You are blessed

Jesus establishes a new and unexpected standard for what it means to be "blessed" in His Kingdom—a standard completely different from what the world values. Instead of achievement and status, Jesus calls the poor in spirit, those who mourn, the meek, and the persecuted as "blessed."

We emphasized that these blessings aren’t rewards for personal virtue or commands to achieve, but declarations of good news right in the midst of people’s pain and need. Jesus invites the struggling, overlooked, and hurting into His "upside down Kingdom" where blessing is present not instead of pain, but within it.

We closed by challenging listeners to rethink what blessing means, assuring them that God’s favor isn’t measured by circumstances, but by our belonging in His unshakable Kingdom.