HOW HAPPY!

Psalms 1:1-6

Blessed = How Happy

I - BEING SAVED & SINS FORGIVEN

Psalm 144:15
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity… (Psalms 32:1-2)
Psalm 51:10-12
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them. (Revelation 14:13)
Rev. 16:15

II - READING & KEEPING GOD’S LAW

Psalm 1:1-3
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. (Psalms 106:3)
Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. (Psalms 112:1)
Psalm 119:1-2
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. (Proverbs 29:18)
Rev. 22:14
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. (James 1:25)

III - TRUSTING THE LORD & SEEKING HIS HELP

Psalm 2:12
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. (Psalms 34:8)
Psalm 84:12
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: (Psalms 146:5)
He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he. (Proverbs 16:20)

IV - GIVE TO OTHERS & ESP. POOR & BELIEVER

Psalm 41:1
I have showed you all things, how that so laboring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. (Acts 20:35)
Proverbs 14:21
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. (Galatians 6:10)

V - THOSE THAT PRESS ON & SUFFER FOR CHRIST

1 Peter 4:14
But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; (1 Peter 3:14)
James 5:11
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. (James 1:12)