God’s Protective Measures  in Ancient Hebrew Culture As at all the previous critical times of blessing, God estab­lished practices within ancient Hebrew culture that ensured almost every child received his parents‘ blessing when he married Four traditions and social norms stand out in particular:  1. Marriages were primarily arranged by both setsof parents and thus were always blessed.  2. Every..

What’s So Wrong With the Current Dating System?  Something is obviously wrong with a system that has roughlya 50 percent failure rate, but that is what our current dating system has produced. Nearly half of marriages today areending in divorce.  For claritys sake, when I use the word dating I am talking about the strategy in which a young person spends time with people of the opposite gender in ..

SEED ALWAYS BEARS FRUIT AFTER ITS OWN KIND  Suppose a young woman named Mary grows up with a hypercritical father, whom she judges. She then vows to never marry a critical man like her father. Meanwhile a young man named Tom grows up with an undisciplined, obese mother, whom he judges. He then vows to never marry an overweight woman like his mother.  These two young people meet and marry. Tom is..

BLESSING YOUR CHILD AT THE TIME OF MARRIAGE  We now come to the sixth critical time of blessing in the life of a son or daughter. This is the blessing God intended to occur at the time of marriage. Not every son or daughter is called by God to be married, but most are. Just as a significant transition occurs at puberty from childhood to adulthood, another important transition takes place at the ..

CEREMONY  The time of instruction, which may last several months to a year, is meant to culminate in a blessing ceremony that releases the son or daughter into adulthood. Ihis ceremony helps to create an emotional closure to childhood. As I mentioned earlier, this ceremony is no small thing and should be treated like a very important event. In Jewish culture this ceremony is frequently made as h..

*** BLESSING TOOLBOX ***  As in the previous chapters I want to share some specific prayers you can pray over your children at the time of puberty. We will begin with remedial prayers you can pray if you failed to bless your children at puberty and they are now past that age. We will then look in some detail at how you can bless your son or daughter at the time of puberty. REMEDIAL PRAYERS TO BR..

POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES  OF BLESSING AND CURSING AT PUBERTY It is God's intent that every son and daughter receive a powerful impartation of identity and destiny from his or her father at the time of puberty. I believe this impartation is to come in the form of a public, ceremonial blessing. This blessing empowers the son or daughter to prosper in adulthood and brings emotional closure to childho..

BLESSING YOUR CHILD AT THE TIME OF PUBERTY While each of the seven critical times of blessing are important, puberty is perhaps one of the most impacting times to bless your child. Puberty is when a child is released into his adult identity. The inner image as a man or woman that is established at this critical time will impact the future course of the child's life. KEY ROLE PLAYER While both pa..

*** Blessing Toolbox ***  Below are some prayers you can pray over your children during infancy and early childhood. These are meant to serve as a guide. You can personalize them as needed.  Remedial Prayers to Break the Curse If your child was adopted and wasn’t nurtured in infancy You may recognize that your child has a greater need for physical touch because he lacked nurture. Be sure to give..