Proverbs 10:22 “The blessing of the Lord makes a person rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.”
Be That Somebody Who Handles Blessings
2 Chronicles 1:11-12 “God said to Solomon, ‘Because your greatest desire is to help your people, and you did not ask for wealth, riches, fame, or even the death of your enemies or a long life, but rather you asked for wisdom and knowledge to properly govern my people - I will certainly give you the wisdom and knowledge you requested. But I will also give you wealth, riches, and fame such as no other king has had before you or will ever have in the future!’”
1 Kings 11:1-3 “King Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides Pharaoh’s daughter, he married women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and from among the Hittites. The Lord had clearly instructed the people of Israel, ‘You must not marry them, because they will turn your hearts to their gods.’ Yet Solomon insisted on loving them anyway. He had 700 wives of royal birth and 300 concubines. And in fact, they did turn his heart away from the Lord.”
The Blessing Of A Job
Genesis 2:15 “The Lord took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it.”
2 Thessalonians 3:19 “….if you don’t work, you don’t eat.”
The Blessing Of Money
Ecclesiastes 5:10-11a “He who loves money shall never have enough. The foolishness of thinking that wealth brings happiness! The more you have, the more you spend, right up to the limits of your income.”
Proverbs 30:8-9 “Give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs. For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.”
1 Timothy 6:6-7 “Godliness with contentment is great gain. We brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out.”
The Blessing Of A Spouse
Genesis 2:18, 21-22 “God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.’ God caused Adam to fall into a deep sleep. While he slept, God took out one of Adam’s ribs and closed up the opening. God made a woman from the rib, and He brought her to Adam.”
Proverbs 18:22 “He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.”
The Blessing Of Children
Genesis 1:28 “God blessed them and said, ‘Be fruitful and multiply.’”
Psalm 127:3 “Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from Him.”
The big idea: You are that somebody!