~ Who Can Bless Something
Else? ~
Divine To
Human ~ “And
God blessed them (Adam and Eve),
saying, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let
birds multiply on the earth.’ So the
evening and the morning were the fifth day” (Genesis
1:22-23). Other references include
Genesis 1:22, 28, 12:3, 24:35; Job 42:12; Psalm 45:2, 104:24, 28; Matthew 5:44;
Luke 11:9-13; and James 1:17.
Human To
Divine ~ “And I [Abraham’s servant] bowed my head and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the way of truth
to take the daughter of my master’s brother for his son”
(Genesis
24:48). Other references include Deuteronomy
8:10; Psalm 103:1-2 and Psalm 145:1-3.
Human To
Human ~ “By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed
each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff”
(Hebrews 11:21). Other
references include Genesis 14:19, 49:1-28; Numbers 6:23-27; Deuteronomy 23:1-29,
27:12-26, 28:1, 68; Deuteronomy 33; Joshua 22:6-7;Luke 24:50; and Hebrews 7:1,
6-7.
Human To
Inanimate ~ “Therefore,
my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak
as to wise men; judge for yourselves what I say. The cup
of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of
Christ? The bread which we break, is it
not the communion of the body of Christ?
For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of
that one bread” (1 Corinthians 10:14-17).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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