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“Count Your Blessings – Name Them One By One – Part 2”
Count Your Blessings – Name Them One By One – Part 2
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).
Reconciliation - “That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ” (Eph. 2:12-13).
Peace - “For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace” (Eph. 2:14-15).
Boldness/Access - “According to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him” (Eph. 3:11-12).
Strength - “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” (Ephesians 6:10-13).
Salvation - “Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory” (2 Timothy 2:10).
Joy - “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!” (Philippians 4:4).
Completion - “and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power” (Colossians 2:10).
Rest/Reward - “Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.” (Revelation 14:13)
