Are you a blessed person.. Do you want to become one?

Blessed is the man..

Do you want blessings??

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PSALM 1

1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners,

Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

2But his delight is in the law of the LORD;

And in his law doth he meditate day and night.

3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,

That bringeth forth his fruit in his season;

His leaf also shall not wither;

And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

4The ungodly are not so:

But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,

Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous:

But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

God tells us here in this section that he will bless us... IF we don't walk in the counsel of the ungodly.. What is the counsel of the ungodly? Anything that is told to you by a human no matter how well meaning they are.. if they tell you something that is not in agreement with God and his word.

Ex: A friend telling you to go to a party you know is going to have drugs, alcohol or premarital sex or people trying to get you to move to another location where that would happen.. That friend is telling you UNGOLDY COUNSEL .. They are leading you to do something that our human and fleshly desires would want.. But not what God would want for us!

It's so easy when we think of telling a teenager to avoid peer pressure.. but it happens every day to us in many ways..

A fellow church member telling a distraught wife to "I'd tell my husband x, y or z" or "He'd know how I thought about that" This woman probably has no idea that she's leading her Neice, cousin or friends child to do something inherently ungodly.. she's not thinking about it like that.. BUT GOD DOES!

How do we know what to do.. SEEK GOD..

What would he have us do?

First step in being a christ follower is to read his word.. be diligent in seeking him.

It doesn't matter what another person says or does. WHAT does GOD want us to do..

Can we all consider how we effect others?

Ex: I know one woman who has been telling new brides for 20+ years marital advice..

I had always wondered why these girls have divorces so fast.. Then I realized all of them went to we will call her Mrs D.. for advice.

These newlyweds were getting marital advice from a woman who has been married 50 years.. But her husband literally has a man cave and has hidden out there and hides from her.. because he long ago gave up the idea that he had any input into his own home.. Or how his children were raised.. All her children have had 2-4 marriages.. all these girls have been divorced.. She's the root that they all attached themselves to.. I hate to say it but Mrs D. is a Proverbs 7 strange woman..

And the fruit of her ways is displayed plainly for all to see.. PLEASE be cautious who you get counsel from!