#Blessed

Pause… Psalm 1, #Blessed

Summer Sermon Series… Resting on God’s Words

• Breath. Selah, Finished Rhythms on the church,
• Our community groups are doing some hangout nights, and BBQ’s.  Great time to join!

Please turn to Psalm 1, pg. 448 in the Pew Bibles

• Read, Pray #Blessed
• #Blessed highlighted in the NY Times

#blessed- Macklemore with a wardrobe designer and Jamie Lynn Spears with an engagement ring (“#blessed #blessed #blessed!” she wrote on Twitter). #blessed-  Kanye West and Kim Kardashian with exotic getaways and expensive bottles of Champagne, overlooking sunsets of biblical proportion.

“There’s literally a chick in my Facebook feed right now who just posted a booty shot of herself — and all it says is ‘blessed,’ ” said Erin Jackson, a stand-up comedian in Virginia. “Now wait. Is that really a blessing?”

There’s nothing quite like invoking holiness as a way to brag about your life. But calling something “blessed” has become the go-to term for those who want to boast about an accomplishment while pretending to be humble, fish for a compliment, acknowledge a success without sounding too conceited, or purposely elicit envy.

Vs. 1  What is “Blessed”?  happy or blissful,

• -Common Grace,
• -Ocean, HOW DO WE GET THERE?  vs.
• Vs. 1 Walk, Stand & Sit
  • Counsel- Advice
    • Who are you asking?
  • The way- Direction
    • Who are you following?
  • Scoffer- Attitude
    • Who are you imitating?
• Where do we get our advice, direction, and attitude?
• Vs. 2 This is the Do NOT’s but it is Poetically contrasted with “The Law of the LORD”

-The Do’s are contrasted not with more “Do’s” but “Be’s”

• -DELIGHT
• -MEDITATE
• GOSPEL- LAW TO GRACE THROUGH THE CROSS “BE”
  • Vs-3, Tree
    • Fruit, prosper
• vs. 4-6 Gospel Invite

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