Loving the Lord to walk in obedience to Him and to keep His commands decrees and laws will help us live and increase

Loving the Lord to walk in obedience to Him and to keep His commands decrees and laws will help us live and increase

Deut 30:16

¹⁶ For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

Deut 33:11, 13

⁸ About Levi he said:

¹¹ Bless all his skills, Lord,
    and be pleased with the work of his hands.
Strike down those who rise against him,
    his foes till they rise no more.”

¹³ About Joseph he said:

“May the Lord bless his land
    with the precious dew from heaven above
    and with the deep waters that lie below;

¹⁴ with the best the sun brings forth  and the finest the moon can yield;

¹⁵ with the choicest gifts of the ancient mountains
    and the fruitfulness of the everlasting hills;

¹⁶ with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness
    and the favor of him who dwelt in the burning bush.
Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,
    on the brow of the prince among^[e] his brothers.

Josh 17:14

¹⁴ The people of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one allotment and one portion for an inheritance? We are a numerous people, and the Lord has blessed us abundantly.”

We learn the following from the above verses

1)     Loving the Lord to walk in obedience to Him and to keep His commands decrees and laws will help us live and increase

2)         About Levi he said: Bless all his skills, Lord, and be pleased with the work of his hands. Strike down those who rise against him,
    his foes till they rise no more.”

3)     About Joseph he said: “May the Lord bless his land with the precious dew from heaven above and with the deep waters that lie below;  with the best the sun brings forth and the finest the moon can yield; with the choicest gifts of the ancient mountains
    and the fruitfulness of the everlasting hills;

4)     The people of Joseph said to Joshua that they are a numerous people, and the Lord has blessed them abundantly.

 

God will bless us in every place we go and the work of our hands

God will bless us in every place we go and the work of our hands

Deut 28:5, 6

⁵ Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.

⁶ You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.

Deut 28:8

⁸ The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.

Deut 28:12

¹² The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. 

¹³ The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    God will bless us in every place we go and the work of our hands

2)    The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.

3)    The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands.

4)    The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.

Help the fatherless, foreigner and the widow so that Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands

Help the fatherless, foreigner and the widow so that Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands

Deut 24:19

¹⁹ When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 

Deut 26:15

¹⁵ Look down from heaven, your holy dwelling place, and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us as you promised on oath to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.”

Deut 28:3, 4

³ You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.

⁴ The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Help the fatherless, foreigner and the widow so that Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands

2)     Declare the blessing over your life so that God may bless you

3)     You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.

4)    The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

Give generously without a grudging heart and then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything

Give generously without a grudging heart and then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything

Deut 15:10

¹⁰ Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to. 

Deut 15:14

¹⁴ Supply them liberally from your flock, your threshing floor and your winepress. Give to them as the Lord your God has blessed you.

Deut 16:10

¹⁰ Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you.

Deut 16:15

¹⁵ For seven days celebrate the festival to the Lord your God at the place the Lord will choose. For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)     Give generously without a grudging heart and then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything

2)    Give to your servants as the Lord has blessed you

3)    Give a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you.

4)    For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.

Rejoice because the Lord has blessed you

1   Rejoice because the Lord has blessed you

Deut 12:7

⁷ There, in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you.

Deut 14:28, 29

²⁸ At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year’s produce and store it in your towns, ²⁹ so that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Deut 15:5, 6

⁴ However, there need be no poor people among you, for in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you, ⁵ if only you fully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today. 

⁶ For the Lord your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. You will rule over many nations but none will rule over you.

We learn the following from the above verses

2)    Rejoice because the Lord has blessed you

3)    Bring tithes so that Lord may bless you in all the work of your hands

4)    There need be no poor people among you, for in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, He will richly bless you,  if only you fully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all these commands.

5)    For the Lord your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. You will rule over many nations but none will rule over you.

The Lord has blessed us in all the work of our hands and we have not lacked anything

The Lord has blessed us in all the work of our hands and we have not lacked anything

Deut 2:7

⁷ The Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything.

Deut 7:13, 14

¹³ He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and olive oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you. 

¹⁴ You will be blessed more than any other people; none of your men or women will 

be childless, nor will any of your livestock be without young. 

¹⁵ The Lord will keep you free from every disease. He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all who hate you.

Deut 10:8

⁸ At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)     The Lord has blessed us in all the work of our hands and we have not lacked anything

2)     He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers.

3)     He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and olive oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.

4)     You will be blessed more than any other people; none of your men or women will be childless, nor will any of your livestock be without young.

5)     The Lord will keep you free from every disease.

No one can put a curse on us for we are blessed people

No one can put a curse on us for we are blessed people

Num 22:12

¹² But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You must not put a curse on those people, because they are blessed.”

Num 24:9

⁹ Like a lion they crouch and lie down,
    like a lioness—who dares to rouse them?

“May those who bless you be blessed
    and those who curse you be cursed!”

Deut 1:11

¹⁰ The Lord your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky. ¹¹ May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised! 

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    No one can put a curse on us for we are blessed people

2)    May those who bless you be blessed
    and those who curse you be cursed!

3)    The Lord your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky

May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised!