What is the Blessed Life is and How to Have it

5 Ways to have a blessed life. (Ecclesiastes 5:18-20, CEV)

1. Enjoy what you eat and drink.
2. Enjoy your job, work, hobbies, and your home.
3. Enjoy dressing up from time to time.
4. Enjoy the wife you love. (Proverbs 5:18-19, TLB)
5. Enjoy being so happy doing the right things and going to the right places that you don’t have time to worry.

6 Ways to honor God.

1. 1. Honor your parents. (Exodus 20:12, NKJV)
   2. Honor your authority. (1 Peter 2:17, ESV; Leviticus 19:32, NKJV; 1 Timothy 5:17, NCV)
   3. Honor God with your body. (1 Corinthians 6:20, CEV)
   4. Honor God with service. (John 12:26, CEV)
   5. Honor God with tithe and offerings. (Proverbs 3:9-10, NKJV)
   6. Honor God with your heart. (Isaiah 29:13, ESV; Matthew 6:21, NKJV)

Your purpose and mission in life:

(1 Corinthians 10:31-33, CEV)

Honor God.

Don’t cause problems to anyone anywhere.

One of the main ways people cause problems is slander and gossip. (Leviticus 19:16-18, NLT2; 1 John 5:16-17, NKJV; Matthew 18:15, NKJV; Romans 12:19-20, NKJV; Proverbs 18:21, NKJV)

Slander – when you get through with conversation, the person you were talking to thinks less of the person you were talking about.

Gossip – When you’re not part of the problem or solution. (Proverbs 20:19-20, NRSV)

Don’t be selfish; try to please others instead of yourself. (John 12:26b, CEV)

We serve Jesus by serving others. Until you learn to serve, you will never really be satisfied. (Matthew 5:5, NCV)

Hope that many will get saved. (1 Corinthians 10:33, CEV)