Hi Brian!
The word for this week is "bless". We will be looking at several verses in the Psalms that speak to our blessing HIM!
Ps 16:7 I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. KJV
Ps 26:12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the Lord. KJV
Ps 34:1 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. KJV
Ps 63:4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. KJV
Ps 96:2 Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day. KJV
Ps 103:2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: KJV
Ps 115:18 But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the Lord. KJV
Ps 145:1 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. KJV
Ps 145:1 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. KJV
These are all the Hebrew word "barak". Strong's Concordance says: to kneel, to bless God as an act of adoration. Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon says: to bless, to kneel. The Theological Wordbook of the Old testament says: to kneel, bless, praise, salute. We know that He is worthy of and deserves all of our praise and worship. We also know that we CAN BE a blessing to Him by doing so. 1 John 4:19 tells us this:
19 We love Him, because He first loved us.
We love HIM with the LOVE that HE has put inside of us! We also can BLESS Him because He has already BLESSED us! Isn't that just like GOD to already provide inside of us what He desires to receive back FROM us? He has given us SO much, even what we give back to Him has first come FROM Him! I am feeling REALLY BLESSED today! I hope that you are, too! I see so many great BLESSINGS coming to you and your beautiful family in the coming moonths because of how you have honored HIM and been a BLESSING TO Him! So hear is another new song from Brooke Ligertwood's "Eight" album called, of course, "Bless God":along with "Every Chance I Get":
Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!
