To be blessed is to receive God's favour, to receive the good things in life, our food and shelter, family and friends, and the experiences that will prepare us for life in His kingdom. These are blessings from God. But God's greatest blessing to all mankind is the knowledge of salvation, and the gift of His son Jesus Christ.

We read in the letter to the Hebrews: "And without doubt the lesser person is blessed by the greater." (Hebrews 7:7). We are blessed by God, and God expects us to behave in the same way towards our fellow men and women, and to give them our blessing, with our thoughts and prayers, kind and helpful words, and when it is possible, in more practical ways. This must also be done to those who do not like us. "Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse." (Romans 12:14), and "...pray for those who persecute you." (Matthew 5:44).

There is another way in which we may 'bless' God by giving Him the praise He deserves. "Then Daniel praised the God of heaven and said: 'Praise be to the Name of God....'" (Daniel 2:19-20, NIV), and "Daniel blessed the God of heaven…." (Daniel 2:19, KJV).

The apostle James warns us: "The tongue…is an unruly evil…therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men…. My brethren, these things ought not so to be." (James 3:8-10, KJV).

Baal
Babylon
Baptism
  1. "Baptism for the dead"
  2. Baptism with the Holy Spirit
Barbarians
Beelzebub
Beginning
  1. The Creation of the World
  2. The New Creation in Christ
Begotten
Believe, Belief, Believer
Bible
Bishop
Blasphemy
Blessedness
Blessing
Blood
Body
  1. The physical body
  2. The spiritual body
  3. The body of Christ
  4. "The body of Moses"
  5. "Spiritual bodies"
Born
Bread
Breaking Bread
Brothers and Sisters
Burial