed.

Ephesians 1:3 tell us, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,” Note that is say “with every spiritual blessing.” Not just with some of them, a few of them, but with “every” spiritual blessing in Christ.

If that is true, then why does if feel and look like we are not. We are blessed, whether we feel like it or not. But because the Word of God says we are, then we are. We just need to acknowledge them in our lives. We need to start speaking “blessing” and not “cursing” into our lives.

I read an article one time titled, “You are the Prophet of Your Life.” Your life is determined by the words you speak. Where you are today is a result of the words you have been speaking.

Do you want to change your circumstances, then change the words you are speaking. Start speaking the Word of God.

After reading the article, I began to realize that I have been my own worst enemy.
My words were creating my reality. So I have started and continued to change the words that I speak. It hasn’t been easy, but it takes discipline and determination to stay with it.

I spend a considerable amount of time in the morning speaking the Word of God. And I expect changes to start happening. In little ways is has, but I continue to work at it. I am more aware of what I am staying and I have to work at speaking words of blessing over people who irritate me. I can’t afford to let cursing come out of my mouth.

Not only that, but also I have been speaking words of blessing over my life and the lives of others.

In this series of teaching, we are going to be looking at some of the blessing God had blessed us with.

I have a book by Dr. Mike Murdock, titled, “The Blessing Bible.” In it he lists 58 specific blessings that we are blessed with. So little by little we are going to find out what God has blessed us with, and start speaking those blessings over our lives, and in the lives of others.

Before we get started, we are going to have to define “blessing.”

What does the word “blessing” mean?

The Hebrew word for “to bless” is “barak.”

It basically means “to kneel, bless, be blessed. It is interesting that the first time the word is used is in Genesis 1:28 when God blessed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The whole creation is shown to depend upon God for its continued existence and function. It is used a second time in Genesis 5:2 when God blessed Noah after the flood. The third time it is used is in Genesis 12:2-3 when God blesses Abram.
This repeated “blessing” on the nations is repeated in Genesis 18;18; 22:18 and 28:14.

In all these instances, God’s blessing goes out to the nations through Abraham or his seed. The covenant promise called nations to seek “the blessing (Isaiah 2:2-4), but made it plain that the initiative in blessing rests with God, and that Abraham and his seed were the instruments.

The noun form of “to bless,” “blessing” when expressed by men, was a wish or prayer for a blessing that is to come in the future. This is why the patriarchs blessed their children. This was very important to the children, especially the first born son.

It is speaking words over people and it had a powerful effect. Now you can see why Esau was so upset of being tricked out of his blessing as the first born.

In the Greek the word for “to bless” is “eulogeo.”

It means literally “to speak well of,” to “praise, to celebrate with praises” of that which is addressed to God.

It also means to “invoke blessing upon a person.”

What kind of effect do you think invoking a blessing upon a person will have?

It is powerful. It is powerful to know that God has invoked His blessing on us. We need to find out exactly what we have been blessed with in the following lessons.

As you begin to receive the lessons with the topics, begin to pray them over your life and in the lives of others. Thank the Lord for what He has blessed you with.