Key verse:
Psa 118:24-25
This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. 25Save now, I pray, O LORD, I pray, send now prosperity. NKJV
Heb 7:1-2
This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, 2and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything.
Valley of Shaveh, Kidron: Dark, black, mourning
Blessings despite the imperfect
Through Christ’s work on the cross, you can experience blessings despite dark times and even our own ugly choices. These blessings can be released when we speak blessings over the people around us, and speaking to the mountains, and not about the mountains.
The blessings spoken release powerful positive forces to act on your behalf and release expectation and faith for miracles.
1. Christ has already turned our
to blessings
Gen 14:18-20
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, 19and he blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. 20And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
Heb 7:9-10
Even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak, 10for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him. NKJV
Gal 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
Blessings channeled through His priests
Heb 5:6
You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
Blessings channeled from His house
Psa 65:4
Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple.
Psa 118:26
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.
Heb 10:25
We should not stop gathering together with other believers, as some of you are doing. Instead, we must continue to encourage each other even more as we see the day of the Lord coming. GW
Q. What are the two key foundation of blessings even in dark times?
Q. How have you experienced blessings through His priests and His house?
2. Speaking blessings releases powerful positive
to act on your behalf
Heb 7:1-2
This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, 2and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything.
Bless eulogeo (yoo-log-eh’-o): To speak well, to call good things to be, to set aside (consecrate), to release favor and prosperity, to make happy, to make whole, praise. Thayer’s Greek Lexicon and Brown Driver & Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
Gen 49:5-8
Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of cruelty are in their dwelling place. 7Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce. NKJV
*Cf Gen 34 – why cursed by Jacob*
Jas 1:20
Human anger does not achieve God’s righteous purpose. GN
Rom 8:13
For if you live according to the flesh you will die. NKJV
Exo 32:25-26
Moses saw that the people were running wild and that Aaron had let them get out of control and so become a laughingstock to their enemies. 26So he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites rallied to him.
Exo 32:29
And Moses said [to the Levites, By your obedience to God’s command] you have consecrated yourselves today [as priests] to the Lord,
that the Lord may restore and bestow His blessing upon you this day. AMP
Gen 28:3-4
“May God Almighty bless you, And make you fruitful and multiply you, 4And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and your descendants with you … NKJV
Just because you’ve had a bad past, does not mean that you will have a bad future.
If you don’t make mistakes, it shows that you are not trying new things.
When you make mistakes, don’t keep repeating it. If you keep repeating the same mistakes, it shows that you are not learning new things.
2 Chron 30:27
The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place.
Q. What is the reason the tribe of Levi despite the curse, made the choice to make a stand to come back to the Lord?
Q. How do previous generation’s blessings affect us?
Q. What blessings can we speak to our future generation?
3. Speak
the mountain; not
the mountain
Prov 11:11
Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.
2 Thess 2:6-7
And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. 7For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. NKJV
Prov 18:21
The tongue has the power of life and death,
Mark 11:13-14
Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it.
Mark 11:20-22
In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. 21Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!” NIV
Mark 11:22-24
Have faith in God. 23For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall SAY unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he says shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he says. KJV
Speak to the mountain, not about the mountain. Don’t speak words to describe the situation but speak words that change the situation. Don’t speak how big your problem is but speak how big your God is.
Bless every
day and live in expectation
Psa 118:24-25
This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. 25Save now, I pray, O LORD;O LORD, I pray, send now prosperity. NKJV
Bless people around you
1 Chron 16:43
Then all the people left, each for his own home, and David returned home to bless his family.
Psa 128:3
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table.
Psa 112:2
His children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Psa 128:3
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table.
Q. What is the reason despite what we hear, we are to speak positive blessings over the city or situation?
Q. What does speaking to the mountain and not speaking about the mountain mean?
Q. What are we to bless everyday? Discuss examples of speaking to the mountain in your workplace or home.
Challenge of the Week
1. Memorize
Psa 118:24-25
This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. 25Save now, I pray, O LORD, I pray, send now prosperity. NKJV
2. Stop speaking about your problems this week. Speak to the mountain of difficulties, instead command them to be removed from the root up in the Name of Jesus.
3. Speak blessings to every new day in this week and speak blessings to the people around you.
Expect God to release positive forces to act on your behalf as you speak blessings with His authority.
Appendix
Declaring and Establishing Blessings
Job 22:28
You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways. NKJVS
Prov 11:11
Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.
Heb 6:14
Surely blessing I will bless you and multiplying I will multiply you. NKJV
Gen 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” NIV
Conditions have already been fulfilled in Christ
2 Cor 1:20
For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding “Yes!” And through Christ, our “Amen” (which means “Yes”) ascends to God for his glory. NLT
Abrahamic Blessings
Deut 1:10-11
The Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number. 11May the Lord, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand- fold more than you are and bless you, just as He has promised you! NASB
Deut 7:13-15
He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land–your grain, new wine and oil–the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land that he swore to your forefathers to give you. 14You will be blessed more than any others; none of your men or women will be childless, nor any of your livestock without young. 15The LORD will keep you free from every disease … NIV
Deut 8:18
The Lord bless you with the ability to produce wealth, and so confirm his covenant with you. NIV
Deut 14:2-4
2for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the LORD has chosen you to be his treasured possession. NIV
Deut 15:10
Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to. NIV
Deut 31:6
So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you.” NLT
Deut 32:13
He caused you to ride on the high places of the earth, so that you might eat the increase of the fields and He provided you with honey for him out of the rocky cliff and oil out of the hardest flinty rock. KJV/JY
Psa 5:12
For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield. NIV
Psa 41:2
The LORD will protect him and preserve his life; he will bless him in the land and not surrender him to the desire of his foes. NIV
Psa 103:5
He satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. NKJV
Psa 111:9
He has paid a full ransom for his people. He has guaranteed his covenant with them forever. What a holy, awe- inspiring name he has. NLT
Psa 112:1-3
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, delighting greatly in His commands. 2His seeds shall be mighty on the earth; the generation of the upright shall be blessed; 3wealth and riches are in his house; and his righteousness is standing forever. LITV
Isa 45:2
I will go ahead of you,and smooth out rough places. I will break down the closed doors and cut through the iron bars. I will give you treasures out of dark places & hidden riches. Then you will know that I, the LORD God, have called you by name. GW
Isa 64:4
Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who intervenes for those who trust and rest in him. NET
Rom 4:13
For the promise to Abraham or to his seeds that he would inherit the world was not through the (Mosaic) law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. HCSB
Gal 3:29
And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. NKJV
1 Pet 2:9
You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy people, acquired as God’s very own peculiar people, that you may proclaim the goodness, praises, wonderful acts and excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. JY
Blessings for the family:
I bless you with the blessing of Manasseh, able to forget past bitter situations; I bless you with the blessing of Ephraim, doubly blessed in the toughest situations.
I bless you with the blessing of Joseph, experiencing increase in the midst of distress and the blessing of Benjamin, receiving five times more, with the record breaking surpassing riches of God’s grace.
I bless you with the blessing of Sarah, able to overcome your natural limitations with grace. I bless you with the blessing of Rebecca, a woman of uncommon excellence.
May you be like Leah, finding favor where there is no favor. I bless you with the blessing of Rachel, a woman beautiful on the inside and outside.
Unless otherwise stated, the Bible verses are in the NIV
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