It is interesting how we use the word blessed. We say “God bless you” to someone who sneezes, maybe hoping we don’t get what they have. When something good happens, we say, “We got a huge blessing.” However, Jesus used the word very differently than we might expect. In his Sermon on the Mount, he gave us eight beatitudes or blessed attitudes that reflect what a follower of Christ should look like.
The First Four Beatitudes: “Beatitudes of Need.”
The Last Four Beatitudes: “Beatitudes of Action.”
Scripture Text: Matthew 5:3-10