31 Decrees of Blessing for Men E-Book

Robert Hotchkin

• Herausgeber: BroadStreet Publishing Group, LLC
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020

Seitenzahl: 170

Beschreibung

Masculinity is under attack. Now more than ever, the world needs powerful men of faith and integrity. 31 Decrees of Blessing for Men puts the power of God's Word in the hands and mouths of men, equipping them to be the husbands, fathers, brothers, leaders, and servants that God created them to be. Each day includes: - an encouraging devotion written around a spiritual truth found in Scripture, - an empowering decree to root you in the certainty of God's blessings, - related Bible passages to enrich your understanding, and - an activation to mobilize your faith. You are a beloved son of God. Harness the power you have in Christ and become a blessing to the lives around you.    

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We need good men to be strong, rise out of shame, and step into their place in God’s story. Robert Hotchkin has written a clear action plan for men to fully carry the nature and character of Jesus. I highly recommend 31 Decrees of Blessing for Men in this season.

—Jamie Galloway, Jamie Galloway Ministries

31 Decrees of Blessing for Men will change your family and your world!

—James W. Goll, God Encounters Ministries, GOLL Ideation LLC

Robert Hotchkin’s 31 Decrees of Blessing for Men is an outstanding devotional for men and will surely bless and encourage all who read it and decree it.

—Dr. Patricia King, author, ministry leader, and television host

Robert Hotchkin is equipping this generation to move into greater power and glory. With 31 Decrees of Blessing for Men, he has provided a tool to break the shackles off the lives of God’s sons and inspire them to reach higher. This book is key for men who want to run into the battle and take down the giant.

—Ryan LeStrange, author, speaker, prophet, and founder of RLM,LeStrange Global, TRIBE, and the iHubs Movement

Here is a spiritually invigorating, meaty, practical, hands-on, doable, rubber-hits-the-road, strengthening resource for God’s sons as they navigate through life. It’s just plain good!

—Mary Audrey Raycroft, founder of Releasers of Life EquippingMinistry and teaching pastor of Catch the Fire, Toronto

This is a book you need. This is a book I need. Walk through this book. No, run through this book! Do these activations and watch God move with power in your life.

—Steve Shultz, founder of Elijah List Ministries

Men need this book! 31 Decrees of Blessing for Men is a powerful way for guys to get a daily reminder of who they really are and what is available to them in Christ. This book will make a difference in the life of every man who grabs hold of its truth.

—Chris Widener, bestselling author, podcast host ofFortunes from Speaking

My good friend, Robert Hotchkin, has an amazing revelation concerning the truth that the time has come for the unveiling of the sons of God. The devotions and decrees in this book will help men everywhere step into their identity as true sons of our heavenly Father.

—Dr. Kevin Zadai, founder and president of Warrior Notes andWarrior Notes School of Ministry

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31 DECREES OF BLESSING FOR MEN

Copyright © 2020 by Robert Hotchkin

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DEDICATED TO

Jesus Christ, the Son of God who became

the Son of Man so that every son of man

could become a son of God.

And to all my Christian brothers and

fellow Men on the Frontlines. May you

know the certainty of sonship so that

you fully receive and fully walk in all the

blessings of your heavenly Father who

loves you and is so well pleased with you.

CONTENTS

Foreword

The Truth about Men

Day 1Blessed with the Certainty of Sonship

Day 2Blessed with Power

Day 3Blessed with Authority

Day 4Blessed with Favor

Day 5Blessed with the Presence of God

Day 6Blessed with the Ability to Change Atmospheres

Day 7Blessed with Rest

Day 8Blessed with Generosity

Day 9Blessed with His Word

Day 10 Blessed with Truth

Day 11 Blessed with Joy

Day 12 Blessed with Victory

Day 13 Blessed to Be a Father

Day 14 Blessed with Miracles

Day 15 Blessed with Character and Integrity

Day 16 Blessed to Champion Women

Day 17 Blessed with Abundance

Day 18 Blessed with Courage

Day 19 Blessed with Weapons of Warfare

Day 20 Blessed with Peace

Day 21 Blessed with Glory

Day 22 Blessed with Increase

Day 23 Blessed with Success

Day 24 Blessed to Be a Husband

Day 25 Blessed with Righteousness

Day 26 Blessed with Solutions

Day 27 Blessed with Restoration

Day 28 Blessed with Perfect Prayers

Day 29 Blessed with Health and Healing

Day 30 Blessed with Boldness

Day 31 Blessed with Heroic Holiness

About the Author

FOREWORD

Men, listen: You are going to be encouraged as you read this book! Loaded with ammunition for your devotional life, these thirty-one decrees of blessing will shake you in a good way. In our culture, countless forces try to discourage the true follower of Jesus, but we must be men who lead lives that are saturated with the culture of heaven. God is about to nudge you closer to his heart, for when you lose yourself in the love of your Father in heaven, you will find your true manhood.

I love to encourage men. I am passionate about showing them the more excellent way of love and bringing them closer to God. I’ve found that the greatest way of encouraging men is to share the Father’s blessings with them. The blessing of God is what every one of us craves; we want to know his blessings over our lives, our families, our health, and our relationships.

A wonderful church in the Boston area is moving forward with God. I’ll never forget the men of that church and the privilege I had to bless them. The pastor invited me to speak to the congregation one Sunday morning, but I felt God deeply press upon my heart to speak directly to the men even though many women were present. I shared the Father’s blessing over their lives, and immediately I could tell that most of the men needed affirmation and encouragement. It showed on their faces as I spoke.

At the end of the service, I asked all of the men to line up, and I looked each one in the eyes and blessed them. What manly hugs I received that day! Most of the men were weeping as I told them how proud our heavenly Father is of his sons. Some of the men in that room waited up to two hours for me to reach them and share the blessing of a father over them.

I will never forget that meeting and how it impacted the men. The women in the room could see what was taking place, and they, too, were visibly moved. Guys, I know what you want most in life: it’s the Father’s blessing!

Blessings are a theme throughout the Bible. From the very beginning, we see how much God wants to bless us. Genesis alone contains the words bless and blessing more than eighty times! He even blessed birds and fish. If God has blessed the fish and birds, imagine how much more blessed you are! God has chosen you to bless you. He wanted you to be his. He wanted a friend and a partner. He wanted someone to walk with and share himself with. You are that one. He chose you because he wanted you. You belong to God—not to your company, your church, or your wallet. You belong to the One who chose you and died for you: “You are among the chosen ones who received the call to belong to Jesus, the Anointed One” (Romans 1:6 TPT).

Men, the wealth of the glory of God’s inheritance is in you! In fact, you are the hidden treasure in this world. Man of God, he chose you because you are a treasure that contains the goodness and glory of Jesus Christ. You are his divine poetry. God has chosen you to demonstrate a unique message to the world that only you can present. Your life, your unique gifts, and your passion for God bring a poetic expression of God’s love to the world. How does it feel to be the lyrics of God’s love on two legs? God has blessed you, and he will use you for his glory as you put him first.

I’ve read many books written to encourage men, but Robert Hotchkin has written what I believe is the best devotional book a guy could read. It will charge you up and motivate you to change the world around you. With God’s blessing on your life, nothing is impossible! You will feel like Robert has written this amazing book just for you. The chapter headings alone got me excited, and the decrees of blessing will linger over your life long after you’ve finished reading them. This excellent book joins the power of making a decree and the power of a blessing. Robert has done a masterful job of presenting God’s heart for men.

Get ready for some life-changing truths to wash over you! Starting today, be determined to see yourself as blessed, and allow these thirty-one decrees to transform your life. Be blessed, my friend!

Brian Simmons

The Passion Translation Project

INTRODUCTION

THE TRUTH ABOUT MEN

Creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God.

ROMANS 8:19

Popular culture has been lying to us about men for quite some time.

Real men are not lone-wolf lotharios who need nothing except another notch on their bedposts.

Dads are not sitcom simpletons who offer little to their families other than being the easy butt of every joke.

Husbands are not clueless buffoons who make a mess of everything.

Masculinity is not toxic.

In other words, to put it really simply: Men are not “the problem.” Just the opposite. We are actually a big part of the divine solution for every problem the world is facing.

When God created humanity in his image, he created us male and female. Then he set us in place as his dominion stewards on the earth to co-labor with him as his divine representatives over all creation (Genesis 1:26–28). This means that the fullest and most potent representation (“re-presentation”) of God is when male and female, women and men, choose to walk in all God has blessed us with and called us to.

So yes, men are absolutely necessary. Masculinity is important. We always have been—and always will be—a part of God’s plan. We should never ignore, deny, dumb-down, or neuter that.

We need men. We need good, powerful, righteous men. Men who are willing to serve. Men who are willing to lead. Men of faith and men of integrity. Men who embrace their power and potential through restored relationships with their heavenly Father. Men who arise as the heroes, warriors, champions, fathers, husbands, brothers, and friends that God created them to be. All while respecting, supporting, and making places for women who are also a key part of God’s divine plan.

All of creation is crying out for these “sons of God” to be revealed (Romans 8:19). It is time that we add our voices to this chorus and cry out for them as well. We can do that through the power of scriptural decrees.

The Power of Decrees

God’s Word is amazing. It is living, active, and full of power (Hebrews 4:12). It never returns void, and it accomplishes all that God sent it to do (Isaiah 55:11). God’s Word is eternally true, never expires, and will never fade away (40:8). It is certain, potent, and full of promises for every one of us, all the time.

When we decree God’s Word in faith it establishes his truth in our lives and on the earth (Job 22:28). Mighty angels are released to obediently perform his Word (Psalm 103:20). According to Romans 4:17, if there is a truth we see in God’s Word that is not yet fully manifested in our lives, we can decree that truth with the expectation that it will come forth.

There is power in this book that you hold in your hands—the power of decrees!

As you make these decrees and declare these blessings in faith, you are creating a framework in the spirit that heaven will pour into, bringing forth greater and greater manifestation of God’s truth and promises. You are agreeing with what God has done and won in the eternal realm so that it may be established in the temporal realm. You are co-laboring with God the Creator and operating as a dominion steward over the creation of your life. You are helping to bring heaven to earth.

Hebrews 11:3 makes it clear that the entire universe was framed and established by the Word of God and that things in the natural are actually formed by things of the spirit. For example, when the Lord spoke forth the words “Let there be light,” there was light (Genesis 1:3). That wasn’t a one-time event. As we see in Isaiah 55:11, the Word of God always produces fruit. It accomplishes everything God sends it forth to do, and it will prosper. Always.

You can put that kind of power to work in your life every day. That’s what this book is for.

Daily Decrees for Year-Round Blessing

31 Decrees of Blessing for Men puts the power of God’s Word in your hands and in your mouth so that you can speak the truth of his kingdom into your life.

There is a devotion, decree, and activation for every day of the month.

Each devotion focuses on an empowering scripture that reveals a key blessing God has for his sons. The devotion will build up your faith and expectancy that this blessing is real and that it is for you.

After each devotion, there is a series of decrees. As you speak forth these spiritual truths, you are establishing them in your life. These words will not return void. They will accomplish all God sends them to do. They will produce fruit.

Scriptural references follow each day’s decrees. These references make it simple for you to find the source passages for the decrees. Look them up in your Bible. Read them over and over. Focus and meditate on them. Allow them to renew your mind. Allow them to build and multiply the substance of your faith. Allow them to root you and ground you in the certainty of God’s blessing for you. Afterward, go back and proclaim the decrees again with an even greater substance of faith and hope-filled expectation.

Every day also contains an activation. These activations provide you with ideas on how you can put feet to your faith and step into the reality of the spiritual realm you have established by receiving, believing, and decreeing the Word of God. They give you something that you can do to activate the blessing in your life.

What the World Needs Now

The apostle Paul planted a church in the Greek city of Corinth during his second missionary journey. After his departure, all sorts of problems began to pop up. Rebellion. Dishonor and disrespect. Immorality. False theologies. Jealousy. Competition. And more. Paul wrote a letter to the church in Corinth to help them deal with the issues in a godly, effective way. Near the end of his letter, he summed up all of his input and insights with the following counsel: “Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong” (1 Corinthians 16:13).

What was true in Paul’s day is still true today. It has been true since day six of creation when God made us in his image—male and female—and placed us on the earth as his dominion stewards (Genesis 1:26–28). Men are part of the plan. Men are part of the solution. Men are necessary. When godly men righteously inhabit their place in every sphere of influence, they help solve problems, and every part of society improves.

Right now, perhaps more than ever, the world needs good, strong, faith-filled, Christian men. One of the simplest and most powerful ways we, as Christian men, can allow God to strengthen us is by knowing and declaring his Word.

Men, we can use the daily devotionals, decrees, and activations in this book to strengthen ourselves—to become the husbands, fathers, sons, brothers, friends, leaders, servants, problem-solvers, and blessings our heavenly Father created us to be.

Wives can use them to strengthen their husbands.

Parents can use them to strengthen their sons.

Pastors can use them to strengthen the men under their spiritual covering, and congregations can use them to strengthen their male pastors.

Employers can use them to strengthen their male employees, and workers can use them to strengthen their male bosses.

My prayer for you as you pick up and use 31 Decrees of Blessing for Men is that each and every day you will encounter the love and encouragement of your heavenly Father. I pray that this book will remind you of the beloved son that you are and the power you have in Christ to not only be blessed but to be a blessing.

The world needs good, strong Christian men in this hour. The world needs you.

You matter. You are important. You have a key role to play for the kingdom on the earth. So believe, receive, declare, and be blessed!

Expect great things!

Robert Hotchkin

Men on the Frontlines

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DAY ONE

BLESSED WITH THE CERTAINTY OF SONSHIP

“You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased.”

MARK 1:11

What the Father says to the Son in Mark 1:11 is powerful. What really blows me away, however, is when he says it. This declaration of complete love and total acceptance comes at the very beginning of Jesus’s earthly ministry, before he has done anything.

At this point Jesus has not saved or healed anyone. He has not worked any miracles or fed a single person, let alone a multitude. He hasn’t cleansed a leper. He hasn’t raised the dead. He hasn’t cast out a single demon or overcome a single temptation. He hasn’t even preached a message yet. He hasn’t put the reality of his Father and his kingdom on display in any way to anyone, and he certainly has not yet gone to the cross and fulfilled his purpose and destiny on the earth. At this point, the Son hasn’t done a thing. Yet the heavens are open. The Holy Spirit pours out. And the Father holds nothing back.

This announcement dramatically puts on display for all to see that the kingdom of God on the earth is not based on performance; it is based on relationship. The Father did not love and accept the Son because he did good—he hadn’t done anything yet. The Father loved and accepted the Son because the Father is good.

The heavens were opened and the Holy Spirit poured out not because of what the Son accomplished for the Father but because of who the Son was to