With a friend, I am embarking on a new personal ministry inspired by a book by Roy Godwin and Dave Roberts called The Grace Outpouring, Becoming a People of Blessing. It is basically a prayer ministry for community, with which people bless each other with this specific blessing prayer and then watch the Holy Spirit take command over the situation. It asks of me that I bless those with whom I come in contact by asking, “May I pray a blessing over you?” Here is the essence: “I bless you in the name of Jesus to know God, his purpose for your life, and His blessings on you and your family and the situations on your life. Amen.”
When answers to that blessing appear, and in these authors’ experience they do, they further pray, “Lord, we like what you’re doing, and we bless what you’re doing. Lord, would you please do more of it?” Then, after praying for a period of time, each day, they prayed, “Lord, would you please send someone else to bless?” And He did.
I am praying believing that our families, our communities, our nation, and our world will be changed. I encourage you to find this book, pray the blessing over those you meet, especially strangers, and see what God will do. Have a blessed day!
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