The Bible teaches us', Russ Parker writes, 'that blessing is a unique ministry resource gifted to believers to effect the purposes of God in peoples' lives.' In this enthralling book, the author tells of situations of family estrangement, depression and chronic illness; of times of hopelessness and helplessness where miraculous transformation has been wrought through calling on God to bless someone with the richest blessing they are able to receive. As he has travelled the country teaching on the ministry of blessing, Russ has seen an enthusiastic response and uptake, especially amongst those involved in prayer ministry. He believes it is time for all who want to be part of God's renewal - both in church and through reaching out to the wider community - to consider how we might help others to flourish as the people God has called them to be. 'Russ Parker's ground breaking work on healing community history will be so helpful to churches. It has greatly helped me.' The Rt Revd Graeme Dow, former Bishop of Carlisle

\["For Christians seeking to bless others meaningfully", "Teaches you how to bring God's blessings to others", "You will help others flourish in their faith journey"\]

This inspiring book reveals how blessing can transform lives.

Russ Parker

Cover page

Title page

Imprint

Dedication

Introduction

1 Words of blessing

2 Blessings begin at home

3 The Aaronic blessing prayer

4 The blessed state: Jesus and Beatitude blessings

5 Expecting blessings

6 Wrestling for blessing

7 The father’s blessing

8 Blessings in battle

9 Blessing the land

10 Learning to pronounce blessings

11 Blessing prayers for various occasions

Appendix: A liturgy for receiving the father and mother blessings

Notes

__The Bible teaches us' Russ Parker writes, 'that blessing is a unique ministry resource gifted to believers to effect the purposes of God in peoples 'lives'.__

In this enthralling book, the author tells of situations of family estrangement, depression and chronic illness; of times of hopelessness and helplessness where miraculous transformation has been wrought through calling on God to bless someone with the richest blessing they are able to receive.

As he has travelled the country teaching on the ministry of blessing, Russ has seen an enthusiastic response and uptake, especially amongst those involved in prayer ministry. He believes it is time for all who want to be part of God's renewal - both in church and through reaching out to the wider community.

As he has travelled the country teaching on the ministry of blessing, the author has seen an enthusiastic response and uptake, especially amongst those involved in prayer ministry. He believes it is time for all who want to be part of God's renewal to consider how we might help others to flourish as the people God has called them to be.

'The Bible teaches us', Russ Parker writes, 'that blessing is a unique ministry resource gifted to believers to effect the purposes of God in peoples' lives.' In this enthralling book, the author tells of situations of family estrangement, depression and chronic illness; of times of hopelessness and helplessness where miraculous transformation has been wrought through calling on God to bless someone with the richest blessing they are able to receive. As he has travelled the country teaching on the ministry of blessing, Russ has seen an enthusiastic response and uptake, especially amongst those involved in prayer ministry. He believes it is time for all who want to be part of God's renewal - both in church and through reaching out to the wider community - to consider how we might help others to flourish as the people God has called them to be.

The Revd Dr Russ Parker was Director of Acorn Christian Healing Foundation from 1995-2013. The author of many books, he has a post-graduate degree in Dreams and Psychotherapy from Nottingham University and was awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree from Columbia Evangelical Seminary in the USA in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Christian ministry. He and his wife live near Farnham, Surrey.

"Rediscovering the Ministry of Blessing" by Russ Parker explores the transformative power of blessing in challenging situations. Ideal for believers and prayer ministry participants.

\["For Christians seeking to impact others positively", "Teaches how to bless others in challenging situations", "You will help others flourish as God intends for them"\]

"Russ Parker's ground breaking work on healing community history will be so helpful to churches. It has greatly helped me." - The Rt Revd Graeme Dow, former Bishop of Carlisle.

This book empowers you to bless others and transform lives.

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You sneeze and someone says, "Bless you!" It's a response that goes back to at least the 2nd century AD. "Bless", "Blessings", "Bless you" easily trip off the tongue and mostly don't mean very much to most people. However, the Bible teaches that blessing others is a unique ministry from God through his people for the good of others.

Russ Parker provides an in-depth but very readable examination of the ministry of blessing as set out in the Bible, through characters, events and teaching in both Old and New Testaments. He demonstrates how and why this ministry can be used in the daily life of the church today. For those willing to engage, a ministry of blessing others brings new experiences of God's blessings in both difficult and ordinary life situations.

This very practical book suggests ways whereby we can learn how to bless others and concludes with a section of blessing prayers for various occasions. A bibliography and maybe a scripture index would have been useful, but this is a thoroughly recommendable book to encourage the development of a ministry already familiar, or to step out into something new.

Rediscovering The Ministry Of Blessing

Rediscovering the Ministry of Blessing

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