Bless God and He Will Bless Us

 

Ephesians 1:3
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.

    Blessing God is our primary focus as Christians, as God's people. We bless Him best when we give Jesus our hearts to live in. 
    We bless God with our hands in worship and in work.
    We bless God with our lips and our tongues when we give Him praise, sincere praise that comes from a grateful heart. 
    We bless God with our feet when we go where he wants us to go. And we go with a joyful heart knowing that our God has already provided not only a way to get there, but a way to be more fruitful in His kingdom. 
    We bless God with our arms when we carry loads to the altar (figuratively) and then lay them down there for God to meet the needs thereof. 
    We bless God in our daily lives, throughout our life, that God gets the glory and not we ourselves. 
    We praise Him and glorify His Name, for He is GOD and He is The Father of our LORD and Savior JESUS CHRIST. Had He done nothing more for us, that would be enough to honor Him with our lives. 
    But God has prepared spiritual blessings for us, blessings only available IN CHRIST. If we are not in Christ, then every spiritual blessing which God has prepared for the resurrected soul is not available to us.

    Being IN CHRIST requires us to ask CHRIST to be in us. We believe by faith that JESUS CHRIST IS LORD and we give Him access to our hearts willingly and joyfully, thankful that we answered the call to salvation, to deliverance, to an abundant Life in Christ. 

    Salvation through Jesus Christ saves us from eternal damnation and gives us eternal life IN CHRIST. An eternal, abundant, overflowing, without end LIFE EVERLASTING IN CHRIST. 

    Deliverance from the bonds and chains of sin comes from a close personal working relationship IN CHRIST. Him working in us through the power of His Holy Spirit, changing our hearts and transforming us from the inside out. First the heart and the mind gets changed, then the outward things that people see changes. But the inward change must happen first. IN CHRIST we are born-again; we are born ANEW. 

    In life, in the womb and from birth, we are given by God some knowledge -- awareness of faces, voices, wetness, hunger, comfort. As we grow in life, we acquire a variety of knowledge, not all of it good or wise. So, too, must the one who lives IN CHRIST and has CHRIST living in him or her, acquire knowledge and wisdom. It is a process, an ever changing pattern of growth visible to not only ourselves, but to those who are watching us grow. Even failure is part of growing IN CHRIST, for then God prunes us and we change again into someone who is able to be more fruitful. 

    These are but three spiritual blessings we have received from The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Imagine what is in store in the mansions which Christ is preparing for us! 

Statements of Faith - Blessed By God

 

EPHESIANS 1:3

I am Blessed by The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who has blessed me in Christ with every spiritual blessing in heavenly realms. 

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from The Father of lights, with Whom there is no variableness (change), nor shifting shadow.

Deuteronomy 28:1-14

1 By our faithful obedience to God's Word, He will set us on high above all nations of the earth.

2 We are to pay attention, be attentive to, God's Word and seek to know (with understanding and spiritual wisdom) and obey His will in every situation and decision.

 3 Wherever we live and whatever our work, it is blessed

4 Our children, our gardens, our livestocks will be blessed

5 God will supply all our needs

6 We will be blessed when we enter our homes and blessed when we leave them

7 We will have victory over our enemies and prosper in all we do; our enemies will fear us and our God, endeavouring to stay in our good graces

8 Our storehouses/barns/accounts will be prosper that we may bless others

9 We will be established as God's holy people, IF we keep His commandments and walk in His Way

10 They will know us by The Name of our God and be in awe of who we are 

11 Reiterates verse four 

12 We will prosper so well that many nations will borrow from us but we will never have need to borrow from them

13 We will rise above our enemies in the power and Promise of God, being the head (wise leaders); moving upward (as one does when mountain climbing, for example) but never downward.

14 As long as we remain in Him and follow Him, not allowing ourselves to be distracted by what tries to draw our attention away from Him, we will obtain every blessing He has herein promised His holy people. 

 In Christ, Who is God's Word in the flesh, I am forever truly blessed, indeed. In Christ, I am forgiven of my sins and redeemed by His blood, which He shed on Calvary. 

 In Christ, I am made whole and complete through His sanctification process through God's Holy Spirit. In Christ, I am not alone, nor will I ever be lonely, for He is my all in all. 

 In Christ, I am blessed beyond measure because He loves me. In Christ, I am God's adopted child because I believe that Jesus Christ is Lord. 

  In Christ I live and Christ lives in me.