THE SEVEN FOLD BLESSING ON THE FAMILY : A WEDDING SERMON
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OUTLINE
1. PRESENCE
2. PEACE
3. PROSPERITY
4. PROTECTION
5. PATRONAGE
6. POSTERITY
7. PURPOSE
THE MESSAGE
THE SEVEN FOLD BLESSING ON THE FAMILY
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1.PRESENCE
May the Lord bless your home and family with His divine presence always. May He be with you in every situation and encourage and strengthen you at all times.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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Matthew 28:20
" and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Hebrews 13:5
" Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."
2.PEACE :
May the Lord bless your home and family with peace and joy and happiness always. May there be love and companionship and tranquility and serenity in your home always.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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Luke 10:5
"When you enter a house, first say, ’Peace to this house.’
1 Corinthians 13: 4-7
" Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. "
3.PROSPERITY :
May the Lord bless your home with abundant prosperity and blessings always. May all your needs be met . May all your endeavours be prosperous and successful . May there be no lack in your home.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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Psalm 112:3
" Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. "
3 John 2
" Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. "
4.PROTECTION :
May the Lord bless your home and family with heavenly and angelic protection from all harm and danger always. May the Lord protect your lives from tragedies and sicknesses and diseases . May there be a hedge of protection around your family and around all that is yours.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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Psalm 121:7
" The Lord will keep you from all harm-- he will watch over your life; "
Job 1:10
" Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. "
5.PATRONAGE :
May the Lord bless your home and family with special favour and patronage with all people always. May your family find favour with God and man all the days of your life.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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Daniel 1:9
" Now God had caused the official to show favor and sympathy to Daniel, "
Luke 2:52
" And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. "
6. POSTERITY :
May the Lord bless your home and family with the posterity of children and grandchildren . May your generation be blessed of the Lord in every area of their lives . May the Lord use your posterity to bless the peoples of the world.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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Psalm 127:3
" Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from him. "
Psalm 128:3
" Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table. "
7. PURPOSE :
May the Lord bless your home and family with the fulfillment of His divine purpose for your lives and may you be in the center of His will always. May you have no regrets when you reach the end of your days .May you look back on your life with satisfaction and gratitude and joy . May you bring glory to God all the days of your life.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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Luke 1:38
" I am the Lord’s servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel left her. "
Philippians 3:12-14
" Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. "
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