Be a Blessing

[BigEd]

Re. 1:5,6 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, thefirstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father — to him be glory and power for ever and ever!Amen.

 

At my church, a couple of months ago,( i go to a vineyard church) we had a vistor, Bob Craine, who was one of the early founders of the vineyard movement. He preached on this scripture. What he said has very much stuck in my mind. That we are all priests. That as priests we minister on to the Lord, in worship. We also minister to others. That as priests of the Most High God, that we can Bless others. This idea of blessing others has very much been on my heart since. In the past i have been a very cynical and critical person; shoot down people, shooting down their ideas and shooting down their dreams. When i do this, i curse them.

In these days I repent of this behavior, and  i pray that instead that i would bless others. In this world we live in their are so many people lost and in pain. These people need our blessing, our encouragement, and our prayer. How can i bless? by listening instead of offering an unsolcilted opinion, i can pray for someone instead of judging them, that i can be patient with people who are anger or depressed. With the Lord strength, may we be able to do this.

Today, Lord,

I Pray that I would be a blessing to others.

 

[GraftMeIn]

I've never heard of the vineyard movement, or Bob Craine. but I do like what you've posted

It seems to all fall along those lines of taming our tongues, and learning to truly Love others. Not an easy task on our own, but with Gods help we can do it!

 

[Blessed-one]

be a blessing to others. how hard can this be?!

May the Lord help us to always remember.

 

[Gerry]

I have responded to this in another thread. But I will add that you are a great blessing and have been and will be to even more. Rest in Jesus!

 

[shout2thelord]

Blessed to be a blessing

 

[altya]

I agree, we have to be a blessing to people

God is dealing with me on this too. Showing me that there is prayers that only God can answer – those who need supper natural intervention, and those that the Body of Christ can answer.

Example: If someone is sick, only God can heal, no matter how much ‘spiritual power’ anyone can have. We are just a channel by laying our hands and anoints with oil. God is doing always the healings.

If I am in a prayer room and heard someone pray for ‘bread’ and I feel the prayer is touching my heart and I am in a position to supply the bread, I can become a prayer answered.

I believe if we are in tune with the Holy Spirit we will know exactly where and when to be an answer to a prayer. Be a blessing, we need the body of Christ to stand in love and unity

 

[UnlikelyAngel]

Before being a blessing to others, I think you first have to believe you're a blessing to yourself. Knowing this gives you an inner peace that can't help being passed on to others. Maybe its something a major like helping someone in need or as simple as smiling at a stranger. Who knows...that smile may be just what that person needed to make them feel worthwhile.