Too Blessed to Be Stressed

While it's not a word used a bunch, it still appears from time to time, life after a sneeze when we say, "God bless you." Or someone on social media will post something good and use similar to, "it was such a blessing." But what do the words BLESS or BLESSED or BLESSING actually mean?

As the Princess Bride once proclaimed, "I do not think it means what you think it means".

It's normal to associate BLESSED or BLESSING with something good or comfortable or pleasant that has happened to us. So then it would stand to reason that anything painful or hurtful would be the opposite of BEING BLESSED.

This week we're going to begin a 4 part series looking at to understand what God's Blessing on our life looks like, beginning with the time Jesus was in a room full of people and he told them God's Favor was now revealed. And they lost it. None to pleased were they. Read the story here and look for how ticked off people were.

If I were to ask you to for the month of November to keep track of God's Blessings on your life, could you do it? What if I would to ask you to make a list of all the ways God's Favor is on- would the lists be different or the same?

Let me get you started- How has God Favored You?

• Jesus has come to give you & I life- both here & now as well as eternal
• Jesus gives wisdom to anyone who asks
• Jesus gives us freedom from the things that want to trap us & trip us up
• Jesus gives us spiritual eyes to see how we can make a difference to the people around us

Jesus came with one mission- to let you & I know that He is for us & not against us.

The Blessed Life - Living in God's Joy. See you on Sunday Friend.

Pastor Mike

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