"Messages"

There are many wonderful Blessings in the Bible - many events and happenings that were astounding. An obvious example is the Birth of the World. 
Genesis Chapter 1, verse 1: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 

I found this explanation on the Internet:
"To be blessed" means 'to be favoured by God'. Blessings therefore are directly associated with God and come from God. Therefore to express a blessing, is like bestowing a wish on someone that he or she will experience the favour of God. "May you have a blessed day", therefore can also be translated as: "May you experience the favour of God during this day."

A curse, at least in its most formal sense, is the opposite of a blessing. It is not of God to curse someone or something. This is to be avoided.

The Bible has many Blessings in it from God to people - when they are forgiven for doing wrong God can bless them in some way - the same is for you. 
God's Blessings to you can come from many sources, from Believers or non-Believers. As they say God works in mysterious ways.

In James Chapter 1, verse 12 
 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. 

And in 

James Chapter 1, verse 25 
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 

In the Bible are the beatitudes with all those blessings in them. 

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. 
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. 
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. 

Beatitudes means Blessedness.

Blessings can encourage you. To know that God favours you for even a small moment is a wonderful thing. 

Psalms Chapter 119, verse 2 
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. 

You can Bless the Lord:

Psalms Chapter 119, verse 12 
Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. 

Acts Chapter 20, verse 35 
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. 

People say, God Bless you! or May God Bless you! A prayer is a blessing. To me a blessing is something good that is done with the help of God to me or somebody else - life is full of many wonderful blessings. But if you are negative thinking then you will not see the wonderful blessings that God is giving you as a gift. Parents give their children gifts, God gives you, His children gifts.

Another obvious and wonderful Blessing was the birth of Jesus: 

Matthew Chapter 1, verse 18 
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. 

We often in our home (the Sandbrook's home) call small blessings small gems:
It is hard to see the small gems in your life if you believe in luck and fate etc. It is also hard to see the small gems in your life if you are rich because you are full of mankind's-wealth and cannot see the wealth of Gods love. When you don't have much, and you believe in God, and you don't believe in luck and clumsy misshapen fate which is much like the amazing luck that puts together the theory of  evolution, then you can see the Small Gems that God gifts you with all day long. 

A small gem could be a simple things such as finding a pen when you desperately need one. Somebody helping you fix a flat tire that you may have. 

Small Gems are blessings. A Believer will often struggle because he or she cannot understand what a blessing is. If you believe in Luck or Fate as haphazard things that happen then you do not know the laws of God and you do not understand how and why God helps you.

We sometimes at our home write out all the small blessings and some big ones that we received over the last year and then put them all up on the wall for us to read when we may have a few doubts about life. To have visual proof is good for children to see - especially the impossible that happen and can only happen with the help of God.

If a blessing comes your way and you think that the blessing is luck then you do not understand that God gave this thing to you as a gift. It may be to help you out or it may be something that you have wanted for a long while and then one day you get it, maybe free or at a rock-bottom price - this is a small or possibly even a large gem. A Gem is a blessing. A small gem is another type of blessing but it is small and you and I get many of them, but (and this is a sad but), many of us do not recognize these blessings. Often they can be taken for granted as our day goes by, especially if we have lots to do.

If you were to understand right now about how many loving blessings that you get from The Lord  you would not fret half as much as you do. Your confidence would be much higher, and you would know that The Lord is with you all the day, helping you along and giving you loving gifts.

Part of the idea behind Praising God is to acknowledge that God actually exists and is right now with you and doing things for you. To know that the Lord is with you is to know that you can get through your day with help. When a Small Gem comes your way, and many do, notice it, comment to God in silent prayer how much you like it and are happy that you have it.

Often when I am at home and I am looking for something and I cannot find it and then all of a sudden it is found I praise God by saying Thank You God. Mostly things like this are found in the most amazing places and I find that I am often led to the item that I am looking for. We all do this, and most people, including Believers only see these things as good luck that they found the item needed.

When I cook dinner at home I never ask for thanks. My thanks is seeing my children eat the dinner, and especially if they dig into it with gusto and are happy at the dinner table. I don't need verbal thanks from them. I cook because I love my children and want to cook for them, The Lord is like this. 

To thank someone is to acknowledge that something good happened, like thanks for a blessing.

But it is nice to say thank you. My children will say thank you for dinner at times, or they will comment on how nice something is that they are eating. And that verbal thanks is nice, and it is icing on the top of seeing them so happy to eat the meal. And if they are smiling and chattering at the dinner table that is a sure sign that they are happy with their food - no thanks is need, but nice to get anyway.

To God it is the same. If you are truly happy that God has blessed you with some small blessing, a Small Gem, then it is nice of you to say something to acknowledge that you are happy with the blessing - a simple statement is fine. Something like Thanks God will easily do. I often say if I am really pleased, Thanks God I really needed that! Sometimes I may just say What a blessing!

You can pray to give others Small Blessings:

An example helping somebody with a problem. It is part of religious life.

The words of Wisdom from Our Lord Jesus were blessings.

As you go through the week you could keep a lookout for all those wonderful blessings that you see...
Look for them, be delighted in them. Pass them on to others.

One must be aware that God's Blessings to you may come to in what may appear a negative manner - like you could lose your current job and feel that God has let you down when in reality God has a better job lined up for you which you were never going to claim because you were in comfort with your old job or worried about stepping out of your comfort zone. Have comfort and faith in the Ways and the Word of God.

Remember that you believe that the Lord is there, so believe that the Lord is there even in bad times - or what appears to be bad times. And do try to remember when times are hard that life is not just about you, but everyone.

If you promise to do something for somebody then you should do it, as your promise is a blessing for that person. A joy, a moment that you can show other people, especially to non-Believers how a good God-Loving Believer can pass on blessings to them. Set an example. 

It is great motivation to know that God is looking after you in your daily walk and that God will help you as your day goes by. To know that we are loved is a special thing, to know that God loves us is very special.

Jeremiah Chapter 17, Verse 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD,  and whose hope the LORD is. 

Quote: Don't miss out on a blessing because it isn't packaged the way you expect it to be.

The idea behind all this is for you to not miss out on Gods Blessings in your life and to realize that God loves you and is there for you at all times when you need Him. 
Blessings are encouragement's o be held in your heart . 

Always look back on past blessings as proof of Gods love and that God will help you again - if God helped you before then He will surely help you know when you need help!

God Bless you!