Secrets of Insanely Simple Blessings

Surge Conference, 2023

Many things go wrong in our world which begin with what we say.  The Ruach HaKodesh – the Holy Spirit – wants to steer us to speak blessings and change our world. 

The Power of Words

Our words have the power to create, Genesis 1:3 and Genesis 1:27.  Power to build relationships or to damage them.  Power to bless someone or to limit them, ourselves included.  We live in a world of devarim or spoken words.  

For better or worse, words create reality – not just spiritually, but physically.

  • Proven by Rosenthal and Jacobson among students in a California school.

  • Proven by the Japanese researcher Emoto who froze water droplets to the sound of positive and negative words.

The book, Hidden Treasures of Kingdom Prayer, reveals how to speak positive blessings.  It also reveals how to transform curses into blessings. Other chapters explore Hannah’s prayer, Solomon’s prayer, and Daniel’s prayer, along with solutions to conquer prayerlessness.

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Curses

In the Bible, a curse is the Hebrew word arar, and the Greek word anathema.  A curse is meant to demean, devalue, humiliate, or destroy something or someone. 

A mother speaks a curse but follows quickly with a blessing to reverse or transform the curse, Judges 17:2.

Balaam is called to curse the Israelites, but only blessings come from his mouth, Numbers 22-23.

Yeshua curses a fig tree which immediately withers, Matthew 21:19.

Blessings

A blessing is a positive, biblical statement which injects God’s goodness and strength into a person’s life, into an object, or into circumstances.  In the Bible, a blessing is the Greek work eulegeo, and the Hebrew word bracha.  Hebrews consider a blessing to be a portal to heavenly realms.  Bracha also means to draw down His blessing to the earth, James 1:17.

Tongue and Hand

Death and life are in the power (yad) of the tongue, Proverbs 18:21.  The word for power in this verse is yad.  Yad means hand.  Our tongue is equipped with a hand.

Nothing and no one can separate us from the love of God, Romans 8:38-39.  Yet, we live in a world which is energized by devarim or spoken words.  A blessing sends goodness.  A curse sends limitations.

Blessing or Curse?

Before we speak – no matter if the words are true, accurate, or necessary, we pause to ask ourselves three questions:

  • Will my words unify people, or divide them?  

  • Will my words promote godliness, or justify someone’s sinful choices?  

  • Will my words encourage others, or discourage them?

Six Principles of Insanely Simple Blessings

  • Blessings are prophetic.  They envision future welfare, Romans 4:17.

  • Blessings are not earned.  They are an opportunity to grow, Genesis 27:28-29.

  • Blessings are not flattery, but biblical affirmations, Judges 6:12.

  • Blessings encourage godliness, 1 Peter 2:9.

  • Blessings transform lives, Proverbs 18:21.

  • The speaker of a blessing inherits a blessing, 1 Peter 3:9 (principle of Midah K’neged Midah – measure for measure).

Sample Blessing Prayers

We can speak blessings by using words of Scripture.  More than fifty suggested blessings appear in the book, Hidden Treasures of Kingdom Prayer.