- TODAY THE LORD IS COMMANDING ME TO BLESS YOU ALL IN CLMI WINDHOEK FOR ALL YOUR MORAL,PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR MY MISSIONARY WORKS
- NUMBERS 6 :23-27 IS A COMMANDMENT FROM GOD TO THE PRIEST TO BLESS THE PEOPLE:
Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
- IT IS THE WILL OF GOD THAT THE SERVANT HE SENDS TO BLESS HIS PEOPLE MUST DO IT WILLINGLY AND WITH THEIR WHOLE HEART
- IT MUST NOT BE DONE HALF HEARTEDLY OR IN AN IMPATIENT WAY
- BUT WITH FULLNESS OF HEART AND WITH SINCERITY OF FAITH AND PURPOSE
- ISAAC JOYFULLY BLESSED JACOB AFTER EATING A DELISIOUS MEAL FROM HIM
- HE THEN SAID TO ESAU THAT HE HAD BLESSED JACOB AND HE SHALL BE BLESSED INDEED
HEB 13:17 SAYS:
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
- EZEK 44:30 TEACHES THAT GOD’S PEOPLE HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE THE PASTOR WITH THEIR OFFERINGS ANFD FIRST FRUIT
- WHO IN TURN HAS A SERIOUS OBLIGATION TO SINCERELY BLESS GOD’S PEOPLE
- And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest’s: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.
- THE DESIRE OF THE PASTOR TO SEE THE PEOPLE BLESSED IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE EAGERNESS OF THE PEOPLE TO WANT TO SINCERELY BELIEVE AND RECEIVE THE BLESSING
- THE RAISING OF THE HAND AND LAYING IT ON THE PEOPLE IS LIKE A VIRTUAL ORDINATION
- THE PHRASE THE LORD LIFT UP HIS FACE TOWARDS YOU PICTURES A PARENT LIFTING UP HIS CHILD WITH LOVING KINDNESS AND JOY
- GOD’S CONTENANCE OF MERCY AND GRACE MUST BE RECEIVED WITH LOVE AND THANKSGIVING
- ALL BLESSINGS COME FROM GOD ALMIGHTY
- THE FIRST BLESSING WAS TO ADAM AND EVE GEN 1:28
- THEN GOD BLESSED NOAH AND HIS SONS WHEN THEY LEFT THE ARK
- THEN GOD BLESSED ABRAHAM AND GAVE HIM THE POWER TO BLESS OTHERS IN GEN 12:3
- THE POWER WAS TRANSFERRED TO ISAAC AND THEN TO JACOB WHO BLESSED HIS SONS IN GEN 48 AND 49
- AS GOD BEGAN TO ORGANISE THE ART OF WORSHIP,THE RIGHT TO BLESS GOD’S PEOPLE WAS PART OF THE TRAINING MOSES GAVE TO AARON AND HIS SONS
- THEREFORE UNDER THE OLD COVENANT, ONLY AARON AND HIS SONS WERE ENTITLED TO PERFORM THE PRISTLY BLESSINGS
- BUT UNDER THE NEW COVENANT ALL BELIEVERS CAN BLESS OTHERS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST
- HEB 13:15 INDICATES THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE OBJECT OF THE PRIESTLY BLESSING.
- HE ALONE IS THE LORD ,HE ALONE IS THE BLESSER
- HOWEVER HE HAS MADE US KINGS AND PRIESTS UNTO OUR GOD I PETER 2:9; REV 1:5-6
- AS HE ASCENDED TO HEAVEN HE LIFTED UP HIS HANDS AND BLESSED HIS DISCIPLES IN LUKE 24: 50-51
- HE ALSO BLESSED THEM WITH PEACE IN JOHN 14:27 AND JOHN 20:19
- AS THE LORD IS DIRECTING ME TO BLESS YOU TODAY WITH LAYING ON OF HANDS EXPECT MORE THAN MATERIAL BLESSINGS IN JESUS NAME
- INNER PEACE IN YOUR LIFE IS THE GREATEST AND MOST IMPORTANT BLESSING
- BECAUSE WITHOUT IT NO OTHER BLESSING CAN POSSIBLY BE RELEASED
- WITHOUT THE INNER PEACE THAT ONLY GOD CAN GIVE AT FULL SALVATION,
- ALL THE OTHER BLESSINGS OF WEALTH,HEALTH,MARRIAGE CHILDREN ETC WILL EITHER BE IMPOSSIBLE OR SIMPLY MENINGLESS
- PROV 10:22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
- ONLY GOD HAS THE FINAL SAY AND THE POWER TO SECURE YOUR BLESSINGS SO THAT THEY WILL NOT BECOOME A CURSE OR FADE AWAY
- GOD TURNING HIS FACE TOWARDS US FOR BLESSING INDICATE SPIRITUAL INTIMACY,THE OPPOSITE INDICATE HIS ANGER
- SO LET US COME JOYFULLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE THIS MORNING AND RECEIVE HIS FREE GIFTS OF LOVE AND MERCY WITH THANKSGIVING
- TRADITIONALLY THE PRIEST WOULD JOYFULLY PERFORM THIS BLESSING CEREMONY AFTER THE SACRIFICES OF THE PEOPLE
- THE LORD HAS SEEN OUR VARIOUS SACRIFICES IN CLMI WDK NORTH AND WANTS TO BLESS US
- LET US RISE UP TO THANK HIM WHO HAS MADE US KINGS AND PRIESTS
- MINISTERATION
- SALVATION
- BLESSINGS WITH LAYING ON OF HANDS