Blessed or Stressed?

Introduction: Admittedly, we’ve been BLESSED! Do you agree? Do we take things for granted? How about your health? Your loved ones? Your faith? Your job? Your friends? Your bank account…if you have one!! Anyway, it does us good to count our many BLESSINGS!

1. Daily Blessings! (Psa 68:19)

“19Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation.”

Were you able to get up this morning and walk? Talk? Work? Laugh? We are BLESSED! Daily benefits. God is GOOD!!
Life can be stressful. But the Holy Spirit is our protector, provider and power source.

2. Heavenly Blessings! (Eph 1:3)

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.”

Think about it. In Christ we have everything that God has for us. It is a done deal. Now, that does not mean that we sit on our “blessed assurance” and do nothing. Instead, we trust in Jesus and grow in His grace.

3. Material Blessings! (Phil 4:19)

“19But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”

Houses, land, furniture, cars and trucks and everything in between are provisions from our Lord. He sure has been good to us! Even His enabling grace that allows us to earn a living is a gift from Him!

4. Spiritual Blessings! (2Pet 1:3-8)

“According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

The spiritual blessings are most important. Navigating through this life with all of the spiritual tools is a blessing! Are you blessed or stressed?

Conclusion: There we have it. Blessed by our faithful and trustworthy Lord! Thank you Jesus!!
 
Love y’all,
Dr. Randy Reese