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Topic: COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS (Don't write about the song) (04/16/15)
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TITLE: God Given Blessings | Previous Challenge Entry
By Julene Celander
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I can state what I believe to be the best six blessings God bestows upon me and anyone else He knows and loves. The blessing of salvation has to be the greatest blessing there is.
For God to have forgiven me through His mercy and grace even though I didn’t deserve it can compare to no other blessing! There is no other feeling in this world like the weight of sin being released from a body and soul. No one other than Jesus, God the Father and the Holy Spirit can instill such a wonderful warm feeling…what a blessing this is!
For Jesus’ faithfulness to me would be my second greatest blessing. Because He is faithful to me, I can be faithful to Him. With the blessing of faith I know that God will carry me through whatever I am going through at the time. He takes care of my needs and heals all the hurts. With a strong faith, I can handle trials.
With enough faith I can know that Jesus will be at my side every moment of every day. Having the faith to believe, “with God all things are possible” does make everything possible. Faith helps keep me strong and helps me maintain control over my emotions when bad things happen.
God’s love is a blessing beyond compare. I am not able to fathom the love my Heavenly Father and His Son have for me. No matter how much I mess up, His love is there to caress me after I have asked for forgiveness. His love draws me even closer to Him. The love that Jesus has for me is passed on to other people with whom I share a day.
Jesus loves me so very much He sees me as a precious jewel shining and glowing and sparkling. I get goose bumps when I feel the presence of the Holy Spirit wrapped around me with love. Being like Jesus and loving my neighbor brings me all kinds of blessings because of love.
I also have the blessing of hope. Through God’s Word I can see the promise of hope I will have for all eternity. God gives me the blessing of hope to know I have a room in Heaven prepared by the Lord Himself just for me! And the hope of a jewel filled crown.
Evangelism is also a blessing. Not only the humble Christian who evangelizes, but the person receiving the Gospel of Jesus are both blessed by the Gospel. I was commanded to go and spread the Gospel. Jesus blesses me with all the tools I need to do so. He blesses me with the who, how, what, where, and when and teaches me to follow instructions in His word.
Talking about my Lord and Savior in a humble contrite manner and just showing people about my Jesus by how I live are both blessings. What better way to receive a blessing than to evangelize and pour out the love of Jesus onto those with whom I meet every day!
I am blessed by someone every day and I can only pray that I am in return a blessing to someone else. Prayer is the last huge blessing I enjoy. Being able to talk everything over with my Lord is indeed a huge blessing! He listens and He answers. He groans for me with compassion and knows what I need before I even ask. All I have to be is sincere and honor Him with what I say.
It actually blows my mind that He hears every one of my prayers and takes the time to answer when I am still and listen to His voice. He never leads me astray even when at the time I don’t understand an answer. Nothing is too big for Him to handle.
Yes, there are many, many blessings in my life…family, home, friends, careers, and one day, a loving spouse. All of those blessings are made even more joyful if I receive the above blessings first. With my favorite blessings, my life becomes more abundant. I am at peace and am able to bestow kindness, gentleness, love, joy, faithfulness, patience, peace, goodness, and self-control upon people around me. Praise the Lord for blessings!
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