The BLESS app helps us reach our community with the Gospel.
 
Through an interactive website, you will be given an opportunity to be lights in their neighborhood. By utilizing the latest demographic information, you will receive promptings on a daily basis to pray for 5 families by name. When reporting the activity on the website, the map will begin to shade the prayer coverage of the area.
What is BLESS?

B • Begin With Prayer

When Jesus started His earthly mission, Luke 6 tells us that He went out on a mountain and prayed. Prayer is both how you discover your mission and how you live out the mission. Over and over again, we see Jesus retreating to pray. If you’re not sure who God is calling you to bless or where God is calling you to go to be a blessing, you can begin with prayer. And if you know the people you want to bless, begin praying for those people now.

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L • Listen With Intentionality

Asking questions and then listening was central to Jesus’ life and teachings. Consider the blind man in Luke 18. Jesus didn’t assume the blind man wanted to see. First, He asked, “What do you want me to do?” Then He listened. In the Gospels, Jesus asked many more questions than He answered. Of the 183 different questions He received, Jesus answered only a handful. Any relationship starts with listening to someone’s words and life. True listening may be the kindest and most loving gift you can give someone.

 

E • Eat With Purpose

Jesus liked to eat! Over and over, as in Matthew 9, we find Jesus with tax collectors and sinner eating! There is something about sharing a meal together that moves any relationship past acquaintance toward friendship faster than just about anything else we can do.

 

 

S • Serve Sacrificially

Jesus told us straight up, “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve…” (Matthew 20:28). He modeled for us that once you begin with prayer, listen, and eat with someone, there is a good chance that you’ll discover how you can best serve the person God is asking you to bless.

 

S • Share Your Story

When people were ready to listen, Jesus would share His story. Like when doubting Thomas came to him asking, “How can we know the way?” Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:5-6). When you befriend and bless people, they feel relationally safe and want to know your story. Then, you can tell them how the love of God and Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection have changed you.
 
Featured Resources to Help You
BLESS your Neighbors

Webinar

Are you looking for practical information on how to engage your church with The Bless App?  Steve Bradshaw and Jon Furgeson recorded a 30-minute webinar to answer questions and help you get started.
 

Books

Would you like to dig deeper into some book resources? We suggest the following books as a challenge and encouragement. 

  • B.L.E.S.S. by Dave Ferguson and Jon Ferguson
  • The Art of Neighboring by Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon
  • Prayer Care Share by Dave Earley and David Wheeler

Yard Signs

Let your neighbors know that your house is a BLESS home. Use it as a way to engage with neighbors, start conversations, and invite them into you home. You can order your own yard sign at vistaprint.com. Select the house shape from the drop down menu and choose the quantity that you need. Through the link below you can download the graphics for a double-sided yard sign. 

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