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You are most welcome to the presence of the Most High. We give God thanks for His faithfulness. We give Him praise for His loving kindness, yet another opportunity to fellowship and to receive the life-transforming word of the Lord.
In a precedent service, we shared on the consequences of blessings. And today, by the special message of God, we are sharing on the undeniable proof of the power of God's blessing. The undeniable proof of the power of God's blessing. And we'll be doing, taking our reading this morning from the book of Deuteronomy chapter 28, verse 1 to 13. Deuteronomy chapter 28, verse 1 to 13.
And I will be sharing, I'll be sharing from the, uh, reading from the Easy to Read Version. Easy to Read Version of Deuteronomy 28, verse 1 to 13. And He says, "Now if you will be careful to obey the Lord your God and follow all His commands that I tell you today, the Lord your God will put you high above the niche all the nations honored. If you will obey the Lord your God, all those blessings will come to you and be yours. He will bless you in the city and in the field." Can I hear you say amen? He will bless you and give you many children. He will bless you, your land, and give you good crops. He will bless your animals and let them have many babies. He will bless you with cups and lambs. He will bless your baskets and pants and fill them with food. He will bless you at all times in everything you do. The Lord will help you defeat your enemies who come to fight against you. Your enemies will come against you one way, but they will run away from you seven different ways. The Lord will bless you and fill your bands. He will bless everything you do. The Lord your God will bless you in the land that He's given you. If you follow the Lord your God and obey His commands, He would do what He promised. The Lord will make you His own special people. Then all the people in the land will see that you are called to be the Lord's people, and they will be afraid of you. And the Lord will give you many good things." Can I hear you say, "Love thy amen"? He will give you many children. He will give your cows many calves. He will give you a good harvest in the land that the Lord promised your ancestors to give you. The Lord will open His storehouse where He keeps His rich blessings. He will send her in at the right time for your land. He will bless everything you do. You will have money to lend to many nations, and you will not need to borrow anything from them. Can the Lord hear you say amen?
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The Lord will make you like the head, not the tail. You will be on top, not on the bottom. This will happen if you listen to the comments of the Lord your God that I tell you today. You must carefully obey these commandments. Hallelujah. Undeniable proof of the power of God's blessing. There are certain spiritual factors that influence events here on the surface of the act. And because these factors are invisible, they could sometimes be taken for granted. But every mature believer, every mature son or daughter of the Lord, must have good understanding of the workings of the kingdom of God and the operations of the Spirit of God. A lot of the things that happen on the surface of the earth are being influenced by these spiritual factors.
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The victories that you witness from time to time, week, every week, every month, every year.
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The breakthroughs, outstanding success, sometimes major upsets, shocking results in favor of the underdogs, the underestimated. Those things happen year in and year out. And a lot of these things are actually influenced by some hidden spiritual factors. And one of those spiritual factors that influences what happens on the surface of this art, what happens the affairs of men,
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is a factor of God's blessing. The blessing of the Lord has tremendous influence. What is a blessing? A blessing is a call upon supernatural forces to help or walk in favor of someone. Blessings, for instance, there are blessings that can be spoken or pronounced.
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Like we saw in Genesis 32, verse 26, when the angel of the Lord blessed Jacob, pronounced the blessing on Jacob.
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Amplified Bible Classic Edition says, "Then he said, 'Let me go, for day is breaking.' But Jacob said, 'I will not let you go unless you declare a blessing upon me.' Then the New Living Translation, Genesis 32:26, it says, 'That man said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." But Jacob said, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."'" What is a blessing? A blessing also is a release, a release of supernatural forces to help or walk in favor of someone. They are blessings, for instance, that can be invoked or activated into
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manifestation. There are some things you need to know about blessings. First of all, a blessing is the opposite of a curse. A blessing is the opposite of a curse. Deuteronomy 11:6. And then secondly, blessings can be spoken into existence through specific pronouncements, true specific promises, or true specific covenants. These are different channels through which blessings can be released. Thirdly, there are blessings that already exist as we speak. These are blessings that at a time we are pronounced, we are released into manifestations and into existence, and they are still in operation today. So for such blessings that already exist, they can go into manifestation on behalf of people without being pronounced afresh. For instance, in Deuteronomy chapter 28, verse 1 to 1-13, we read the different types of blessings there that God has already decreed into existence. So these are existing blessings that can be activated into action. How? By simply doing something very good, either for God, doing something very good for His kingdom, for His church, or doing something very good for God's people. Also, blessings can be received directly by a person, such as Jacob received from the angel in Genesis chapter 32, verse 26. Then blessings can be inherited or received through family ties. Blessings can be inherited or received through family ties. And I want to specify two families here: your biological family, and then your kingdom family. Yes, these are two major family links through which blessings flow. So the pronouncements, the promises, the covenants that God has made with certain families benefit members of that family. The pronouncements, promises, and covenants that God has made with certain ministries.
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There's some specific promises, covenants that God at a point in time released, pronounced concerning certain ministries. It benefits everyone linked to such a ministry. And this also applies with the leader of the family or the leader of the ministry. Positive pronouncements that God has made, promises that God has made, covenants that God has made with them, benefits not just the leader of the head of the family. It benefits members of the family. Such pronouncements, promises, and covenants benefit not just the overseer, senior pastor of the ministry. It benefits all members of the ministry.
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I'll give you an example in Job chapter 1, verse 10. Job chapter 1, verse 10. From the Contemporary English Version, it says, "You are like a wall." Satan was speaking to God here, and the subject of the description was the man Job. Contemporary English Version, Job 1:10, "He said, 'You are like a wall protecting not only him but his entire family.'" But his entire family. So Satan recognized the blessing of God upon Job. And then Satan, having tried by different means to carry out his evil ministry of stealing, of killing, of destroying, even in the life and family of Job, and he failed. He recognized that it was as a result of a cycle of protection that God had put in place around Job and his family. He recognized that the blessings Job was experiencing was due to the blessing of of God. So he said, "You are like a wall protecting not only him but his entire family." So you can be enjoying protection as a result of the blessing of God upon your father. You can be enjoying a mysterious kind of protection because of the blessing of God upon your family. You are still quote in Job chapter 1, verse 10. He said, "You make him successful in whatever he does, and his flocks and hells are everywhere." Then Good News Translation, Good News Translation, Job 1:10, "He says, 'You have always protected him and his family and everything he owns. You, you bless everything he does, and you have given him enough cattle to fill the whole country.'" So once again, you see that what they are, "You have always protected him and his family, and in fact, everything he owns."
Next, in the dimensions of how we receive blessings, blessings can be con- can also be contacted through close contact or association with a blessed person, through close contact or association with a blessed person. Genesis chapter 30, verse 27. You see something interesting there. Genesis 30, verse 27. I read two versions of the scripture. First, The Message Bible. Laban said, "If you please, I have learned through divine inquiry that God has blessed me because of you. Because of you. He went on, 'So name your wages, I'll pay you. I pray that from today, more than ever before, people will recognize the benefit that you have brought around them as a result of the blessing of God upon your life.'" Can I hear you say a powerful amen to that? In Genesis chapter 30, verse 27, Living Bible, he says, "Please don't leave me. Please don't leave me." Laban replied, "For a fortune teller that I consulted told me that the many blessings I have been enjoying are all, take note of that, all because of your being here. Of your being here." So brethren, more than ever before, this emphasizes that the church is a blessing. The presence of the church is a blessing. Anywhere the church is, pastors are blessings, ministers of God are blessings wherever they are. The children of God are blessings to any community and environment that they are located. And then Genesis chapter 39, verse 5. Genesis 39-5. We are sharing now at this point on the fact that blessings can be contacted through close contact or association with a blessed person. Easy to Read Version: "After Joseph was made the ruler over the house, the Lord blessed the house and everything that Potiphar owned. This is not beyond Joseph now. The Lord also blessed everything that grew in fields, not just one field, all the fields that Potiphar had. Take note how did that vast aid is that the Lord did this because of Joseph. Because of Joseph. And you are another type of Joseph. And as God blessed everywhere that Joseph was, God will bless every platform that you are connected with in the name of Jesus." New Living Translation, Genesis 39:2-5: "He said, 'From the day Joseph was put in charge of his master's household and property, the Lord began to bless Potiphar's household for Joseph's sake. All his household affairs run smoothly.'" Can you, can you see the secret? The hidden secret behind the well-being of things in an environment people are not aware of this. "And his crops and livestock flourished because of a blessed man he was connected to." A blessing is that spiritual force or influence that is released or activated for a specific purpose. That is what a blessing is. Blessings could be released or activated for different purposes. Blessings can be released or activated for an assignment to be well executed. And so, every assignment you'll be given from today, your group will be given from today, may the blessing of the Lord back you up and make that assignment well executed. Blessings are released or activated for a project to succeed, for a business to prosper, for a battle to be won, for the functions and duties of an office to be executed without stress. Blessings are released, the blessings are activated for someone in a position, a particular position to function effectively in that released or activated for an aspiration to be realized. Now, there are different consequences and effects, an impact of God's blessings. One, blessings are often the invisible spiritual factor responsible for the success, the victories, the good fortunes, the remarkable promotions, and great prosperity that so many people have experienced in life. It's actually the hidden secret, the invisible spiritual factor behind the success of that man, that woman, behind the victory of that man, of that nation, behind the good fortunes, behind the remarkable promotion, the great prosperity of those people. Blessings enable you to do something far better or much faster than you could have done without such a blessing. Blessings enable you to accomplish something far better or much faster than you could have done without the blessing. For instance, the outstanding wisdom, the foresight, the administrative skills, and the great achievements that were recorded everywhere Joseph was, Potiphar's house, in the prison, and then the great one was at Egypt, in Egypt as prime minister, on the field. All of these things were primarily due to the blessing of God upon his life. I pray that there will be evidence of God's blessing upon your life, upon your family, from now in a greater dimension. The presence and influence of God's blessings upon someone or something will always result in better output and better performance. Blessings have power. Blessings are powerful. And blessings could be the determining factor that will give you your major breakthrough for the rest of your life. Secondly, blessings bring immediate or future consequences. In Deuteronomy 28, verse 2, the Bible says, "This blessing shall overtake." Meaning they can be released. Blessings can be released into someone's life ahead of time. As I speak to you right now, I can tell you confidently that there are already certain blessings released into your life, waiting for a particular time in future, in your future, to manifest favorably on your behalf. Can I hear you say amen? So such blessings are waiting. They've been released into someone's life ahead of time, waiting for a specific contest or a specific time to manifest its positive effects in the future. Thirdly, blessings empower and support their beneficiaries to succeed. Yes, you saw that testimony with Joseph, to win battles that are far beyond their personal and strength or ability. When somebody's blessed, his ability or potential to achieve different goals are enhanced. Yes, they are, their potential and ability is increased. Blessings will multiply your ability and potential. It will also revive certain abilities that had been negatively affected, that had gone dormant. Blessings can even restore what had been destroyed. We saw how a case brought very adverse effects to the rivers of Jericho. And then through the prophetic ministry of Elisha, in 2 Kings chapter 2, verse 18 to 22, we'll see how by his pronouncements, positive pronouncements, his blessing of those waters, instantly everything changed for good. I declare by the mercies and power of the grace of God flowing right now, that any area of your life, any area, any aspect of your life that has been negatively affected by whatever reason, by the mercies of God, that yoke of adverse experiences and manifestations are today terminated. And we declare that area of your life blessed from today. We declare that aspect of your life blessed mightily by God from today. From now on, things will work well. From now on, there shall be fruitfulness. From now on, there shall be increase and multiplication in the name of Jesus. Let the Most High hear you say powerful amen. In Genesis chapter 2, 6, 12, Genesis 26, verse 12. We read something interesting there about a man called Isaac. He says, "Isaac planted crops in that land. In that same year, in the same year, in the same year, he harvested a hundred times as much as he had planted. Why? Because the Lord had blessed him." Are you blessed? If you are blessed, then be ready for a great harvest. Do your homework, be hard-working, walk smart, and the God Almighty will bless your efforts, bless your work with outstanding results, such as it did for Isaac, in the name of Jesus. So supernatural forces are released to empower, support you to reach a height that is far above what you could ordinarily it or attain them. Genesis chapter 39, verse 2-3. Amplified Bible Classic Edition says, "But the Lord was with Joseph, and he, though his slave, was was a successful and prosperous man, and he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made the Lord made all that he did to flourish and succeed in his hand." New Living Translation, Genesis 39:2-3: "The Lord was with Joseph, so he succeeded in everything he did. As he served in the home of his Egyptian master, Potiphar noticed this and realized that the Lord was with Joseph, giving him success in everything." Take note, everything he did, God gave him success.
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And then blessings also deliver from afflictions and attacks. Numbers 22:12, Psalm 41:1-3, and then Deuteronomy 28:7. God made it clear in Deuteronomy 28 that when the enemy shall come against you,
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he will surely arise on your behalf. So wherever believers are today, wherever you are, perhaps in your country, some enemies are currently ganging up and getting themselves together with a very wicked intention to attack the children of God. By reason of the blessing of the Lord as spoken and pronounced in Deuteronomy 28:7, the Lord says when such a thing happens, He has an obligation, a responsibility to arise on behalf of His people. So the Lord shall arise in the name of Jesus. And then blessings preserve and prolong life. In Ephesians chapter 6, verse 1 to 2, when God was encouraging us to and instructing us to honor our parents, He made it clear that it comes with a blessing, that when you honor your parents, it will bring a blessing upon your life that will make life well with you and will also make things well with you for the rest of your life and prolong and preserve your life. And then in Job chapter 1, verse 10, which we read earlier, you could see Satan acknowledging before God that the blessing of God upon Job had brought a hedge of protection, a cycle of protection around Job, round about his family, round about everything he had. So another thing you note about blessings is that blessings released from a powerful spiritual source can nullify a curse from manifesting. Blessings released from a powerful spiritual source can also stop an existing curse from having any further effect. And we saw that happened in 2 Kings chapter 2, verse 18 to 22, through the ministry of Elijah. I stand as God's servant and I declare over your life, over your family, I declare over every sector and area of your life that any curse, any spell that has been projected and have been released to walk against you in any of these areas of your life, the Lord Almighty today terminates that curse. The Lord breaks that curse. The Lord nullifies every spell, every spiritual arrow projected against some specific areas of your life are today terminated in the name of Jesus. And over those same areas of your life, we decree a blessing. We release the blessing of God upon that area of your life. We decree fruitfulness. We decree restoration. We decree compensation, compensation unto you for that which you should have received but which was affected by the attacks you suffered. The Lord Almighty also for that man listening to me right now, bring you a major divine promotion in the name of Jesus. There are different levels and magnitudes of blessings. Leviticus chapter 25, verse 21. Leviticus 25, verse 21. Amplified Bible Classic Edition: "It says, 'Then this is my answer: I will command my special blessings.'" So there are special blessings, they are superior blessings, they are great blessings. And God is saying here, "I will release, I will command my special blessing on you in the sixth year, so that it shall bring forth sufficient fruit for three years, for three years.'" Get ready. There shall be showers of blessing. And then The Message Bible:
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Leviticus 25:21: "It says, 'I assure you, I was saying that I was saying such a blessing.'" Are you ready for showers of blessing? Are you ready for showers of blessing? "I will send such a blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years, for three years, for three years, for three years."
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He has done it before, and we do it again. Receive it from the Lord in Jesus' name. Then, as we begin to close it up, in 1 Kings chapter 3, we are emphasizing here on the different levels and magnitudes of blessings. They are greater blessings that are greater than the other dimensions of blessings. In 1 Kings chapter 3, verse 12 to 13, Easy to Read Version says, God was speaking to Solomon. He says, "So I will give you what you asked for. I will make you wise and intelligent. I will make you wiser than anyone who ever lived." Now, take note that these were men who were blessed with wisdom. The people God is referring to were men who were celebrated for their wisdom. They were endowed with wisdom. They were blessed with great wisdom. Yet God is saying here, "Even above those men that I had endowed with great wisdom, I will give you a higher measure of wisdom. I will make you wiser than anyone, including the wisest of men who ever lived or will ever live. And I will also give you what you did not ask for. You will have riches and honor all your life. There will be no other king." Take note of this. "There will be no other king in the world as great as you." So there are indeed different types and levels of blessing. The higher the level of blessing released upon you for a purpose, the better the results you will have in that area. I challenge you more than ever before to deliberately begin to do those things that will bring the blessings of God upon your life. Begin to do those things that would bring the blessings of God. Jacob was a man that deliberately sought for, sought the blessing of God, and God blessed him. Work for God. Serve the Lord. Support the work of God. When service, support the work of God with your financial seeds, primarily through tithes, through donations of needs in the in the house of God. Support and be a blessing to God's people.
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Do go to the poor. Don't go to the needy. These are channels that bring forth blessings.
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Honor and support your pastors. Honor and support God's ministers. These are channels that open the doors of blessing. I finally declare today that today, for certain people listening to me, will mark your moment of open heavens. The moment of open heavens is when a blessing that has already been pronounced will begin to find physical expression. A blessing that has long been pronounced over your life will begin to manifest in the physical. And so I declare, please raise, lift up both hands wherever you are, that today the Lord Almighty put an end to your experience of closed heavens. Any area of your life where good things have been kept away from you because of closed heavens or closed doors, today the Lord opens your heavens in the name of Jesus. Today the Lord opens those doors for those good things to begin to find expression in the physical for you, your loved ones, and your nation, in the name of Jesus. I declare you blessed by the Almighty God. I declare your spiritual life blessed of God. I declare your ministry blessed of the Most High. I declare your family blessed of God. I declare your marital life favored and blessed of the Most High. I declare that your health, your physical fitness, your physical awareness receives the blessing and the power of God's blessing afresh today in the name of Jesus. And by raising of this blessing, any sickness or affliction that had been waging war against your health, the Lord terminates that sickness once and for all in the name of Jesus. I release afresh today by the leading of the Spirit a new dimension of God's blessing upon the works of your hands, upon your major area of calling. I release the blessing of God upon your finances. Every yoke of persistent debt is broken. Finally, by the mercy of God, in the name of Jesus, the Lord bless your fear. The Lord bless the works of your hands. The Lord bless your business, sir. The Lord bless you and highly favor you in the realm of your career in the name of Jesus. From today, divine promotion will become a regular experience for you and your family and loved ones in the name of Jesus. Receive the blessing, and that blessing, that blessing, that blessing that God has spoken, confirmed over and over, that is here to manifest in the physical. From today, you will experience the physical manifestation of that blessing. God did it for Abraham and Sarah. He spoke to them that they will have a son, confirmed it over and over. Then in Genesis chapter 18, the Lord gave a fine award that according to the time of life, by this time next year, you will carry a son. I declare concerning that blessing upon your life that from today, it will find expression in the physical realm. Receive open heavens for fulfilled blessings, for fulfilled promises, and fulfilled covenants that you have received from the Most High God in Jesus' name. So shall it be in the precious name of Jesus. Your partner family is blessed. Your Matana family is blessed. Every platform connected to you is blessed of the Most High. Your community is pleased. Your state, your city is blessed of the Lord. Your nation, from today, will experience and enter into a new dimension of the blessing of the Almighty God. So shall it be in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen.
Wherever you are, just put your hands together. Give the Lord honor. The Lord with a clap offering. Join those hands together with a clap offering onto the Lord. Appreciate God for His faithfulness. Something good has just been released, and there shall be evidence, physical evidence of God's blessings from now on in Jesus' name. Thank you for your time with us. Please stay in touch with us as well. Bring the word of God undiluted, refreshing, and transforming from Jesus Evangelical Assembly, the House of Answered Prayers. God bless you richly in Jesus' name.