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God’s blessings. Bible word searches.
The perfect combination!
Bible Blessings Word Searches is a brand-new collection featuring smaller, 12-by-12 puzzle grids and upbeat, positive passages from scripture.
The 99 puzzles include search words drawn from full passages of the beloved King James Version, reproduced right on the page.
The larger type and puzzle grids are easy on the eyes, and the encouraging scriptures are good for your spirit. Each puzzle is accompanied by a related quotation from a noted Christian writer, singer, or Bible teacher.
Easier to complete and focused completely on God’s Word, these puzzles promise relaxing fun for players of all ages and backgrounds.
Answers are provided, of course, beginning on page 205.
God’s blessings and Bible word searches—the perfect combination!
The Beatitudes
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be lled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Matthew 5:3–9
Just because God does not remove the thorn doesn’t mean He’s not using it for our good and His glory.
R UTH C HOU S IMONS
Gifts of the Spirit
For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gi s of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues.
1 Corinthians 12:8–10
Celebrate yourself! You are a unique creation of God. In all the world, there’s no one else like you. . . . Praise God for all the gifts He gave the world when He created you.
E LLYN S ANNA
Ask in Faith
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the g tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Matthew 21:21–22
Faith must always be in the present tense.
The most succinct statement of the principle is in Mark: “So I tell you, whatever you pray for and ask, believe you have got it, and you shall have it.”
C ATHERINE M ARSHALL
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Grow Together
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
2 Timothy 3:14–17
Whatever church God has guided you to, whoever your Christian family is, get your heart together with theirs! Guard your unity! Attend to them, love them, care for them! Help them, strengthen them in God, teach them, be taught by them.
A NNE O RTLUND
Generations to Come
Shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: that the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments.
Psalm 78:4–7
This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.
C ORRIE T EN B OOM
Share the Blessing
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
Luke 14:13–15
Our blessings include life and health, family and friends, freedom and possessions. . .the gifts we receive from God are multiplied when we share them.
B ETH M OORE
A Lively Hope
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1:3–5
To be “blessed” is to be full of joy and hope in relationship with God. Blessed are those who have directed their attention from earthly rewards, who have gone deeper than superficial thinking.
S USAN M C C ARTHY P EABODY
Remember This
It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: if we su er, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: if we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself. Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no pro t, but to the subverting of the hearers. Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:11–15
Suffering provides the gym equipment on which my faith can be exercised.
J ONI E ARECKSON T ADA
For His Purpose
And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the rstborn among many brethren.
Romans 8:27–29
God reshapes and repurposes. He brings change. That’s God’s job, and we just need to get out of the way and let Him do what He does. So why stifle our voices and withhold the truth of our broken pieces? He wants us to bring them to Him and speak them. He makes all things new.
S ANDI P ATTY
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God Hears
Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. e Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
Psalm 28:6–9
In our darkest moments, when we cry out to God and wonder if He’s listening, He sometimes whispers, Wait. It’s a hard word to hear yet comforting as well. It means He is there, He is with us, and He has a plan, even if it is not our plan.
