The LORD Bless You

Numbers 6:22-27--The LORD Bless You

Bene=blessing diction=spoken

I. The Source of Blessing

o The ______________ is source of blessing

o I tend to seek blessing in ___________________________

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy?—Isa. 55:2

My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.—Jer. 2:13

The smoke of our strong desires will lead us to the smoldering fire of the altar where we have set up an idol.—Iain Duguid

II. The Context of Blessing

o The Climax of ________________________________

o Blessing only comes through ________________________________

III. The Fulfillment of Blessing

o Fulfilled and defined only in ______________________________

[the priest's ephod was to be] woven in one piece so that is does not tear.—Exo. 28:32 the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece.—Jn. 19:32

o I must _________________________________ to the benediction

"And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple blessing God.—Luke 24:50-53