I became blessed when I started to really put God first in my life and what I mean by this is that I shifted my attitude from one where I was always seeking for God to do this for me and to bless me with that and to elevate me to here and there I changed that mindset and I started to become more Greatful and content with where I am it's in this position that I recognized two things I have much more to be grateful for than I previously thought and secondly but most importantly the more that
you magnify God in your life the more you can see his hand working you know often times we can so easily magnify the lack in our lives we have a car but we want a new one we have a home but we want a bigger one we have savings but we want more however there are Christians who are in some parts of the world and they live under persecution but they're the most loving joyful and prayerful group of Believers you will ever meet and why is that well it's because they have nothing else in this
world but Jesus they spend so much time in the word so much time in prayer and so the focus of their lives is the Lord they magnify God in their day-to-day and as a result they can clearly see his good is Mercy and Grace despite the lack that they have and so I encourage you to do the same if you truly want to be blessed if you really want to see how much you are blessed focus on God a lot more than you focus on yourself do you desire to be blessed by the Lord of
course we all desire to live blessed lives we all desire to have the favor of God in our lives but what does the Bible say about blessings allow me to share a few scriptures with you Jeremiah 17: 7-8 blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord whose trust is the Lord he is like a tree planted by water that sends out its roots by the stream and does not fear when heat comes for its leaves remain green and is not anxious in the year of drought for it does not cease to bear fruit take
note of that the Bible is saying when you trust in God you are blessed when you rely on God you're blessed when you have faith in God you are indeed blessed now Psalm 1 veres 1-3 says blessed is the man who walks not in the counsil of the ungodly nor stands in the path of Sinners nor sits in the seat of the scornful but his Delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law he meditates day and night 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 So based on this passage of scripture you are blessed when you don't follow the advice of the wicked you're blessed when you don't listen to the counsel of the ungodly when you don't give ear to those who do evil you are blessed when you don't stand in agreement with those who take pleasure in evil and the reason that you're blessed when you separate yourself from Evil is because Bad Company erupts good character light and darkness cannot be in Partnership
and so from both passages of scripture that I've shared with you Jeremiah 17:7 tells us that trusting in the Lord brings blessings Psalm chap 1 tells us that staying away from Evil company brings Blessings Now what I want you to really grasp is the cause of the blessings when when Jesus is Central in your life when you have given him the throne to your heart then not only do you trust him not only do you have faith in him but you become protective in the sense that you guard your heart you guard your eyes and
ears because you don't want to give the devil any room to discourage you or for him to have the opportunity to chip away at your faith blessings don't come because of what you do blessings come because of who you have in your heart and so to each and every one of us we should not Chase blessings we should Chase Jesus Christ chase the one who can bless rather than chasing the individual blessings Chase Jesus Christ Our Lord brings blessings with him Jesus Jus Christ brings blessings of peace with him he brings the blessing of Joy
the blessing of eternal life so chase God not the blessings now let us go to God In Prayer my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ you've said in your word I am the bread of life he who comes to me will not hunger and he who believes in me will never thirst Lord Jesus you have said I am the light of the world I am the door I am the resurrection and the life and Lord it is such a blessing to be loved by you it's a blessing that I know I do not deserve it's a
blessing to be able to call on you to be able to call on your name the name that is above every Other Name Lord Jesus J you are the first and the last you are the alpha and the Omega you are the True Vine and I'm grateful for you Lord because with you in my life I am strong in my weakness I am empowered by the Holy Spirit and I am more than a conqueror and it's all because of you I'm truly blessed because I've come to know your mercy and your love even while I
was still a sinner you love me Lord Jesus even while I was still a sinner you died for me and dear Lord I want to thank you for that thank you for the blessing of Peace that's upon my life and upon my family thank you for the blessing of Joy thank you for your protection your word in Ephesians 1: 3-8 says bless blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the Heavenly places even as he chose in him before the foundation of
the world that we should be holy and blameless before him in love he predestined us for adoption to himself as Sons through Jesus Christ according to the purpose of his will to the praise of his glorious Grace with which he has blessed us in the Beloved in him we have Redemption through his blood the Forgiveness of our trespasses according to the riches of his grace which he lavished Upon Us in all wisdom and insight your word Lord tells me that in Christ I am blessed with every spiritual blessing in the Heavenly places heavenly father I
thank you and I praise you for such a great and merciful love if I look at my life father if I look at all of the times that I've fallen short and even turned my back on you I can only thank you for continually Loving Me For Always showing me mercy thank you Lord Jesus I thank you because your word tells me to seek first the kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you father my desire is you I'm not seeking to be healed I am seeking the Healer I'm not
seeking material things I'm seeking The Giver of eternal life I'm not seeking gifts or money or Earthly things but I am seeking you Lord Jesus The Giver of Life the one who restores the one who mends broken hearts you are all that I could ever want and need and in you I am blessed with you by my side I am blessed I thank you for listening to this prayer I bless your name King Jesus amen blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord whose trust is the Lord he is like a tree planted by
water that sends out its roots by the stream and does not fear when heat comes for its leaves remain green and is not anxious in the year of drought for it does not cease to bear fruit blessed is the man who walks not in the counsil of the ungodly nor stands in the path of Sinners nor sits in the seat of the scornful but his Delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law he meditates day and night 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 [Music] prosper blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the Heavenly places even as he chose in him before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and blameless before him in love he predestined us for adoption to himself as Sons through Jesus Christ according to the purpose of his will to the praise of his glorious Grace with which he has blessed us in the
Beloved in him we have Redemption through his blood the Forgiveness of our trespasses according to the riches of his grace which he lav aved Upon Us in all wisdom and insight
