The blessings of God were originally given to Abraham, and now today to us as believers. I had an elder in the church I attended who would pray and speak the blessings of Abraham over me. I didn’t know what he was talking about, so I asked him. This was his answer: This scripture is referring to Abraham. Genesis 12:2-3 “2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, a

Obed-edom was just a regular guy, standing by the side of the road in front of his house, minding his own business. Because David got angry and afraid of God, he leaves the Ark at Obed-edom’s house. He let the Ark stay at his place. I believe he was a person just like you and me, doing his best as a husband and father, working, and providing for his family, and he was available and open for what God wanted to do next in his life. The name “Obed” means slave. The other part of