Quotes About Blessing

We cannot receive, however, unless we set aside time for God to speak—and then let him set the agenda for our discussion. I've found that my agenda is frequently different from God's. He must be the initiator in my spiritual walk. He knows what I need to hear. When I'm consumed with my temporal problems, I miss the blessing of being out of doors.

Elohim was with him. He was with all of them, but not in a way that some might expect. Elohim obliged no man life or blessing. He dispensed his purposes as he wished and he did not owe an explanation for his ways. He was the potter and humanity was the clay, as their creation story explained. If Elohim chose to craft some of those vessels for destruction and others for glory, that was his prerogative. He was accomplishing his purposes for his people.

The centurion surprised them. "The blessing of Messiah be upon you." Demas went blank. Gestas was quick. He replied, "And also upon you, brother." Gestas pushed the stunned Demas out the door. Once they left the house, Gestas whispered to Demas, "Amazing. They consider each other family. Roman, Pharisee and pleb.

Everything is grace; everything is a gift.

May his joyous grace and total well-being, flowing from our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, rest upon you.

25I was once young, but now I'm old. Not once have I found a lover of God forsaken by him, nor have any of their children gone hungry.

2How blessed and relieved are those who have confessed their corruptionc to God!

22True enrichment comes from the blessing of the Lord, with rest and contentmentt in knowing that it all comes from him.

11The blessing of favor resting upon the righteous influences a city to lift it higher,f but wicked leaders tear it apart by their words.

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

Game of the Royal Way. I had discovered that when God supplied money He did it in a kingly manner, not in some groveling way. Three

I could hardly wait to tell Corrie what God had done with the thimbleful of willingness we had offered Him.

Everything is a gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our gratefullness, and gratefullness is a measure of our aliveness.

Why should we be satisfied with a brief moment of worship? With such meager devotion, we restrain the flow of God's abundant grace. If God can find a soul filled with a lively faith, He pours His grace into it in a torrent which, having found an open channel, gushes out exuberantly.

he still continued with GOD, praising and blessing Him with all his might, so that he passed his life in continual joy; yet hoped that GOD would give him somewhat to suffer, when he should grow stronger.

Travel safe, travel well. May those who have gone before be always with you.

Emotional memory converts the past into an expectation of the future, without our awareness, and that is both a blessing and a curse.

God give life and health to my enemies, so that they can watch my victory standing

Whether God chooses the ordinary path of rewarding our goodness with observable blessing, or the extraordinary path of blessing our obedience with trials that will strengthen our character and stretch our faith, his love is never lacking (Heb. 12:6-11).

Divine blessing flows from God's mercy rather than from our merit.

Because we have the identity of the Son, we have the favor of the Father.

The challenges of raising a child are as much for the sanctification of the parents as they are for the benefit of the child.

The trees which are pruned, watered and nurtured by caring hands bear the greatest fruits; it is the same with people.

If there is one righteous person the rain falls for his sake.