The Daily Blessing Podcast: Recent Episodes
Alan Wright Ministries
In the beginning, God blessed Adam and Eve and then told them to be fruitful. Blessing isn’t a reward for productivity—it is the fuel for it. In this unique podcast, Pastor Alan Wright shares a faith-filled, Biblically-based blessing that empowers listeners each day of the week. It’s not a prayer, it’s much more than wishful thinking—it’s a mystical, powerful impartation of life.
Have you “had it” with the immorality of the world and don’t know what to do with all your frustration?
It’s not about being unembarrassed to share your faith – it’s deeper and better than that.
How can we be sure that we are loved by God? How can it be that God would love us so deeply and constantly?
The Gospel isn’t salvation from sin, healing from brokenness and freedom from shame—it is something much greater.
He is Jireh, the Lord who provides because He goes into your future and makes provision for you.
“Blessed are you … For flesh and blood Has not revealed this to you, But my Father Who is in Heaven!” (Matt. 16:17).
I bless you to See what only The Father Can show.
Revelation— The Unveiling. The Light shining. The Glory displaying.
Revelation— Of Who He is: “You are the Christ, The Son of the Living God” (Matt. 16:16).
Revelation— Of Who you are: “You are Peter, And on this rock…” (Matt 16:18).
Not self-discovery. Revelation, Child of God, Be filled with revelation.
I bless you to enter By the narrow gate That leads to Life.
You need not Be deceived Or tantalized By the wide gate— The way that promises freedom But then, imprisons.
May you, Child of God, Flourish by the paradox Of the narrow that makes broad— The seemingly restrictive that sets free.
Jesus, The one Gate, The one Way, The one Door, So narrow… So expansive.
He’s the gate that Leads to life abundant.
You might not be living your ultimate destiny right now, but God-given destiny lives in you.
What you need is not more approval but more assurance that you already have approval in Christ.
You live in the day of reality, not shadow. Jesus is the real ark of the covenant for you.
God lets your soul grow before giving you blessings you’re not ready for. You’ll get the Promised Land little by little.
Like the spies to the Promised Land, you’ll hear conflicting reports about your future, but God’s report is the one that matters.
I bless you to be new, Child of God, New, in Christ, new!
“If anyone is in Christ, He is a new creation. The old has passed away; Behold the new has come.” (2 Cor. 5:17)
May you let go of The old— The moldy, The useless, The binding.
And embrace The new— The fresh, The empowering, The freeing.
May you let go of Hell’s condemnation And take hold of God’s grace.
May you let go Sin’s old habits And immerse in Love’s way.
He says you’re new, Beloved, So be new… Be brand new.
Herod held the power… So it seemed.
But the fox Was outfoxed.
His plot to kill Christ So easily foiled As the stargazers slept And heard from God: “And being warned in a dream… They departed to their Own country by another way.” (Matt. 2:12)
How easily God prevails!
The wicked king stewed And brooded And conspired, while…
The magi slept, And were saved.
God can do more For you while you sleep Than all hell can do to you Wide awake.
So, sweet dreams, Child of God, The Lord of Glory Is at work overpowering The evil powers For you.
I bless you to Know for sure, As Gabriel promised Mary, “The Lord is with you.” (Luke 1:28)
Indeed, He is present everywhere. Yes, if by wings of the morning, You traveled to the uttermost parts Of the sea, He is there.
He is before and behind, In the past and in the present, In the heights and the depths; Yes, child of God, He is everywhere.
But, this Christmas, Hear the angel’s words: The Lord is with you. Not theoretically, Not theologically, Not theistically… But, personally, Relationally, Lovingly, The Lord is with you.
Be not afraid, The Lord is with you.
Receive the angel’s good news, Of great joy, But, this Christmas, please insert your name.
“Unto you _______ , Is born this day… A Savior.”
Yes, He was born for the magi, He was born for shepherds, He was born for “all the people”… But savor the words, Child of God, He was born for you.
He became human To relate to you, To restore you, To represent you, On the cross.
“Fear not, For behold, I bring you good news of great joy That will be for all the people. For unto you Is born this day In the city of David A Savior, Who is Christ the Lord.”
“Greetings, O favored one, The Lord is with you!” (Luke 1:28)
Let Gabriel’s good news For Mary Be good news For you.
All in Christ are, Like Mary, Favored— “graced.”
You have received blessing That you didn’t earn— Wondrous grace That you could not buy.
God has seen you, Discovered you, Chosen you, Favored you, Delighted in you, And called you For His great purposes.
You’re as unlikely A candidate for favor As Mary— But just as surely, You have been graced, Child of God, The Lord is with you.
I bless your spirit To “… earnestly desire The spiritual gifts, Especially that you may prophesy.” (1 Cor. 14:1)
Not that you may Thunder like Amos Or agonize like Jeremiah.
Not that you may Speak perfect oracles Or tell the future Or rebuke sinners— But that you may “Strengthen... Encourage… Comfort….” (1 Cor. 14:3)
God has given you Spiritual Eyes, May you see as He sees.
God has given you Spiritual Ears, May you hear all He speaks.
God has a thousand ways To reveal truth through you To bless people out of darkness.
You can watch and listen, Child of God, You can see and hear Him— And you can speak.
I bless your desires To become increasingly God-shaped And God-sized.
“… eagerly desire The spiritual gifts,” (1 Cor. 14:1) Paul cries out.
May His gifts Become your desire. May you hunger For God’s kind of food.
Desire His gifts.
Not demand, But Desire. Not idolize, But expect.
I bless the eagerness Of your desire To be empowered And equipped by the Spirit.
May your longing Match God’s yearning— May your thirst Mirror God’s outpouring.
Grow, Desire for God, Grow.
The riches of His grace Have been lavished Upon you, In the Beloved. (Eph. 1:7,8)
So, go ahead, Live lavishly.
Not as the world defines it, Of course. Not the gaudy materialism Or wasteful excess Of a self-absorbed society—
No, it is God’s grace That has been lavished upon you.
As Webster defines it: “To bestow with profusion.” The prodigal God has profusely Poured out excessive Affection, favor and kindness Upon you.
If you looked at it from the outside, You’d call such love unwarranted, Wasteful. But from the inside, You just call it grace.
Be blessed today for You have been lavished.
Take the presence of God Into the center of the confusion Which threatens to drown you And watch the waters part.
Like a football running back, no matter how hard you get hit in life, you always start the next play at the point of forward progress.
Like the spies to the Promised Land, you’ll hear conflicting reports about your future, but God’s report is the one that matters.
I bless you today “That you may Know Him And the power Of His resurrection.” (Philippians 3:10)
Christ wants you To know HIM And to know The power Of His RESURRECTION.
The invitation Is deep And personal. The welcome is Preposterous— That you might Know Up close The Creator and Savior Of the world. The king wants to be friends With you.
But, the shock is greater, He wants to share His earth-shaking power With you. The same power (dunamis) That raised Jesus from the dead Is yours In Him.
He invites you to know HIM AND His power, child of God, I bless you to take up His offer!
I bless you to be “Found in Him Not having a righteousness Of your own That comes through the law.” (Philippians 3:9)
“Found in Him.”
Like, If someone were looking for you, There’s only One place Where they’d find you— In Him.
Like, If someone were to wonder Where you are, They’d only Find you If they looked inside the Heart of God Where His grace is flowing.
And when Christ comes And consummates His kingdom And creates a new heaven and earth, The angels won’t have to search The world over To find you— You’ll be easy to find, In Him.
Rest easy, Child of God, You can’t be lost When you are in Christ.
I bless you to Treasure Christ And the gift of His imputed righteousness So highly That all your own merits Are Garbage In comparison.
Rubbish. Or maybe, More starkly, Dung— That’s what our Personal religious accomplishments Are compared to “That which comes Through faith in Christ, The righteousness From God That depends on faith.” (Philippians 3:9)
You have been given A salvation So great So free So glorious That all other Self-salvations Stink in comparison.
Go ahead, Throw out the garbage, And live in the aroma of Christ.
How odd, That the Apostle of grace, The church planter who fumed, At the prospect of the tiniest Dab of legalism Intruding the purity of the Good News, Would say: “Work out your own salvation.” (Phil. 2:12)
Be assured, Paul has not contradicted His epistles of pure grace. This Greek word “work” evokes The idea of a farmer working a field. Perhaps a peasant to whom the king has given A fertile plot and, In profound gratitude, And daily joy, Works the field, Hoeing, weeding, watering Because it is a blessing to work The gift to its fullest.
I bless you to work out your salvation, The way a farmer works out the riches of his field, Or the way a gold miner digs up treasures.
I bless you to work out all The deepest benefits of the salvation That Christ worked out for you!
I bless you to know, Like imprisoned Paul, “That through prayer And the help of the Spirit Of Jesus Christ This will turn out For your deliverance.” (Phil. 1:19)
Whatever “this” is, No matter what “this” is, No matter how long, How unjust, How painful, “This is” –
“This will turn out For your deliverance.”
Like Paul, May you be sure That your uninvited, Incarcerating, frustrating, Setback Is not final And your longing for freedom Is not futile.
“This will turn out For your deliverance.”
What then, shall we do When creaky doors close Upon us?
“Rejoice, yes, We will rejoice for we Know that through prayer And the help of the Spirit Of Jesus Christ This will turn out for our deliverance.” (Phil 1:18-19)
I bless you to see What God sees in your hard times, How…
It’s all lining up— The good, the bad, The happy, the sad— “To advance the Gospel.” (Phil. 1:12)
It’s what the imprisoned apostle Affirmed to his Philippian friends:
“I want you to know that what has Happened to me Has really served to advance the Gospel So that it has become known Throughout the whole imperial guard And to all the rest That my imprisonment is for Christ.” (Phil. 1:13)
Your current challenge— The thing that feels most Incarcerating and Humiliating— Is not merely a trial to endure, It is your ministry opportunity.
What feels most limiting, Most out-of-line With your plans, May be what God is lining up For the sweetest witness of your life.
I bless you, that, Not just “in spite of” But also “because of” Whatever prison-like problem You’re facing, You’ll advance the Gospel.
I bless you that “Your love may abound More and More, With knowledge and All discernment.” (Philippians 1:9)
God has not invited you into Naïve grace— Into undiscerning mercy.
Love is not blind. As your love abounds, So may your wisdom.
Christ was not ignorant Of the wickedness within Those He came to save.
He died with full knowledge Of our rebellion.
Authentic love is not extravagant Because it is duped— Real love is wild Because it discerns The undeserving… And loves anyway.
I bless you to love more And more And more. I bless you to discern more And more And more.
May your love be accompanied by Knowledge of the Truth And may your knowledge of the Truth Be accompanied by an unending love.
You’re a conqueror! By the blood of the lamb and the word of your testimony, you are free.
Paul’s climactic proclamation of God’s commitment to us in Christ grounds today’s blessing in the assurance that “God’s got this!” Whatever it is, God isn’t caught by surprise.
Today’s blessing is grounded in the powerful eighth chapter of Romans where Paul crescendos his proclamation of the Gospel with the deepest assurances of the steadfastness of God’s love.
The intriguing Ephraim and Manasseh blessing (which I explain fully in my new book) has puzzled rabbis and commentators for millennia.
As Jacob put his right hand on the undeserving younger son (Ephraim), so God has put the right hand of His blessing on all the undeserving ones who trust in Him. And that’s the Gospel!
God has destined you to be fruitful in this world and, by the Spirit, you’ll be twice as fruitful as you ever could be in your own power.
God can use the “ruins” of your life to give you a new, higher perspective as well. And that’s the Gospel!
Joseph had been through unspeakable persecution and adversity, but God’s favor on Joseph in Egypt made it seem as though he’d never been hurt. That’s why he named his firstborn, “Manasseh”— which sounds like “forgot my troubles.” In Christ, you can live with so much grace today that it’s as if you’d never been hurt.
Mysteriously, Jacob crossed his arms to bless Ephraim and Manasseh. God has crossed His arms for you!
Today’s blessing is inspired by the beautiful scene of Jacob blessing Ephraim and Manasseh which began with the words of adoption:
For 3700 years, Jewish fathers have blessed their children saying, “God make you as Ephraim and Manasseh.” Here’s why!
When Jesus began his ministry, He announced it as the fulfillment of the “year of the Lord’s favor” (Luke 4:19).
I love the image of the sinless Son of God growing—physically maturing, increasing in height and strength. It’s a good picture of what God wants for us, first in our bodies and then in our souls. You can’t keep growing in physical stature forever, but you certainly can grow figuratively in your stature all your days. And that’s the Gospel!
The blessing of Luke 2:52 is one I spoke over my children every day (and still do). It’s remarkable that Jesus, though sinless, could increase in His wisdom. Wisdom unfolds as we, by the grace of God, learn what works – how God works, how relationships work. You can grow in wisdom all the days of your life! And that’s the Gospel.