Blessing: Your God-Given Advantage (2)

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“BLESSING: YOUR GOD-GIVEN ADVANTAGE” SESSIONS 1 & 2 AUGUST 20, 2017 è Bless, Blessing, or derivatives over 600 times in Bible è Most of us fall pitifully short of living in Blessing: Why? Ignorance, negligence! è God’s desire and design: Genesis 1:27, 28 Advantage; Ability; Authority: Empowered by God to succeed and prosper in every area of life! • Blessing is our impartation from the resources of the Bless-er to the receiver! [A transfer with no deficit to the Giver] • The Blessing of Abraham: Genesis 12:1-3; Deuteronomy 7:6-8; Exodus 19:5, 6; Deuteronomy 14:2; It is yours in Christ Jesus: Galatians 3:29 è How is it conveyed? Genesis 1:27, 28; Numbers 6:23-27; (See Revelation 1:5, 6) (See also Proverbs 18:21; Matthew 12:37) You Are A CARRIER (Problem is our failure as a receiver. We are waiting on external circumstances to manifest before internal revelation of The Blessing we have! If I lose or take for granted the revelation, I can lose the manifestation. (Hebrews 11:1) ★ For the champion, process is often Revelation – Testing – Manifestation! è Are you (as a carrier) Blessing (as a priest) what God has given you? è What can you look at about your life and say “The Blessing of the Lord is the Only explanation”? è Receiving revelation of the Blessing • Start by hearing and choosing to believe the Truth! You Are Blessed with every blessing in Christ! • Consistently Declare the truth …. I am blessed, I have blessing (Joshua 1:8; Deuteronomy 28:1-13) • Preserving revelation during trying, painful times and temptations. [The enemy uses deception and lies to steal the revelation. He attempts to convince you that God does not want your best. He also tries to convince us that we are the source of the blessing]  Exercise discipline and diligence  By Faith and Patience …. Hebrews 6:11-15 è We have the opportunity to Bless the Lord …. Psalm 103; Psalm 34:1; Ephesians 1:3