I love to bless people!
People probably think I’m weird.
Sometimes I talk like I live in the days of Jesus and the disciples…
but blessing is such a powerful act!
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue” Proverbs 18:21
and to bless someone is to speak life.
What exactly are we doing when we bless someone?
The Merriam-Webster dictionary shows 7 definitions for bless!
The definition for bless I’m referring to is
“to invoke divine care for”.
I’m entrusting them to God. He knows what they need.
We humans think we know what each other needs… but let’s face it…
we could be wrong.
God truly knows what will help His children.
So, I believe, by blessing them I am asking God to “care for” them.
To give them exactly what they need. Trusting the Author of Humanity,
our All-Knowing God to provide for them.
In my prayers I ask Father to bless them richly, wonderfully, and abundantly.
Scripture says: “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine” Ephesians 3:20.
So I choose to ask for more than I can imagine. Our God is a God of abundance!
Who loves to give good gifts!!!
“How much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him” Matthew 7:11
And to really pack a punch I like to bless in the name of Jesus!
The name above all names!
“Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name” Philippians 2:9
So powerful is His name that
“at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:10-11
So if people think I’m weird or outdated – that’s okay
because what’s important to me… is speaking LIFE!
Blessings to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
Patti Rey