𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗛’𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗗𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 | 𝗗𝗔𝗬 11 𝗡𝗢𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦

 

𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗛’𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗗𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 |  𝗗𝗔𝗬 11  𝗡𝗢𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦

We open our hands to receive the very blessings we declared. We position ourselves to be overtaken by the goodness of God. We prepare our hearts to accept the unearned, undeserved, and unexpected favor that only grace can bring.

Ephraim received the firstborn blessing though he was the younger. He did not earn it. He did not deserve it by birth order. He simply received it because God, in His sovereign grace, chose to give it.

This is our portion today. There are blessings that do not come to us by natural inheritance, by hard work, or by human qualification. They come to us by divine selection. They come to us because God has chosen us—not because of who we are, but because of who He is.

But to receive, we must believe we belong.

Let us pray … 

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝟲: 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 "𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴"

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀' 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗜 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗬𝗼𝘂, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀.

▶️ 𝗣𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝟲𝟴:𝟲 – "He setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land."

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝟳: 𝗕𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗲

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀' 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆. 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗘𝗽𝗵𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗵, 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀. 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻.

▶️ 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝟮𝟴:𝟮 – "And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God."

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝟴: 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀' 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 — 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆.

▶️ 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝟯:𝟵 – "And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham."

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝟵: 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿 𝗜 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀' 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿. 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗯𝘆 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲. 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻.

▶️ 𝗣𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝟱:𝟭𝟮 – "For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield."

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬: 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝘆

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀' 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗿𝘆. 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁. 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 — 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀.

▶️ 𝗘𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟮:𝟲 – "And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus."

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗗 𝗞𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗸𝘂