35. Why You Should Bless What You Dread | John Ortberg
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Aug 1, 2025
Discover the transformative idea of blessing what you dread, encouraging a positive approach to fears. Explore how heartfelt blessings reflect divine intention, enhancing life’s beauty. Learn about the biblical significance of blessings in promoting well-being over negativity. Personal anecdotes illustrate the power of choosing positivity. Embrace a proactive mindset of blessing in daily life to deepen your sense of purpose and connection with others, even when faced with challenges.
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Bless What You Dread
Blessing what you dread transforms fear and anxiety into a spiritual practice.
This approach invites us to bring God’s good into challenging, fearful areas of life.
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Blessing Is an Active Projection
Blessing is projecting good will and value into another’s life.
It involves our will, focused attention, and dependence on God’s power to bring good.
question_answer ANECDOTE
Blessing Through Practical Help
A friend offered to watch a tired mom’s children so she could rest.
This act of blessing moved her to tears, showing the deep impact of intentional care.
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Today’s We Should Get Out More brings us to this phrase, straight from Dallas Willard: Bless what you dread. We were blessed by God and we are made to be a blessing. For fun and to put this into perspective, we’re taking a lesson from the Hokey Pokey song and applying it to blessing others: you put your whole self in. (Sing it with us: You put your right foot in, take your right foot out…) To truly bless is to do so intentionally and with your whole heart and spirit. The very act of blessing is something we see in the Bible from the beginning of time. God creates, God gives, God adds value. He blesses the trees and the seas and the sky and the earth. The world exists to be blessed, and you were made to be a blessing.
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