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He Commands the Blessing | Joshua 21:1-45 | Pastor Joel Holm
October 23, 2025 · 38 min
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0:00 Speaker for tonight, he is no he's he's no stranger. He's family. So let's stand to our feet and let's welcome 1 of my favorite people on the planet, pastor0:11 Joel Holm.0:13 Hey. Stay standing for a second, will you? Don't sit down yet. I am really, really glad that you are here, and I want you to have a prepared heart and a prepared mind0:25 because I think God wants to surprise you tonight. I have been in the book of Joshua alongside of you all year, and I have been teaching the word of God for 42 years.0:37 And as I was preparing for tonight, the kind of the passage that was assigned me, God surprised me. I don't surprise easily, but we have to have a heart of expectation for what0:49 God wants to share with us. And I know many of us came in here tonight and there is a need that we have. Some of us don't even know how to describe what the need is, but we know it's there.1:01 And knowing the passage we're gonna study, I can tell you that from the incredible testimony of healing to the worship service, God has set you up.1:13 Because he wants to give you an insight into who he is that might surprise you and position you to receive what he has for you. So we're gonna read the word, and then I'm gonna pray, and then we're gonna jump1:25 into it. So keep standing for the reading of the word. It comes from Joshua chapter 21. It'll be on the screens. Starting in verse 1, now the family heads of the Levites approached Eliezer, the priest1:37 Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribal families of Israel at Shiloh and Cana, and said to them, the Lord commanded through Moses that you give us towns to live in1:49 with pastures for our livestock. So as the Lord had commanded the Israelites, gave the Levites the following towns and pasture lands out of their own inheritance. Now we jump down to verse 43 of the same2:01 chapter. So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had sworn to their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there. The lord gave them rest on every side2:13 just as he had sworn to their ancestors. Not 1 of their enemies withstood them. The lord gave all their enemies into their hands. Not 1 of all the2:25 Lord's goods promises to Israel failed. Every 1 was fulfilled. Let's pray. Lord, we take you at2:37 your word. And I pray spirit of God that you would speak to each person here very clearly, very uniquely, that you would give us an2:49 insight into your character, into your nature, and you would raise our eyes and raise our faith to know the kind of God that you are to us. I thank you for each person3:01 here, for those watching online. Surprise us by your word over these next few minutes. Pray in the name of Christ. And everybody said, amen. Amen. You may be seated.3:13 The whole point of this chapter in the Old Testament is to give us a picture and an understanding not just of God's blessings and his promises, but to3:25 give us a picture and an understanding of God himself and who he is. And from the very beginning, the 1 insight that you gotta get ahold of that is a little peculiar3:37 is it says this, that God commands blessing. They make it clear to the leaders. The leaders understand this when it says, the Lord commanded3:49 through Moses. He doesn't just offer it. He doesn't just suggest it. He doesn't just say it might be available if you work hard enough or believe hard4:01 enough. When it comes to the blessings of God, he commands them. He dictates them. You see, his blessings4:13 are not just bonus material while we're on this earth. His blessings are not just kinda extra benefit to make life easier and more convenient for us. His4:25 blessings, the thing you are really crying out to the Lord for, whatever that may be, his blessings are an inherent part of his plan for you and for this earth. So he says,4:36 I'm gonna command this. There's a Psalm in 1 33 that says, where there is unity, God commands blessing. Now stop and think about this4:48 idea. I'm a dad. I have 3 grown children. They all love God. They're now married. They have their own kids. And when they were great school kids, I was the dad in the home, and I loved my kids, but I was the dad. So I5:00 gave commands. I gave, you know, directives to my children. 1 of the directives was you will do your homework. 1 of the directives, 1 of the commands I gave, you5:12 will honor your mother. I don't ever remember commanding blessing. Being a dad that says, I am commanding blessing5:23 on you. My kids would have freaked out. They're going, what does that mean? We understand the commands as to how we should obey. We understand the commands as to the pattern of our life, and we know that if we5:35 obey, then there is some residual effect. But that's not what this chapter teaches. This chapter teaches in the very nature and identity of God as much as he commands you to be5:47 holy, as much as he commands you to tithe, he commands you to be blessed. Now that's a strange thought.5:59 He is commanding this. And he went to the Israelites and said, listen. I am commanding this. Why? Because he commands it because behind all the blessings of God, there is6:11 this purpose. It's not just about being blessed for yourself. Every time God answers your prayer, every time his blessing comes on you, there is a purpose behind that. They're6:22 like signposts, the bible teaches. They direct people somewhere. They direct you somewhere. And the reason why this passage is so important to us, it it kinda elevates our faith and make us look at6:33 God differently. He is not a God we need to beg to. He is not a God we need to panic around to. He is a God we come to in confidence with our requests because we know this.6:45 He is a God who blesses because it's part of his plan. The blessing that he has for you is part of a plan, and he wants to command it over you so that you can walk in the plan6:57 that he has for you. And you're going, why is it not here then? We'll get to that. But it begins with understanding his character, his identity, and how these7:09 blessings really work and why he commands them. So for example, there is a promise in the bible, a promise of healing. Physical healing for you through the cross, mental healing for you, healing of your7:21 soul. There is this promise that God wants to command healing over you, but there's a picture behind it. Because when you watch that testimony and you see a man who is7:33 now physically healed, it gives you an insight into the creator God and his beauty and his genius. It gives you a picture into his identity that7:44 he created us. And of course, he wants us to be whole. It gives you a picture into eternity. Do you know that God loves the body? He loves matter. He7:56 loves the body so much he created it, and he created you with this body. And he loves the body so much that when he created your body, he made you male and female in his image. He8:08 loves the body so much that he took 1 on for himself. He loves the body so much that when he says, in eternity, when this earth is gone and we are in that final8:20 stage, in eternity you will not be an avatar. You will not be a vapor. You will have a body. It will8:32 be a glorified body, but you will have a body. That is his plan. How does he give a picture of that plan now? He heals you, And you walk in health and you walk8:44 in wholeness and your mind is clear and your soul is clear and you're walking in this healing and joy and faith and it is a picture. He commands the blessing of healing because there is8:56 a purpose in your wholeness being a picture to your family members and your coworkers and9:08 your neighbors and yourself. There's a promise in the bible about peace. We live in a world of conflict. Conflict that happens in the9:19 family, conflict that happens in the neighborhood, conflict that happens in the nation. And he says, I'm gonna command a blessing of peace on you. Pastor Sanaz talked about9:31 where you won't be anxious anymore. You will have this peace. Why does he command that? Because there's a purpose behind it. When you are not anxious and you have peace, do you know what9:43 you do? You make really good decisions. When you are anxious and you do not have peace, do you know what you do? You make really bad decisions. And Christians who make9:55 good biblically based decisions bring glory and honor to God because you prosper. You flourish. Christians who make bad decisions,10:07 they're not such good PR for God because you don't flourish and you don't prosper. So he says, I am commanding the blessing of peace on you because I10:19 want you to be able to make the most God filled biblical decisions you can make about your life, to be fully obedient and watch it flourish. And you go, oh,10:30 that's why he commands a blessing. He doesn't just suggest it, just to offer it. No. This is part of his plan. I am commanding10:42 that you walk in my blessing. There is a promise in the bible along with peace, with healing. There's a promise that we are supposed to flourish in our life.10:54 That means that you're supposed to walk in a measure of prosperity. However you want that defined you, walk in this measure of prosperity. Why? Why would God command11:06 this blessing where he says, I really care about your financial well-being. I really, really care about it. Because there's a purpose behind it. God knows that11:18 if your money is messed up, you are messed up. If you don't have it, you're messed up. If you have it and use it wrong, you're messed up. So he says, I'm gonna command this blessing. The11:30 blessing is on finances. Now it doesn't mean he's just up there with a vat of money wanting to dump it on anybody. But he's very involved in your life and he's not just involved in your life as11:42 a father who disciplines. He's not just involved in your life as somebody who gives you directives. He's involved in your life as saying, I want to give you11:53 some commandments. I want to command you this, and I want you to command you this, but I'm going to command blessing on you. Now all of us would go, I'm in. Yes.12:06 Absolutely. I am fully in. But the story doesn't just say that. As Sinai says, it gives us a little bit more supporting truth. How do I walk12:19 in what God commands? In what is his will, in what is his desire, and what is his commands? And this story gives us what I call 3 supporting truths. Now this is where we have a12:30 role in walking what he is commanding. 3 things you gotta really learn. First 1 is this, God fulfills his word. You have to know that. You have to12:42 trust that. You have to believe that. God fulfills his word. Now for those of you who are skeptics out there, I didn't say God fulfills his word in the 12 seconds you asked him to fulfill his word in.12:54 It says this in the story, not 1 promise failed. All were fulfilled. Actually, you wanna know something about God and the nature of13:06 God? It is impossible for God not to fulfill his word because then he's not God anymore. His word is perfect. His word is true. His word is who13:17 he is. So here's the unique thing about God. If I tell you I'm gonna do something, I speak it out. Like, I'm gonna help you out. I'm gonna move, you know, your stuff for you on Saturday when you move houses. I speak it13:28 out. I give you that promise, but then I gotta show up and do it. Right? My word is just an echo of what I've gotta do, not with God. When he spoke, the very13:40 words made it happen. He said, let there be light. There was light. He didn't say, hey. There's gonna be light, and then he goes and makes it. His word is so powerful that just speaking it makes it happen.13:52 Let the stars be, there are the stars. His word is the power. His word is the truth. And so he says, not 1 promise failed. His word was14:03 completely fulfilled. Here's the deal, God commands blessing. His word is always fulfilled, but waiting is part of fulfilling14:16 his word. Second Peter 3 9 puts it this way. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise as some understand slowness.14:27 Instead, he is patient with you. I hate this verse. I know I shouldn't. I'm a pastor. But God is saying, Joel, it's your problem, not mine.14:38 I'm actually waiting for you. I'm ready to command blessing in your life. I'm the 1 who's having to be patient because I am waiting for14:50 you to position yourself where I can really see that manifested. Let me give you the example of this. Here's here's the wrong idea we have. You ever been to the doctor's office? I had to go to the doctor's office. I15:01 don't know about your doctor and your doctor's office. And if you're a doctor, please forgive me. But I call up the doctor. I gotta see my doctor. I make a 2 o'clock appointment. This information is completely15:11 meaningless to my doctor. Means nothing to them whatsoever. I show up at 5 to 2. Means nothing. There is a waiting room full of people. They know they're gonna be late. They have the gall to literally call it the waiting15:23 room. They don't even they're not even subtle about it. You are going to wait. We're gonna call this a waiting room. We're gonna put magazines that are 10 years old for you to read because you will be here 10 years from15:32 now waiting to see the doctor. You got 1 of those doctors? I have 1 of those doctors. I show up, and I'm in the waiting room waiting for the doctor. Now I know there's a doctor. I know he's doing stuff. He's back there15:44 in those rooms. This is how we see God. I'm in a waiting room, and he's back there, and I know he exists, and I know he's15:56 treating other people, but I'm in a waiting room. And then what happens is the nurse pokes her or his head out the door, and they're gonna call a name and everybody in the waiting room16:08 goes, ah. And you hope to God it's your name they call and they call the person next to you and you're back to People Magazine 19 89. And this16:19 is how we see God. When will he call my name? Because he just called this person's name. And God says that is not the accurate picture.16:32 I'm the 1 being patient with you, and waiting is part of fulfilling. Are you ready for the blessing of16:44 God? Are you really ready for it? Because in this passage of Joshua, this is a story of God's redemptive plan16:56 for all of humanity, and he's using a nation. And they go through decades of wandering and captivity. Now they're into the promised land and we've navigated the story all year. It's like, you ready for17:08 this? Because you have been waiting. Waiting is not passive because what happens to you while you wait is what positions17:20 you to have that blessing commanded over you. Remember the bible says, they that wait upon the Lord will renew their strength. No. That's messed up, isn't it? They17:31 that receive the blessing will renew their strength. No. No. No. Scripture says, when you wait and you know how to wait and you know what waiting is all about and17:43 it's not passive, and it's positioning yourself. And you're saying, God, purify my heart. Purify my mind. Position me. Build my faith. There is a strength that he will17:55 give you even before the blessing comes. Even before the promise comes, there is a strength that he will give you. It prepares you. What happens to you while you wait, believe it or not, sometimes is actually18:07 more powerful than even receiving it after you wait. But you have to have this kind of a mindset going into you. God fulfills his word is the supporting18:19 truth around he commands a blessing. But in fulfilling his word, he's patient with you. Aren't you grateful that God is willing to wait?18:32 He's willing to wait for me to kinda clean some things up so that I can really receive his blessing and not get spoiled by it. He's willing to wait so18:44 that I can reposition my faith. I'm so grateful that God is patient with me and never stops engaging with me. And some of18:56 you are here and you know that you were wanting and you've got this prayer request, but this passage is teaching us something. You gotta know God fulfills his word, but be grateful that he's the 1 who19:07 has been waiting for you. Then there's kind of a second supporting truth in that, and that is God requires you to take possession. Now this may seem obvious, but think about it for a second. So here's the story. Okay.19:19 God commanded this blessing on us. We want this blessing. And they said, okay. You gotta go take possession of it. If I give you a Christmas present and you go, wow. Thank you for the Christmas present and you put it on19:30 the shelf. You never open it. You have no idea what present I gave you and how it could change your life.19:41 So there is this principle throughout all of scripture that God commands a blessing, but you have got to take possession. The story says, they took possession of it. You must19:53 receive what God gives you. How do you do that? Because we just naturally think, oh, I'll just hang out when it comes.20:05 Hoorah. There's a story in second Kings where God, where there's a, you know, there's no water. There's no rain. And God says, I'm gonna bring rain, but here's what you need to do. Dig ditches.20:18 Because if you dig ditches through the valley, when the rain comes, it's not gonna run off hard ground. You'll be able to store it. You'll be able to use it. So he's telling them, my blessing will come, but my20:29 blessing will come only when you dig the ditches and are ready for my blessing and to be able to really steward it well. He's like saying, I am gonna command a blessing, but are you in a20:41 place to steward that where you really are saying, okay. I'm gonna ask for this blessing. Remember when Jacob wrestles the angel of the Lord? It's this wild story where Jacob says, I'm not gonna let you go until you20:53 bless me. You go, oh, where's the humility in that? But he knew who his God was. He goes, no. I'm gonna make you I'm gonna make you bless me because God commands this blessing, but you gotta be prepared for21:05 it. Let me give you a couple of very practical examples of what it looks like. You may be here and you may be younger, and you're going, wow. I really want this blessing of what is my life purpose? What21:17 am I supposed to do with my life? What job? What vocation? I feel like I'm just kinda wandering around and God's saying, I want to command a blessing of purpose over you, but you gotta take possession of21:29 it. And the only way you can take possession of God's blessing of purpose in your life is you've gotta be in a place where you are so secure in your identity with Jesus. You are just so secure in who he is21:41 in you that you don't have any wrong motivation of saying, give me a career that'll make me really look good and significant. You already look good and already are fully21:52 significant in Christ. And when you are there, he goes, oh, now you're ready for the blessing I'm commanding over you. And he gives you all this purpose and all this significance because you don't need22:04 it because you have it in Christ. So you say, how can I be ready for the blessing he wants to command over me? Find your identity in Christ with such a security22:17 that there will be a joy and a freedom in whatever purpose he gives you because your identity is rooted in him. Maybe you're here and moms and dads or22:28 husbands and wives and you're going, if I just had a blessing, command a blessing in my family. I want my family to prosper and it seems that we're going through rough waters and there's just all these bumps in the road22:40 and there's conflict. Command my my family to blessing. And God says, I'm gonna command your family to blessing, but you gotta take possession of it. Do you know how you take possession of it? Dads,22:51 lead your home by serving your children and your wife. Serve them. Wives, serve your children. Serve your23:03 husband. When you are in a family and you are serving and sacrificing and giving yourself to each other, you are positioning that's like taking possession. I promise23:15 you, you shift from how do I get what I need out of this relationship to how do I give into this relationship, God will command a blessing over you and all you are dreaming of will come to pass, but23:27 you've got to receive that blessing in that way. You may be hearing you go, Joel, none of that's me. What's me is I just I have this gray cloud. Just hangs over my head.23:39 And God commands a blessing of joy because a witness to the world is not crabby Christians. A witness to the world is joy filled,23:51 happy Christians, full of life, and you're going, that's the blessing I want. I want and I know he wants to commit it. How do you take possession of the blessing of joy? Begin to live your life with24:03 gratitude. When you become grateful, when you wake up every morning and go, this is the day that the Lord has made. I have breath in my lungs. I am grateful. All of a sudden now, there is a blessing of joy24:15 that begins to pour into you. But you gotta take possession of the blessing of God and you do it by your acts of faith according to scripture. The most obvious 1, anybody here would love a24:27 financial blessing? God commands a financial blessing. How do I take possession of it? You gotta be a good steward. Here's why.24:39 God loves you too much to give you anything that will mess you up. And if you are not a good steward, 1000000 bucks will mess you24:51 up. They recently did a survey of people who won the lottery. 65 percent of these people said they wish they had never won. It destroyed their family. It destroyed their lives. They weren't ready for it. So you25:02 take possession of a financial blessing. He is commanding by being a good steward. And God goes, oh, I can trust them. Oh, yeah. I can25:14 fully bless them now, and this will fulfill the purpose of what I need for the church. God, he commands a blessing, and he does that because he fulfills his word. He requires you to take25:26 possession, And then the story adds this other wrinkle that's so important. It says, the Lord gave them rest on every side. It's 125:38 thing when life creates stress. It's another thing when your faith creates stress. And sometimes being a Christ25:50 follower can create a lack of rest. What am I supposed to I gotta read my bible. Oh, yeah. I gotta pray. Oh, yeah. I'm supposed to fast. Oh. 0. I gotta tithe. Yeah. And all of sudden, there's all I gotta do these26:02 things. Oh, and then I didn't do this. And tomorrow, I'll do and I didn't oh, I gotta serve. All of a sudden, there is all this buildup of intensity and the whole idea of rest26:14 just does not seem to define our faith. And yet in this story, in giving a picture of God commanding blessing, Inherent in26:26 that is this line that says part of walking in the blessing of God is God gives rest. And here's why. The blessings of26:38 God that he wants to command into your life, that he will fulfill his word, that you gotta take possession of, so you gotta position yourself. Those blessings, they are like a portal into eternity.26:50 The blessings of God are not just for your ease and convenience. He's a father who loves you so he wants to take care of you. But there's a greater purpose going on here.27:02 1 of the very first miracles of the New Testament church in the book of acts was this lame man at the temple. Peter goes up there and he says, What I have I give you. And the guy gets healed and it says he goes leaping27:12 and dancing into the temple which is a direct quote from Isaiah who was prophesying about heaven and eternity. And this miracle is a picture of how we will be in27:23 eternity with the Lord leaping and dancing with them. And every miracle you trace through scripture and even our lives they are portals into eternity. And the reason why this27:35 picture is there is that the blessings of God are something that create for us rest. A picture of peace and27:47 rest. And I know tonight there are some of you that are here and rest has not been on the schedule for a while. But when we27:58 read through the bible in creation, seventh day, God rested. He wasn't tired. He was teaching a pattern of life. In the old testament, there28:10 was the Sabbath rest. Take a day. Why? Take a day. Call it holy. Why? Because you need a vacation? No. Because I want to give you a picture of heaven. And 1 day a week, I want you to remember what heaven looks like, what28:21 eternity looks like. That's why you have a Sabbath day because this is a picture and a reminder. No. This 6 days is not what it's all about. That seventh day, that's what it's all about. Then you get into eternity. Book28:31 of Hebrews. There is this rest that were given to us, and all of the blessings and all the miracles all picture and point us towards. We do not live for this world, And God commands blessings28:43 over us in this world as a picture of the world to come because there will be 1 day when you will not stress over money anymore. There will be 1 day when you will have a new body. There will be 1 day when your mind will28:54 be clear. There will be 1 day when all the relationships will be reconciled. So he says, I'm gonna command the blessing now as a picture of the future so now you can have this rest.29:09 You came here tonight and you go, God, I need from you. I really need from you. And he hears that. He truly hears29:21 that. But I believe tonight he he wants us to go a little bit deeper and not just to see him as kind of the 1 who just helps us with our problems,29:34 But as the supreme creator of the universe, who loves us so deeply and has this plan for all of humanity, that he says my blessings, they're not just29:46 an option. They're not just frosting on the cake. I'm commanding them. Not 1 promise went29:58 unfulfilled. Whatever it is you're looking from God, he wants to command a blessing over you.30:11 But you gotta trust him that he fulfills his word, and maybe he's the 1 being patient with you. Because he's waiting for you to be in a place to take30:22 possession of that blessing. To prepare your heart, your mind, to position yourself where God goes, oh,30:34 now they're ready. The Israelites wandered through the wilderness for 40 years. They went into the promised land. We've been studying them all year. Finally now, now they're ready30:46 to take possession of the blessing of God, and they are pictures. He's got a bigger plan. And so he says, I'm gonna command a30:58 blessing over you because it's gonna be a story for your neighbors and for your family members and for your coworkers. I'm gonna command a blessing over you. So31:10 here's what we're gonna do. I'm gonna ask everybody to stand to your feet. We're just gonna take a minute with nobody walking around. And I want you to have a moment with the Lord.31:23 I know most of us came in here and, you know, we somehow have a belief that God takes care of me. But I think tonight he want us to learn so much31:35 deeper than that. He commands this. We're gonna take a moment and we're gonna pray, but before we do that before we do that, there may be some of you here, and you gotta hear me, none of this works unless you are a31:46 follower of God. The Israelites were followers of God. And if you don't have a relationship with Jesus, if you haven't given your life to him, the bible says, you know, you can't do31:58 anything to have a relationship with Jesus. It's all that he did. He came, he died on the cross, and he resurrected so that you could do what I call the great exchange. You give your life to God and he gives you his32:10 life. Now you are in a relationship. You are completely transformed, literally born again. Now you're in that place where, okay, God's gonna command a blessing over you because you're in a32:22 relationship. But if you're not in that relationship, everything we talked about, it doesn't work. Because this is not about principles. It's about a relationship with the creator of the universe and the son of God. So32:33 I'm gonna ask everybody, would you bow your heads, close your eyes? If you're here and you say, Joel, I don't know where I stand with the Lord. I don't know if I have a relationship. I don't think I do. I don't know what32:43 would happen to me if I was to die tonight. And now I want to make this great exchange. I'm ready to give my life and receive his life.32:55 Would you pray for me that I can be in that relationship where God then commands a blessing? If that's you with every head bowed, would you just do me 1 favor? Would you just raise your hand so I can see it33:07 just as a point of contact? Hold your hand up so I can see it. Thank you. Thank you. Hold it up. You are not just raising it to me. Thanks so much. Thank you. Every section. You're raising it to God saying, God, here's33:17 my life. Lord Jesus, you see the hands that are lifted to you. We join with them. We thank you that you love us so much, God, that you gave your son33:29 who died for our sins and resurrected that we could have eternal life. Tonight, we make the great exchange. We give you our broken lives, and we receive your33:41 wonderful, amazing, perfect life. Lord, I pray you would fill each person who raised their hand with the spirit of God. We thank you that you are a God who commands33:53 blessings. For everybody in the auditorium now, for a moment, I want you to lift up to the Lord in your own whisper. Just lift up to the Lord that request you34:05 have. Whatever it is, it could be a sickness, it could be a hardship, it could be a mental issue, it34:17 could be finances, it could be a broken relationship, it could be something you can't even hardly find words for. But I just want you to lift it to him, knowing he is a God who commands34:28 blessing in your life. You just speak it out to him and like Peter, you ask him for help. Lord, you hear all of these requests34:41 from your children. Spirit of God, would you help us to see you as 1 who commands a blessing, who34:52 directs it? Would you help us to believe, to really continue to trust that you fulfill your word, that if you speak it,35:04 it is true. And now, according to your word, to each and every 1 of us uniquely and distinctly,35:16 would you give us some direction for how we can take possession? How we can shift, how we can be positioned to receive,35:29 if there are corrections that need to be made, if there's a different way we need to look at something, trust something, pray for something. We're just gonna take 30 seconds of silence, and I35:41 want you to listen to a very present God right now. Listen to the nudge that he gives you. Because what he wants to do is show you, here's how you take possession35:53 of the blessing that I am commanding over you. And it may be how you're treating a relationship, and it may be how you're handling your money. It may be what you're putting into your36:05 mind. Speak to us, Lord, so that we can take possession.36:24 Lord, I pray rest over each person in this auditorium. Peace and rest. Would you protect us from trying to36:36 strive and acquire your blessing? Would we sleep well tonight because we are in your hands36:48 and your peace surrounds us. And we know you got this, God. You got this, and you are commanding a blessing over each and every 1 of us. I pray36:59 peace over each person. We thank you that you are a God who commands blessings. We pray this in the precious name of Christ. Amen and amen. God37:11 bless you all.37:17 Amen. Was that an incredible word? So grateful for pastor Joel. So grateful that God is so good that he commands blessings over our lives. Amen?37:29 Before we exit, I'm gonna pray us out. But before we exit, I just wanna let you know, remind you that in the courtyard, we have our missions team out there. Please stop by, grab a newspaper, ask37:41 some questions. And if you feel that tug to just kinda learn a little bit more about missions trips, ask them questions, get some information, and you know what? Just do it. That's what I'm37:53 gonna say. But yes, find out some more information. Heavenly Father, we thank you. We thank you that you command blessing over our life. I pray for every person in here that you begin to,38:06 let them know how to get ready, how to be ready so that you can pour out blessing on them. Tell us what trenches we need to dig, Lord, so that we can be ready for38:18 the overflow. In Jesus' mighty name, we pray. Amen. Have a blessed night.38:28 For more than 130 years, Mary Free Bed has helped people move forward. What began with a single hospital bed in Grand Rapids is now 1 of the nation's top rehabilitation hospitals. As Michigan's number 138:39 rehab destination, we care for patients across the state and the country after stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, and more. Because when it comes to recovery, it's not how far you travel, it's how far38:51 you've come. Mary Free Bed, restoring hope, restoring freedom. Learn more at askformary dot com.
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