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Backstory of the blessing

By Dave Henning / July 31, 2023

“Every thanks has a genealogy, and when you understand the backstory of the blessing, saying thanks becomes that much more enjoyable.  Your thanks takes on new dimensions, new authenticity.”- Mark Batterson “Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and all that is in them, saying: ‘To him who […]

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Promise in the Word of God – true for us?

By Dave Henning / September 6, 2021

“Often we come to a promise in the Word of God and we know it is true in our minds, but we have difficulty believing it to be true in our hearts, and especially we have difficulty believing the promise is true for us.”- Dr. Charles F. Stanley “The LORD is good to those who […]

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The Ephraim and Manasseh blessing

By Dave Henning / June 11, 2021

“The Ephraim and Manasseh blessing, like all blessing, isn’t about reciting the words as much as it is about giving people new lenses so they see themselves as God sees them. . . .  This blessing will become your spiritual lens to help you see yourself in Christ: totally accepted, free of shame, fashioned for […]

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Under the power of blessing

By Dave Henning / June 10, 2021

“Under the power of blessing, we don’t work hard in order to have hope — we work hard because we have hope.  As blessed people, we don’t excel in order to prove who we are — we excel because we know who we are.”- Alan Wright “For who has understood the mind of the Lord […]

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Fuel for the fruitfulness – blessing

By Dave Henning / June 9, 2021

“God designed blessing as the fuel for the fruitfulness of our lives.  It’s wonderful news because, if the blessing comes first, then our current circumstances and past failures don’t limit our future.  It means we should start blessing others now, even if they haven’t done anything to warrant our affirmation.”- Alan Wright “God blessed [Adam […]

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Blessed people flourish – bless people

By Dave Henning / June 5, 2021

“Blessed people flourish by a power that transcends human talent or hard work.  They have a mystical grace at work in their hearts that makes them effective and joyful. . . .  they’re confident of their value and sure they can make a difference in the world.  That’s why blessed people bless people.”- Alan Wright […]

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When people mess with our names

By Dave Henning / April 23, 2020

“When people mess with our names, they are messing with the core of who we are.  Our names are sacred identifiers.  So when others want to attack our names, they’ll have to take it up with the God who named us in the first place, and He will never back down.”- Esther Fleece Allen Esther […]

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Given: The Forgotten . . . Practice of Blessing

By Dave Henning / August 26, 2019

Given (NavPress, 2019) Tina Boesch, author of Given: The Forgotten meaning and Practice of Blessing, works as a writer, editor, and designer.  In addition, Tina serves as an advocate for Baptist Global Response and earned an MA in Theology from Regent College.  First, Tina stresses the need to recognize the generative power of the spoken […]

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Shadow of the cross – the blessing of peace

By Dave Henning / August 18, 2019

“The blessing of peace takes on the full depth of it’s meaning in the shadow of the cross because it was on this tree that God reconciled the world to himself. . . .  If there’s any sentimentality still clinging to the concept of blessing, the cross utterly strips it away, exposing the reality that […]

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Before the cross became blessing

By Dave Henning / August 16, 2019

Before the cross became blessing, it was a curse.  And I feel the burning reality that before it’s possible to become blessing, I first have to encounter the curse of the cross and the one who became curse on it.”- Tina Boesch “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we […]

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A commission – the blessing of peace

By Dave Henning / August 11, 2019

“In the context of a commission, the blessing of peace isn’t incidental direction.  It’s not the icing on the proverbial cake of ministry in the world.  Blessing is part of the way Jesus’ followers reflect his character and embody his presence.”- Tina Boesch When he [Jesus] had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, […]

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Impossibility of the blessing comes to life

By Dave Henning / August 7, 2019

“First Abraham and Sarah laughed at the impossibility of the blessing.  Then they laughed because the impossible came to life.  And God laughed with them, memorializing their laughter in the name of their son, who would remind them of the joy that comes at the end of a long season of painful waiting.”- Tina Boesch […]

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