PRAYING FOR GOD’S BLESSING 

PRAYING FOR GOD’S BLESSING 

Pastor Blake Hanson 7.29.26 

 

1 Chronicles 4:9–10 (NIV)

9Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.” 

10Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.

 

 

WHY WE MISS OUT ON GOD’S BLESSINGS… 

 

 

We pursue the blessings more than the . 

 

 

James 1:17 (NIV)

17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights…

 

 

Psalm 16:2 (NIV)

2I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.”

 

 

We ask with centered on ourselves. 

 

 

James 4:2–3 (NIV)

2You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 

3When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

 

 

We lack the to carry the blessing. 

 

 

Luke 16:10 (NIV)

10“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

 

 

Matthew 25:21 (NIV)

21“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’

 

 

We struggle at blessings. 

 

 

Genesis 12:2 (NIV) 

2“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

 

 

2 Corinthians 9:11 (NIV)

11You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.

 

 

 

GOD BLESSES US WITH… 

 

GOD BLESSES US WITH HIS .

 

 

Exodus 33:15 (NIV)

15Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.

 

 

Psalm 16:11 (NIV)

11You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

 

 

GOD BLESSES US WITH THE ABILITY TO MORE. 

 

 

Colossians 1:10–11 (NIV)

10so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 

11being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,

 

 

GOD BLESS US WITH OPPORTUNITIES THAT ADVANCE HIS .

 

 

Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)

10For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

 

 

Acts 1:8 (NIV)

8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

 

 

GOD BLESS US WITH GIFTS AND RESOURCES TO SERVE . 

 

 

1 Peter 4:10 (NIV)

10Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.

 

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