Blessings For A New Year

 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting!

And all the people said, "Amen!" and praised the LORD. 1Ch 16:36

In response to the Word of God, I bless this new year of my life! 

Rather than dwelling on the past, I press on towards the mark of the high calling of Christ.

I am not a failure, but I am more than a conqueror in Him.

I have been redeemed from the curse of the law.

In Christ I am an inheritor of the blessing!

I declare that I shall receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Because I obey the Lord and submit to His rule,

I shall be blessed in the city, blessed in the country;

All that is conceived in me and birthed from me shall be blessed;

All that I put my hands to shall be blessed;

I shall be blessed coming in and going out.

Christ is being formed in me, and He is my hope of glory!

I shall be fruitful and multiply;

I shall take dominion over all the territory the Lord has given me.

I shall walk in the counsel of God rather than the counsel of the ungodly.

When I am persecuted or reviled, I will bless.

The words of life shall be on my tongue, and I will eat its fruits.

In Christ I am blessed, and my year is blessed!

My times are in His hands, and I put my full trust in Him.

I am saved by the Lord, by the shield of His help,

and by the sword of His majesty.

My enemies submit to me, and I shall tread down their high places.

I dedicate my life this year to the Lord for the Kingdom of God,

And it shall be filled with righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Those who I come in contact with will be blessed

by the indwelling presence of the Lord, so that He will be glorified.

Genesis 1:28, 12:3; Deuteronomy 28:3-6, 33:29; 1 Kings 8:56; Psalm 1:1, 31:15; Proverbs 18:21; Romans 5:17, 8:37, 14:17; Galatians 3:13-14, 4:19; Philippians 3:13-14; Colossians 1:27; 1 Peter 3:9; Revelation 22:3

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Washed

Hallelujah! I am cleansed by the blood of the Lamb and by His Word! I am so grateful that I am forgiven, washed and free from a sin-conscious mind. My sins have been cast as far from Him as the east is from the west, cast into the sea of forgetfulness to be remembered no more. I will not allow the enemy to throw me into confusion, doubt and condemnation because of past failures and shortcomings. I thank my Lord that He is my righteousness, and that He is leading me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. The Holy Spirit brings conviction when I need it, and He leads me into all truth. So I can relax and be free from shame. Hallelujah!

"He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins Into the depths of the sea. " Micah 7:19

Psalm 51:10; Proverbs 20:9; John 15:3; Revelations 7:14, 19:8,14; Isaiah 1:18, 43:25; Ezekiel 16:4-14; Hebrews 8:12, 10:2; I John 1:7; Ephesians 5:26; Psalm 103:12; Philippians 3:13; Romans 8:1

"Washed" is a photo by Karen Gladys Henry © 2009. Artwork and blog entry by Karen Gladys Henry © 2009. All Rights Reserved.

Bouquet of Blessings

Greet this day with a joyful shout all you lands of my heart! I will serve the Lord with gladness! I come before His presence with singing! I know that it is God who made me, and I am His person, His sheep. I belong to Him. He is my Good Shepherd and my King. His pasture is green, and He directs and guides me with love.

I enter His beautiful gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. I express my thanks to you for all your tender mercies, which are everlasting. You are so very good, my Lord, therefore I bless your name. Your truth endures to all generations! I loose your truth on all the people in my family, on all those in my sphere of influence, that thanksgiving and praise may abound towards You. I choose to be a blessing to You today by spreading the fragrance of your love.

I desire not to come before You empty-handed, so I arrange a bouquet of thanksgiving to offer you. I call to mind all the multitude of your blessings, the answered prayers, the provisions, the people in my life small and great, the freedoms I enjoy, the ways in which You have spoken to me and touched my life. With each blessing I recall, I speak my thanks to you. Each is a flower for this bouquet. The fragrance of thanksgiving rises and clears out all the bad odors of passivity, discontent, grumbling, complaining, negativity and unbelief.

I stir up my faith with thanking You for all You have done for me and for all that You are. I appreciate You more each day-- Jesus, Father, Holy Spirit-- and I again bless your name. I lift this bouquet of blessings as a wave offering of thanksgiving to you. My heart dances with joy and my body responds with lightness of step.

God, You are good, good, good, and I thank you again today for Your great salvation!

Psalm 100; Exodus 34:20; Romans 1:21; Colossians 3:15; Psalm 97:12; Psalm 107:8; I Thessalonians 1:2, 5:18; Song of Solomon 1:3; II Corinthians 2:14-15; Revelation 4:9, 11:17

"Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place." II Cor. 2:14

"For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God." II Cor. 4:15

"Flowers Say I Love You" is a photo composite by Karen Gladys Henry © 2009. Art and blog entry by Karen Gladys Henry © 2009. All Rights Reserved. See title link for stock photo credits.

Open Heaven

I declare today that I have an open heaven! I position myself by faith to hear everything that the Lord has to say to me or show me today. The same door, Jesus Christ, is standing open for me that was open for John, and the same voice like a trumpet is saying to me personally, "Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this." I respond to this call and I say, "Yes, Lord, I will come up there!" I will walk in Your heavenly realm, I will dwell in Your presence.

I declare today that the Spirit of wisdom, revelation and understanding is enlightening me and transforming me into the image of Christ. I love His word, and I incline my ear to hear His voice.

I ask, without doubt or wavering, for the wisdom I need for this day, and I know that I will receive it, for He has promised and I am not double-minded.

God has given me everything I need for life and godliness. I give all diligence to add to my faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. I go after these things, and they are mine! Because of this, I am fruitful in the knowledge of my Lord Jesus Christ. I am not blind or short-sighted, for my eye is single (good) and full of light, focused on Christ and His heavenly kingdom.

I am hidden in Christ and stand with Him on the holy mountain; therefore I hear the Father say, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." My life glorifies Him because I relinquish trying to glorify myself. I lay everything down for the exceeding treasure of having Him.

The day is dawning and the morning star is rising in my heart.

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Revelation 4:1-2; John 10:9; Ephesians 1:17-19; II Corinthians 3:18; Psalm 119: 11, 18, 36, 97; Psalm 17:6; Proverbs 4:20; James 1: 5-8; II Peter 1: 2-4; 5-9; Luke 11: 34 [see KJV also]; Colossians 3:3; II Peter 1: 17-19; Philippians 3:8

"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us." II Corinthians 4:7

All Scripture is NKJV unless noted.

"An Open Heaven" is a photo montage by Karen Gladys Henry © 2008. Art and blog entry by Karen Gladys Henry © 2009. All Rights Reserved.

"Ephphatha"

As Jesus said to the deaf man with the speech impediment, I say to my soul, my mind, my heart, and my spiritual ears "Ephphatha"~ "be opened!"

I declare that I have an open mind and heart to receive the Word and to believe it, and that I have been given the measure of faith to act upon it. I declare by faith that Jesus' Word is working to open my spiritual ears to a greater level, so that I can hear what the Spirit is saying to me personally, and to the Church.

I declare that my tongue is loosed to speak forth clearly that which is established in my heart, the truth. I declare that I have the Spirit of wisdom, revelation and understanding and that He operates freely in my life, and I am cooperating with Him as I embrace the love of the truth.

I declare with boldness to the Church, the Body of Christ, that which is the will of Father, that all our spiritual ears and hearts be open to the full revelation of the Truth of the gospel of the Kingdom of Christ, and that we all speak forth that truth as one voice.

Be open!

Mark 7:32-37; Luke 24:45; Zechariah 7:11; Luke 8:8; Revelations 2:7; Ephesians 1:17-18; Matthew 16:19; Romans 12:3; I Corinthians 1:10; II Thessalonians 2:10

"Opened" is a photo by Karen Gladys Henry © 2008. Art and blog entry by Karen Gladys Henry © 2009. All Rights Reserved.