Blessing Prayers
Featured on this page is a collection of uplifting and inspiring blessing and verses, with blessings for favour and prosperity, and ancient Irish prayers for blessing friends and loved ones with. Also discover encouraging blessings from the bible - be inspired as you read these beautiful verses and prayers!
May The Lord Bless You
(A Judeo-Christian Blessing)
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
May the Lord make his face to shine upon you,
and be gracious to you.
May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
and give you peace.
Ancient Irish Blessing
a prayer for blessing others with:-
resources on this page
Irish prayer for blessing and favour
Anglican blessing for the church
Bible verses about blessings
I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right.
(Billy Graham, b.1918, Christian evangelist)
The Prayer of Jabez
Jabez's prayer for blessing and prosperity:-
Jabez cried out to the God of Israel,
“Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory!
Let your hand be with me,
and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.”
And God granted his request.
(1 Chronicles 4:10, NIV)
Irish Blessing
An ancient prayer for blessings and favour:-
Scottish Blessing
May the blessing of light be on you
May the blessing of light be on you– light without and light within. May the blessed sunlight shine on you like a great peat fire, so that stranger and friend may come and warm himself at it.
read the full version of this on the scottish wedding blessings page
Celtic Blessing
Here is a contemporary version of the ancient celtic blessing "May the road rise up to meet you":-
Almighty and everlasting God, from whom cometh every good and perfect gift:
Send down upon our bishops, and other clergy, and upon the congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; and, that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing.
Grant this, O Lord, for the honor of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ.
Amen.
(source: Book of Common Prayer, 1979 version, Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA)
Birthday Prayer Blessing
A short blessing suitable for printing out or emailing to a friend for their birthday:-
Jesus and Blessings
In the Beatitudes, Jesus turns on its head what we might normally consider are things that gain happiness ("beatus" is the Latin word behind "Beatitude", meaning blissful or happy). We would not usually consider grief, insult or persecution to be "happy" things. Are those who are mourning blessed? Christ's answer is YES - they will be comforted. Are the persecuted blessed? YES - for this takes them deeper into God's kingdom. Normally one would think that by earning more money, having a bigger house, having more "things" around us, will lead to happiness - even that this is God's blessing.
Jesus re-writes this mindset. Actually by having "less" gives more room for God and more space for dependency on Him, (this is also the testimony of John the Baptist - "He must increase, but I must decrease." John 3:30 NASB) The Message version of the bible conveys the Beatitudes in a beautiful, creative and challenging way, and you can find an excerpt of this scripture lower down on this page.
Blessings in the bible
Here are some inspiring scriptures about the blessings of God. You may find these useful for personal meditation or prayer:-
more pages with blessing prayers:-
here are links to some wonderfully inspired prayers to aid your journey.