{"id":19085,"date":"2016-08-19T19:10:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T00:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/0239-why-blessing-is-desired\/"},"modified":"2016-08-19T19:10:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-20T00:10:53","slug":"0239-why-blessing-is-desired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/0239-why-blessing-is-desired\/","title":{"rendered":"0239.    WHY BLESSING IS DESIRED."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WHY BLESSING IS DESIRED.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That Thy way may be known upon earth, Thy saving health among all nations&quot; (Psa_67:2).<\/p>\n<p>Missionary.<\/p>\n<p>1. This is a short but very bright missionary Psalm.<\/p>\n<p>2. Jer_1:2 is the pivot of the Psalm.<\/p>\n<p>Threefold Blessing.<\/p>\n<p>1. It begins by invoking the threefold blessing.<\/p>\n<p>2. Note the important progression of Divine blessing.<\/p>\n<p>a. Mercy. We are sinners, and we need mercy.<\/p>\n<p>b. Bless. Not only forgive, but bless with all spiritual blessings.<\/p>\n<p>c. Shine. Give us consciousness of His favour, a sensible enjoyment of His love.<\/p>\n<p>But Why?<\/p>\n<p>1. Not for our mere personal enjoyment.<\/p>\n<p>2. Not that we might luxuriate in Divine blessing.<\/p>\n<p>3. It is that being thus blessed and brightened we may cause &quot;That Thy way may be known&quot; (Jer_1:2).<\/p>\n<p>Result.<\/p>\n<p>1. Praise. Full of the spirit that praises God.<\/p>\n<p>2. From all the earth.<\/p>\n<p>Result of Praise.<\/p>\n<p>1. When men no longer seek to destroy each other, and each other&#8217;s property, and praise God by lip and life.<\/p>\n<p>2. Then the earth will yield her increase.<\/p>\n<p>Autor: James Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHY BLESSING IS DESIRED. &quot;That Thy way may be known upon earth, Thy saving health among all nations&quot; (Psa_67:2). Missionary. 1. This is a short but very bright missionary Psalm. 2. Jer_1:2 is the pivot of the Psalm. Threefold Blessing. 1. It begins by invoking the threefold blessing. 2. Note the important progression of Divine &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/0239-why-blessing-is-desired\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;0239.    WHY BLESSING IS DESIRED.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}