#1: The Poor in Spirit

# Blessed

What does it mean to be blessed & what does a life of blessing truly look like?

Does blessing equate to wealth, power, influence, or success? Does it mean that one will have a relatively pain-free life or one that is immune from deep loss and great suffering? If so, then how does one arrive at blessing? But if not, then what? Is there a certain kind of life that God blesses?

What does it mean to be blessed?

These are the questions we will be exploring over the next 8 weeks as we do a deep dive into the prologue (“Beatitudes”) of Jesus’ very famous Sermon on the Mount.

But be prepared to be surprised because along the way we will discover that a life of blessing (according to Jesus) is likely different from anything we have ever thought or imagined it might be.