Too Many Blessings?

MorningStar · #1 (**permalink**) 09-21-2007, 09:04 PM

Years ago a friend of mine told me that when she had her baby and couldn't take medication for her bipolar disorder, she needed a blessing every day for months - a blessing of comfort. Another friend thought this was excessive.

Can a person ask for too many blessings? I didn't see anything wrong with her asking for one every day if she really needed one. What do you think?

jadams_4040 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-21-2007, 09:36 PM

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Years ago a friend of mine told me that when she had her baby and couldn't take medication for her bipolar disorder, she needed a blessing every day for months - a blessing of comfort. Another friend thought this was excessive.

Can a person ask for too many blessings? I didn't see anything wrong with her asking for one every day if she really needed one. What do you think?[/b]

I dont think. I know its ok. A lot of times someone needs spiritual refreshing because of stress and the influences it

brings upon us, it causes emotional weakness and we seem to loose our spiritual assuradness, negative thoughts

start to come e.t.c....Its always a good to get a strong blessing if and whenever we need it.

#3 (**permalink**) 09-21-2007, 11:39 PM

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Years ago a friend of mine told me that when she had her baby and couldn't take medication for her bipolar disorder, she needed a blessing every day for months - a blessing of comfort. Another friend thought this was excessive.

Can a person ask for too many blessings? I didn't see anything wrong with her asking for one every day if she really needed one. What do you think?[/b]

I think you can't ask for enough blessings. I was asking for blessings about every other day shortly after I left my first husband. I was okay at work and with Church members - but after I got home, it seem like the spirit couldn't depart fast enough.

The Sister Missionaries lived down the street from me and I saw them out on their bicycles getting ready to go tracting, so I went out and asked them if Mormons did blessings or exorcisms of homes? They said blessing yes - to call the Branch President and tell him why I think my home needed to be exorcised.

I did - and the Branch Presidency was over in half an hour. This was not the home I shared with my ex, but there was still unfriendly spirits there. After giving me a blessing, they blessed and dedicated my home. From then on I made sure that in my daily prayers to Father, I asked that He protect me, and to shield my home from the adversary.

I am remarried and we are living in my husbands home. For six years his addict brother lived here - the horrible things he did in the name of his drugs still affects this home. We have to have daily prayers to drive the evil from this house. If we allow ourselves to feed into the contention and negativity - then the evil comes back. Then we need to call on the big guns - The Suits! We both get dressed in our Sunday best, we fast the day before and on that day - and my dear husband calls on the priesthood keys that he has been endowed with, and on our Home Teachers to come and pray with us.

bunnzy · #4 (**permalink**) 09-22-2007, 01:11 AM

This is interesting to me... i sometimes get sick of my MIL asking my husband for blessings. Most of them say exactly the same thing. What comfort is there in redundancy? What difference is there between a blessing given yesterday and one given today? I'm not saying that the priesthood can be overused... but i dont think people should keep asking for blessings for these reasons

1) getting blessings until they get the answers that THEY want

2) The priesthood is sacred and we should spend a few days contemplating what each blessing means, not getting another one the next day

I think there are other ways to receive comfort that you can do everyday. Praying, Reading scriptures, obviously, also fasting, paying tithing and fast offereings, going to the temple as much as possible, putting your name on the temple prayer roll. Re-reading your patriachal blessing, readin the ensign, or other uplifting books and magazines.

Garden Girl · #5 (**permalink**) 09-22-2007, 01:00 PM

After my husband passed away, I sold the home we had built and moved into my little cottage... I called upon the priesthood to come and bless and dedicate my home... and I cannot tell you the comfort and sweet spirit I feel here. It is my little haven...
I also marked the bounds of my property and "consecrated" it through prayer, to the Lord...

The Garden Girl

the_jason · #6 (**permalink**) 10-05-2007, 02:05 PM

Blessings should not be given like medication. A blessing, whether for comfort or healing, works only by the faith of the person receiving the blessing, and always according to the Lord's will. Receiving a daily blessing by the laying on of hands, to me, shows impatience and lack of trust in the Lord. Let the Lord help you, but it's on His terms only, not yours.

Yes it's excessive.

Still_Small_Voice · #7 (**permalink**) 10-27-2007, 07:11 PM

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Blessings should not be given like medication. A blessing, whether for comfort or healing, works only by the faith of the person receiving the blessing, and always according to the Lord's will. Receiving a daily blessing by the laying on of hands, to me, shows impatience and lack of trust in the Lord. Let the Lord help you, but it's on His terms only, not yours.

Yes it's excessive.[/b]

I agree. If a priesthood blessing is given on a specific problem, asking for another blessing for the same problem the next day shows lack of faith. Prayer mixed with faith is very powerful.

The Nehor · #8 (**permalink**) 10-29-2007, 03:37 PM

In my experience most people who request endless blessings are relying on others, not on God. I think the best counsel would be for them to pray on their own for further comfort.

Saul had his failings but he still tried to hold on to a connection to God through Samuel. This got so bad that once Samuel was dead Saul tried to summon him from the dead rather than pray to God.

fish4kitty · #9 (**permalink**) 11-04-2007, 09:19 PM

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In my experience most people who request endless blessings are relying on others, not on God. I think the best counsel would be for them to pray on their own for further comfort.

Saul had his failings but he still tried to hold on to a connection to God through Samuel. This got so bad that once Samuel was dead Saul tried to summon him from the dead rather than pray to God.[/b]

I agree that once the initial blessing is given they need to sit on that blessing and pray for comfort.

f4k

LdsNana · #10 (**permalink**) 11-06-2007, 12:27 PM

I believe that those who are ordained unto His Holy Priesthood are bound to exercise it on behalf of those who ASK. Therefore, those who feel a need to call upon the Elders of His church in NEED of a blessing for "anything" will receive their request.

I have never seen any doctrine upon how many times a person may ask the Lord for his blessings? What a covenant these faithful men take upon themselves as they walk with the Master.

Ask and it shall be given...

How that comes to those who ask is not known to those of us who may be "looking" upon these situations from the outside, for we cannot judge the HEART of any individual, regardless of what we THINK we know. Personally, if something does not work for me, I stop buying it.

Faith is what is required, if only that of a grain of mustard. For some, that may literally be all that they have, and for them daily a blessing becomes manna unto life.

When ye have done it unto one the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. I believe we are speaking of the poor in spirit, health, means, knowledge, etc...

So when we give of ourselves to the least deserving of our time, who may least lack the ability to receive our offering... to the Savior this is as if it were giving unto Him.

He came unto his own and they received Him not... how much this must have hurt as evidence in the record of Third Nephi.

tdmg,
gVr