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“Count Your Blessings – Name Them One By One”
Count Your Blessings – Name Them One By One
Wade Webster
No doubt, you are familiar with the song, Count Your Blessings. Among other things, the song encourages us to name them one by one. For sure, naming our blessings helps them to seem more real to us. In this article, we want to name some of the spiritual blessings that we have in Christ (Eph. 1:3).
Life - “Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 6:11).
Eternal Life - “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 6:23).
Escape from Condemnation - “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit” (Rom. 8:1).
Sanctification- “To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours” (1 Cor. 1:2).
Hope - “If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable” (1 Cor. 15:19).
Victory - “Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place” (2 Cor. 2:14).
Newness of Life - “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Cor. 5:17).
Justification - “Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified” (Gal. 2:16).
Redemption/The Forgiveness of Sins - “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace” (Eph. 1:7).
Inheritance - “In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will”(Eph. 1:11).
Sealed with the Holy Spirit- “In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise” (Eph. 1:13).
Grace/Kindness - “that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus” (Eph. 2:7).
