Throughout the scriptures we often hear of ‘God’s Blessings’. When God created the earth he blessed it by saying, ”Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters and the seas, and let the birds multiply on earth.” (Genesis 1:22)

After God created man and woman in his image, He blessed them by saying, ”Be fruitful and multiply: fill the earth, and subdue it; have dominion over the fish in the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves the earth.” (Genesis 1:28)

God also blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because He rested on this day. (Genesis 2:3)

With each of God’s blessings there was always a special anointing, a release of God’s supernatural power.

We read of God’s blessings in many situations throughout the scriptures. Abraham was the first person on earth to receive God’s blessing. God made a covenant with man, which contains seven promises.

“I will make you a great nation; I will bless you; I will make your name great; you shall be a blessing; I will bless those who bless you; I will curse those who curse you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (Genesis 12:2-4)

As believers and recipients of Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we become God’s children and Abraham’s seed. I believe that as Abraham passed on his blessing to his sons we can pass on blessings to our children.

God has provided a rich inheritance for our children. He wants them to live healthy productive lives, He has given us all things that pertain to life, physical, spiritual and material. Also, He has met every need that us as families need to have a truly good life. Society says that children are a product of their environment, meaning that we can provide our kids with a positive or negative influence. What are we teaching our children? The most important thing that us as parents can do is to teach them to bring glory to God in all that they say and do!

Jesus himself provides the best example of how to bless our children. We read in the book of Mark of how parents brought their children to Jesus just for Him to touch them. He “took them up in his arms, put His hand upon them, and blessed them.” (Mark 10:13-16)

Blessing our children should be a daily prayer in our homes, before our kids go off to school, pray for them, and bless with God’s mercy and grace, a gentle touch and a soft word for them to start their day.

“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord turn His countenance upon you and give you Peace.”

You have been chosen to be His own possession. He is God, the one who has created you with a loving hand and has a plan for you life and the lives of your children!