Friday, 14 September 2018

THE POWER OF BLESSING



Do you Bless or Curse?

When something goes wrong do you bless it or curse it?

Our natural reactions often lead us towards the negative, but that will only breeds more negativity.

Catherine Ponder in her book, _'The Prosperity Secrets of the Ages', talks about blessing people and the situation. It is a very powerful tool and brings instant success manifold. It is a very simple way to say a positive prayer for someone or something. One of Catherine Ponder’s favourites is “I bless you, and bless you for the goodness of God that is within you.”

You can create your own blessings.

When you are sending positive thoughts and vibrations towards a person they are much more likely to respond in kind. It always has much better results than cursing them.

When to use blessings?

1. Anytime when you are angry at someone or can’t seem to settle a disagreement with them. In Catherine’s book, she cites several examples of people being paid debts owed to them once they blessed the debtor and saw them as prosperous and able to pay.

2. Any part of your body that experiences pain or illness can be blessed. You can bless yourself and your own emotions too.

3. A boss or co-worker who makes work life difficult may stop harassing you, once you have blessed them and the situation.

4. Always bless your bills and your creditors and thank them for the service they provide. Once you start doing that, you will always have the money to pay them on time.

5. Bless your travel plans and see them going smoothly.

6. Bless your taxes and politicians. Politicians need to be blessed with the wisdom to make the best decisions for all who they serve. Blessing them will help much more than complaining about them.

7. Bless strangers you meet in the store. You can do this inside your head often as you shop.

8. Bless your relationships with your family, friends and significant others. Bless them when you feel they’ve hurt you. Relationships heal quickly after you stop worrying about the “wrong” someone had committed against you and begin blessing them.

You can bless any situation and if the act of blessing shifts how you feel about it, the changes it creates can seem magical.

The Forgiving State of Mind is a magnetic power for attractive good.

Emmet Fox said:

“Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse a thing and it will curse you. If you put your condemnation upon anything in life, it will hit back at you and hurt you. If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you and even if it is troublesome for sometime, it will gradually fade out, if you sincerely bless it.”

Always remember that happy people are not mean or rude, so send your blessings to those who treat others cruelly. If they turn happy, they will change their behavior and everyone benefit. Even if things don’t suddenly shift with the person or situation being blessed, you will surely feel better once you have blessed them.

If you could only love enough, you could be the most powerful person in the world. - Emmet Fox

Jesus always began his prayer, preaching, miracles and healing with words of blessing...in fact for him prayer meant blessing God at the first place.

"I bless you Lord of heaven and earth...."

 (words like bless /glorify /thank etc are used to express our thankgiving)

God bless you.


This was forwarded to me on whatsapp.  Wanted to share 

Psalm 23 A prayer



Father  
  I thank You that You are my shepherd . Because of this I shall not want for any good thing.
  I am so grateful too, that You make me lie down in green pastures and lead me beside quiet waters. The way You restore my soul in times when I am assailed by troubles, and the way You guide me in the past of righteousness, showing me the difference between right and wrong, is something for which i can never thank You enough. 
  Death was my enemy dear Lord, before I knew You , but now I am not afraid of that dark shadow, for I sense Your protecting hand over my life. I know I will die, but I know too, that I will live again. 
  Water comfort that is to me. How I bless You also for Your anointing  that covers me from the crown of my head  to the tip of my toe. Because You delight in me and continually pour into my life Your endless love,my cup always runs over. You do not leave me with a half-full experience; Your generosity causes me to overflow. 
   Blessed be Your name forever.
   
Author   :   Selwyn Hughes.