Getting to Know You  

1. In your own understanding, what is a blessing?
2. When have you been most blessed? (Beyond your family and your faith?)
3. Do you feel this generation has been more or less blessed than those who have come before?

Going Deeper

Read Deuteronomy 7:12-13.

1. How does God promise to bless Israel?
2. What does Israel need to accomplish for these blessings to be realized?
3. Why would God bless the Israelites this way?
4. What would a comparable list look like in modern terms? Would you want to be blessed that way?

Read Matthew 5:1-12. 

5. Who are the blessed in this passage?
6. How does the Kingdom of Heaven factor into blessings?
7. What is God’s aim in blessing people?

Read Jeremiah 17:7-8. 

8. Who are the blessed in this passage?
9. How can our “roots” reach deep into the water?
10. The trees near the river are not bothered by the heat and their leaves stay green. How is it possible for Christians to stay “green” in hard times?

Read James1:12.

11. Who does God bless in this passage?
12. What is the reward promised? Why would we care about this reward in Heaven?
13. What areas of life have you had to “patiently endure?”

Take it Home

1. Can you recognize a blessing from God once a day?
2. How can you bless a person at least once a day?
3. Can you bless God (give thanks) for one part of your life today?