Blessings Of Great Value That Are Sometimes Overlooked
Subject: Blessings Of Great Value That Are Sometimes Overlooked
Scripture Reading: Matthew 5: 1 - 12
Memory Verse: Proverbs 10: 22
Objective: To unearth the deeper significance of blessings.
With what admirable qualities should the church be clothed and what precedes them all? Matthew 5: 3 - 9
How does Psalm 1: 1 - 3 contribute to our understanding of blessings? What is the message of our memory verse in Christendom today? Proverbs 10: 22
Living with unpardoned sin is a heavy burden to carry. How does the psalmist capture this truth? Psalm 32: 1 - 2; What further admonitions do we receive from the psalmist? Psalm 84: 1 - 4, Psalm 119: 1 - 2, Psalm 41: 1 - 3
What is emphasized about blessing in Acts 20: 35; and why should we embrace correction rather than resist it? Psalm 94: 12
As people, we tend to place importance on what is not significant, but how does the Lord seek to keep us in check? Luke 11: 27 - 28, Luke 10: 17 - 20; And what was His statement to Thomas? John 20: 27 - 29
The formula for comprehensive blessing was handed down to Israel. How is this laid out in scripture? Deuteronomy 28: 1 - 14; What challenge comes to us from a God that cannot lie? Malachi 3: 10 - 12
How do the following scriptures help us to understand the things that God places a blessing on? Revelation 22: 14, Isaiah 30: 18, Jeremiah 17: 7
Note: Many today think blessings only come in material form (money, clothing, jobs, and homes). However, the things that money cannot buy (salvation, life, happiness, love, health, peace, and sanity) are blessings that we should treasure. Let us graduate from the old way of thinking and give God glory for the quality of our living. We do not need more to be grateful for; we just need to be more grateful. When we stop to count our blessings and name them one by one, we will always be in awe of what the Lord has done and compelled to sing with confidence, “Blessings a run me down.”