“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.”

‭‭Malachi‬ ‭3‬:‭10‬

Lord God, we know You as the One who can feed the 5000 with a boy’s lunch and cause oil to flow until a widow’s creditors are fully paid off. And we know You are a debtor to no one. Even when Peter lends You his boat so You could teach the crowd You repaid him with a great catch. Forgive us when we withhold anything that You are prompting us to give. You own the cattle on a thousand hills. You don’t need our pennies, but You want our hearts. And You want us to enjoy the blessing of giving. And until we are willing to yield what You have given us to meet needs in Your house, we won’t learn just how generous You are. 

So Lord God, stir our hearts to give, and to give cheerfully, and out of a willing heart, for Your house. There will come a day when the need is over and we missed the opportunity to have a part. Forbid it Lord that this opportunity would pass from us. So Lord God. You are our treasure, and we want our hearts to give temporary, material goods to yield eternal treasures. Thank You for this blessing to give, for we desire the reality of the blessedness of giving being greater than that of receiving. We do love You. Holy Spirit, would You teach us and lead us to experience Your faithfulness in this. 

In Jesus’ holy name. 

““Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭9‬

Lord God, do help us these days to pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another. We confess our tendencies to put ourselves first and so miss opportunities for Your life to be expressed through us. So Lord, help us not to retreat from situations that need Your presence. Give us grace to bring You into conflict so Your peace can rule and overrule. Without You, there is no peace. And wherever You are, Your righteous rule ushers in peace that surpasses understanding, peace that the world cannot give. The world is capable of temporary peace, or ceasefire at best, but the peace You give is abiding. For in You, everyone is satisfied. So live out the peacemaker in us all, Dear Lord. This is the evidence of the Son’s life in resurrection in Your people here on earth. We are sons!

In Jesus’ above-all name. 

“How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭84‬:‭4

Dear Lord God, like David, our hearts desire is to dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Like the birds, the swallows, find us making a nest for the young by Your altars. We would be like the house of Obed-Edom, content to be doorkeepers in Your house in all generations. And even in times of upheaval, willing to bring our Samuels like the heart of Hannah. We would be in this company of lovers of God, and our declaration is that we love our Master, we will not go out free. Pierce our ears, Lord, for You have loved us as sons. We love You, Lord. We want to be where You are. In Your presence is fullness of joy. Your house is our home, and we are satisfied and content to dwell in Your house only to find that we are Your house, and You dwell in us. We praise You! We will ever and always be amazed at Your higher ways and Your higher thoughts! How blessed we truly are!

In the life-giving name of Jesus we pray. 

“Blessed is he who does not take offense at Me.””

‭‭Luke‬ ‭7‬:‭23‬

Dear Lord God, You are omniscient and we don’t even know ourselves let alone Your wisdom and Your ways. We look at all the time we questioned Your intentions and You love and we are ashamed of our unbelief. Forgive us for those many times we took offense when things didn’t go the way we expected. You are God. We were made by You and then redeemed by You by Jesus’ great sacrifice from our fallen nature. So Lord, free us from our limited expectations. We acknowledge that Your ways are higher and Your thoughts are higher. And You love us more than we can ever comprehend. So, Lord God, Your gracious will be done. We submit to Your will. You must increase. Our self life must decrease. And we will trust in You with all our heart. In Jesus’ name. 

“Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭68‬:‭19‬ ‭

Lord God, we Your children bless You. You have borne our burdens day by day. When we awake in the morning, we realize that You have been faithful. When we lay our head down on the pillow, You have been faithful. For all the days and nights we thought we could not bear another moment, You bore that moment for us. You saved us when we called on Your name and placed our trust and our hope in You to save us from our sins and restore us to our Holy Father God, and You continue to save us this moment when we call on the name of Jesus. We were created to have our being in Christ not apart from Christ. So, Lord God, You are our salvation once for all and day to day. We can rest from all our striving and walk in Christ and in all the good works You’ve prepared beforehand. Especially in these dark and confusing times, we bless You. How kind and faithful You are. We trust You. We rest in Your finished work. In Jesus’ saving name. 

““Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭8‬

Lord God, on this resurrection morning, we want to shout our praises to You! Christ is risen from the dead!

Lord Jesus, we want to see You. Thank You for appearing to Mary when You rose from the dead. Her pure and simple heart of devotion You honored. You are everything to her and she would rather linger at a tomb because You had been there. Lord Jesus, You live! And today, we pray that we would be among those who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. With a pure heart, we just want to love You and see You, just as You promised. We take the Blood of Jesus to purify our hearts. Give us vision. May our eyes be fixed on You. In Jesus’ most precious name. 

“O taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭34‬:‭8‬

Lord God, on this day of remembrance, of recounting all Jesus endured in Gethesmane, and His sacrifice and victory on Calvary, and triumph in the unseen realm, we say, the Lord is good. Lord Jesus, You took the way of the Cross. You conquered death in Your dying, and brought us all Eternal life when Your shed Your life-giving blood for all humanity. Thank You that the tomb could not hold You. Death and Hades could not keep you down. You are resurrection Life, death-conquering Life. Today.

So, Lord Jesus, we rest in You. We put our trust in Your finished work on the Cross of Calvary. We take refuge in You. You paid it all, there is no claim left on me, not Satan, not sin, not guilt, not death. And when the Righteous Judge of All looks on me, He see You and accepts Your righteousness and Your payment and accepts me bound up in Your life. Hallelujah! What Savior You are to me. My life, my refuge forever. O taste and see, that the Lord is GOOD!

In Jesus’ saving name!

“How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered!”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭32‬:1

Dear Lord Jesus, we are so blessed because You willingly laid Your life down for us on the Cross. You are the Lamb of God who took away the sin of the world by shedding Your own precious blood. By Your blood, our transgressions are forgiven and our sins covered. Once for all.  

Thank You Father for looking upon us through the Blood of Your Son. Thank You for accounting His righteousness unto us. What love. We receive this grace with thanksgiving and humility. We haven’t done a thing to deserve this grace, we’ve only given You grief. So Lord God, on this day when the world remembers Christ Jesus’ crucifixion and sacrifice, we honor You in believing and receiving. His blood was shed for me.

We are blessed and blessed indeed. 

“Blessed be the name of the Lord From this time forth and forever.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭113‬:‭2‬ ‭

Praise the Lord! We love the name of Jesus. The Father highly exalted Him and gave Him this Name which is above every name! That at the Name of Jesus, every knee shall bow, in heaven, on earth, and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father! This Name is the only name that can save us from sin, from Satan, from self, and from the wrath that is to come. This Name saves us when we call, once for all and moment by moment. This Name is life and peace to us, for when we call upon His Name we get the person of the Name. Lord Jesus, we love Your comforting Name. Name to breathe in prayer, calling everywhere, now and always. 

And it is in the precious Name of Jesus we bless and pray.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1‬:‭3‬ ‭

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for blessing us with Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. He is everything to us. And every spiritual blessing is found in Him. And thank You for sending the Holy Spirit to us to make Christ’s life our lives so real. We are slow, but You know that. We are stubborn, but You know that. We have a little faith, and even that is a gift from You. But Christ is all in all to us. And You are well pleased in Him. And the Spirit will not fail to make Christ’s Bride ready. It matters not who we are in ourselves, we are Christ’s. We say, Yes, Lord God, Your Will be done on earth as it is in heaven. In Jesus’ name.