Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed. (Proverbs 11:11)
My prayer buddy from Moms in Prayer group, Kim, recently learned that my son got a concussion from a car accident and went to the same clinic where her son-in-law, Zack, works as a chiropractor too. I told her I also met Zack and he is a nice person. Then, her reply stunned me. She said, “Now I know you will become a blessing to my son-in-law.”
Why did Kim say that? My first thought is that Kim is a very humble person who always thanks God for what she has received, including compliment. Meanwhile, Kim is so compassionate and loves to encourage others.
As a result, her word is like a driving force to motivate my heart to be thankful to God, who works through His saints to help my son recover. Therefore, I felt joyful to write down a prayer card with a little gift for the brothers and sisters working in this clinic as my appreciation.
The bible says: “Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted.” If one saint’s good word can influence and pass blessing to another person, then imagine that joyful blessing may be spread more powerfully than virus to the whole city.
As a matter of fact, Jesus is the first one, who came to the world to bless with His good news of forgiveness and freedom, then the salvation comes to each individual. And one by one, the whole world has been catching His fire of blessing.
Don’t underestimate the power of your word from your mouth. Let’s choose to speak blessing to lift up ourselves, family, friends and the whole city.
Prayer: May God sanctify our lips with His truth in love to speak blessing to exalt a city, where people shall come out of darkness to glorify Jesus Christ, who is the first one to come to bless the world in the power of Creator. In Jesus Christ’s name. Amen.
喜樂的祝福帶有傳染性
城因正直人祝福便高舉，卻因邪惡人的口就傾覆。（箴言11:11）
Kim是我的禱告同伴，當她知道我兒子去看的整脊診所，當中有個診脊師是她的女婿，她便對我說：「我知道你將成為我女婿的祝福。」
我因她的話，心覺被鼓勵而向神感恩。最後一次去診所時，我寫下禱告祝福的卡片，附上一個小禮物，送給診所中的員工們。
如果一個人口中祝福的話語可以影響另一個人，因愛的感動把祝福接著傳遞出去，想像一下，我們的祝福是否可以透過一個人傳給下一個人，而傳遍整個城市呢？
事實上，主耶穌就是傳遞喜樂祝福的第一個人。祂來到世界上傳告天父神藉由主耶穌的赦罪救恩，使人得自由，能遵守神旨意而活出生命原有的光彩。這個救恩透過人的傳揚臨到另一個人，一個接一個，如同星星之火可以燎原，將喜樂的火燃燒至整個世界。
禱告：願上帝潔淨我們的口，立志說榮神、建造人得生命的真理，使城市因義人的口得到高舉，脫離黑暗，來歸榮耀給主耶穌，這位賜全世界祝福的神。奉主耶穌基督的名求。阿門。