Episode 550: Count Your Blessings

Episode 550 December 30, 2022 00:10:00
Episode 550: Count Your Blessings
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Episode 550: Count Your Blessings

Dec 30 2022 | 00:10:00

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Show Notes

A hymn that was released in 1897 calls you to “count your many blessings, name them one by one, and it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.” "In a song written by Irving Berlin and featured in the 1954 film White Christmas, the singer confesses that “when I'm worried and I can't sleep, I count my blessings instead of sheep.” In today’s episode, we explore what it means to count our blessings.

 

Scriptures referenced include Luke 1:42–45, 48; Matthew 5:3–12; Luke 6:20–23; Psalm 63:1–5; John 4:14; Romans 5:1–2; Genesis 26:3; Deuteronomy 7:13; Job 42:12; Judges 13:24; Ephesians 1:3; James 1:2; 1 Corinthians 2:9; and Romans 8:35–39.

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