BTR Weekly eNewsletter: Blessings in Your Family

Issue #700 ~ January 17, 2022

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Prayers for Blessing

"May the Lord bless you from Zion all the days of your life; may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem,"

Psalm 128:5

"and may you live to see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel."

Psalm 128:6

Let's meditate for a moment on these prayer promises.

2 Chronicles 7:14: "if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land" (NIV).

Now to our 2 verses for this morning.

Verse 5: "May the Lord bless you from Zion all the days of your life; may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem,"

The psalmist now concludes his meditation with a prayer. This prayer has 3 requests: (1) "May the Lord bless you from Zion all the days of your life"; (2) "May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem"; and (3) "may you live to see your children's children." He then concludes with the benediction: "Peace be upon Israel."

Request #1: "May the Lord bless you from Zion all the days of your life."

Brokenness must precede blessing. Submission and surrender also precede God's blessing.

"May the Lord bless you from Zion all the days of your life." This reminds me of Lamentations 3:22-23: "Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness" (NIV).

Request 2: "may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem."

It is now the prayer of the psalmist that it will be the joy of the man who is blessed to see an economic turn-around in Jerusalem. We had the word "prosperity" in verse 2. Now in his prayer, he is just expanding this prosperity to include the nation.

Verse 6: "and may you live to see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel."

Request 3: "may you live to see your children's children."

One writer said: "Fathers are what give daughters away to other men who aren't nearly good enough...so they an have grand-children that are smarter than anybody's." (God's Little Devotional Book of Dads, 312)

The psalmist then concludes with the benediction: "Peace be upon Israel."

I am reminded of the scriptural benediction in Hebrews 13:20 - 21: "Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord, equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen" (NASB)

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Praises & Prayer Requests

1. Pray: All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God: Deuteronomy 28:2 (NIV)

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2. Praise: 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,

Ephesians 1:3 (NASB)

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3. Pray: Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you. Job 22:21 (NIV)

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4. Pray: These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world. John 16:33 (NASB)

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5. Pray: Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13 (NASB)

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Join me in singing the last 2 verses of "There Shall Be Showers of Blessing":

There shall be showers of blessing:

Send them upon us, O Lord;

Grant to us now a refreshing,

Come, and now honor Thy Word.

There shall be showers of blessing:

Oh, that today they might fall,

Now as to God we're confessing,

Now as on Jesus we call!

Refrain

Showers of blessing,

Showers of blessing we need

Mercy drops round us are falling,

But for the showers we plead.

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

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