Episode 391
Blessings Beyond Measure
"Favor is not something that we earn. Favor is something that is given."- Wesleyne
"May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show his favor and give you his peace."- Numbers 6:24-26 (NLT)
Summary
This episode is centered on the powerful prayer from Numbers 6:24-26, which calls for God's blessings, protection, favor, and peace.
The message reflects on the different kinds of blessings we need at various points in our lives—whether financial, emotional, or otherwise.
It also emphasizes God's protection, especially during times of trials, and how these challenges can reveal our growth and healing.
The episode further explores the concept of God’s favor, a gift that isn't earned but given, which brings peace amidst life's storms.
Today's message encourages listeners to recognize and embrace the different ways God blesses and protects us in our lives.
Whether we're facing challenges or enjoying moments of peace, God is actively working in our favor, showing His love and grace.
The prayer from Numbers 6 serves as a powerful reminder that God's favor and peace are gifts that we can rely on, no matter what circumstances we face.
We are invited to reflect on the blessings we need and trust in God's ongoing protection and grace.
Takeaways
- God’s blessings come in various forms—financial, emotional, or otherwise—depending on what we need at different times.
- Challenges in life can be a sign of God’s protection and an opportunity to see how much we’ve grown and healed.
- God’s favor is a gift, not something we earn, and it brings us peace.
- We should find comfort in knowing that God’s grace is sufficient for us in every situation.
- Embrace God’s blessings and protection, and trust that He is always working in your favor.
Chapters
- 00:00- Introduction to the Prayer of Blessing
- 01:00- Understanding the Need for Different Blessings
- 02:06- God’s Protection Through Life’s Trials
- 03:07- The Significance of God’s Favor and Peace
- 04:13- A Final Blessing Prayer for the Listener
Reflect on how God has blessed and protected you in your life.
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Transcript
May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show his favor and give you his peace. Numbers six, verses 24 through 26, read in the New Living Translation.
This simple prayer is something that I pray over myself, that I pray over my friends. And I am asking the Lord to bless them, to bless them in whatever way they need to be blessed. At different times in our lives, we need different types of blessings. Sometimes we need a financial blessing. Sometimes we need an emotional blessing.
Sometimes we need a blessing of stability. Sometimes we need a blessing of love. And so whatever you have been praying for, I'm asking the Lord to bless you. Bless you with what you need. You've been asking to be blessed with and to protect you, to put a hedge of protection around you, to block anything that is in the spiritual realm.
in the physical realm, in the emotional realm from getting to you. Protection, the Lord is always protecting you. When we feel like we're being attacked by the enemy, just know that the things that are getting through, those things are getting through because sometimes God needs us to go through.
Pruning a little fire to show that he is there with us To show how strong we are to see how much we have healed
Wesleyne (:And when I think about the current attacks that the enemy is lodging on me and I see how much I have healed, how a few years ago these things would have taken me down, they would have broken me, but the Lord is protecting me.
The next verse says, may the Lord smile on you. Smile on me. When the Lord is smiling on me, that means he is well pleased with me. He is happy with me. I am his amazing child. And he is happy with what he sees, with what he hears, with what I am doing. And he is gracious unto me.
He is ensuring that I am covered with his grace. That.
Wesleyne (:The battles that I am fighting, I am still doing so with grace.
And the last verse says, the Lord show his favor and give me his peace.
Favor is not something that we earn. Favor is something that is given. And so that favor means that as we are being attacked, as things are happening, it could have been worse. It could have been worse. And when we see that light, when we see a thing off in the distance that is giving us a little glimmer of hope,
us the Lord's favor and that is where our peace lies. We have peace because we know that we are favored by our God that He created us for such a time as this.
Wesleyne (:that his grace, his mercy is sufficient for us. So I will pray this over you again. May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show his favor and give you his peace.
