Blessing

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March 22, 2024
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The Blessings of Cisterns You Didn’t Dig

I bless you today to think About the people who have Gone before you Digging the cisterns From which you […]
March 21, 2024
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Mr. Roger’s Blessing

In 2001, Fred Rogers, Presbyterian clergyman And children’s TV pioneer, spoke at Marquette University And said, “Anyone who has ever […]
March 19, 2024
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A Blessing for Boldness

“No man Shall be able To stand before you All the days Of your life. Just as I was with […]
March 18, 2024
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Quit Flapping, Start Soaring

You aren’t designed to flap Your wings Frantically, Futilely, Until you run out of fuel. You are made to soar. […]
March 15, 2024
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A Blessing to Persevere

I bless you to keep sowing Because … In due season You will reap! (Gal. 6:9)   Hell can’t crush […]
March 14, 2024
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Savor the New!

I bless you to see and savor the new. I might have liked it if God Had made daffodils to […]
March 13, 2024
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Overflowing with the Spirit’s Fruit: Experience God’s Love, Joy, and Peace

May you overflow With the Spirit’s fruit today. Love … God’s affection, selflessness, generosity. Joy …God’s laughter, light-heartedness, elation. Peace […]
March 12, 2024
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True Unity

I bless you today to Look beyond the world’s hate And rivalry And racism And finger-pointing And polarization Behold with […]
March 11, 2024
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Endurance, Patience, and Joy

I bless you today to be “Strengthened With all power, According to his glorious might, For all endurance And patience […]
March 8, 2024
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Peace with God

I bless you today with the peace that matters most— Peace with God. It’s the peace proclaimed in Romans 5:1: […]
March 7, 2024
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Awaken!

Eyes of the heart, Be blessed to open wide And see!   To see the hope To which He has […]
March 6, 2024
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Chosen

You’ve been chosen In Christ Before the foundation Of the world. (Eph 1:4) This isn’t wooden fatalism— This is a […]
December 21, 2023
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Wear the Robe Your Father Gave You

I bless you to Wear the robe your father gives you.   When Jacob played favorites And gave his youngest […]
December 20, 2023
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The Baby King 2

  Be filled with the preposterous Delightful Ridiculous Proposal that was put into song:   “Let’s make a baby king. […]
December 13, 2023
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The Blessing of Discernment

I bless you to discern What is right and best By the abiding presence of the Spirit. Beloved, God cares […]
December 5, 2023
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Made For Joy

You are made for joy, Child of God, Everlasting Joy. It means desert times, No matter how searing, Do not […]
December 4, 2023
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Desire of Nations, Come

Haggai prophesied Christmas By announcing the coming of the desire of nations, The desire of all nations.The deepest desire of […]
December 1, 2023
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One Born and Given

I bless you with The prophet’s words Made personal: “Unto you a child is born, To you a son is […]
November 30, 2023
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The Immanuel Blessing

Receive The promise from Isaiah’s pen, The prophecy of the coming King, The power of the Incarnation foretold: “Behold the […]
November 29, 2023
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A Fresh Infilling of the Holy Spirit

I bless you to receive A fresh infilling of the Spirit. “Receive the Holy Spirit,” Jesus told His disciples. (John […]
November 22, 2023
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God is Able

“Now, to him who is able to strengthen you…” (Rom. 16:25)   I bless you to know that God is […]
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