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Lord be Gracious

The Lord bless you, and keep you: the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.  Numbers 6:24-25 Chanan is the Hebrew word here for gracious. At its root it means to bend or stoop in kindness to an…
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May His Face Shine Upon You

The Lord bless you, and keep you: the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.  Numbers 6:24-25 The Hebrew idiom of shining a face towards someone means to grant grace and favor.  This is a continuation or a…
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The Lord Keep You

The Lord bless you, and keep you: the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.  Numbers 6:24-25 After bending low to be with us, the Lord then extends His protection over us. We ask Him to keep us.…
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The Lord Bless You

Jesus taught us to pray, giving us what we call the Lord’s prayer. In the Old Testament, we see a model of giving a blessing when the priests were ordered to pray for the Israelites. The Aaronic blessing is not specifically addressed to us but we can learn from the example and discover the heart…
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