1. Meaning of Blessed Blood = consecrated Eulogein = eulogize or speak well of Bliss = spiritual joy, happiness

2. What is the secret to happiness?

3. We will never get anywhere in our search for happiness until we give up trying to find it by our own efforts and receive it instead as God’s free gift. James 1:17 - “Whatever is good and perfect comes down to us from God our Father.”

4. Blessings of God in an individuals life begins with forgiveness of sins. Psalm 32:1-2 - Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

5. The life of the sermon on the mount IS the life of Jesus.

6. “Blessed are the poor in spirit for they shall inherit the Kingdom of Heaven.”

7. What it doesn’t mean There is spiritual advantage to material poverty. Poor-Spirited

8. What it does mean. Opposite of being rich in pride. My complete inability to please God by any human effort.