In this final sermon of the BLESSED series, we look at our work. Could God want to use us at our jobs to be a blessing to others? How could that actually work? We'll talk about some possibilities.

We are all blessed by God - in many ways. Who He made us each to be. What He has given us. But there is an even greater resource He has given us: PEOPLE. Today we look at how God wants to use us to bless the people around us.

God blesses us for a purpose. We've seen that in the past two weeks. That doesn't just apply to our abilities or time. How would our thinking about money change if we saw our resources as a tool God wants to use to bless others?

Our world is pretty hard on us. We're not sure how much we're worth - if our lives really matter at all. That's not God's view of us! He says we're VERY important! In fact, He has specific plans for each of us!

If someone asked you, "How does a person get ahead in life?" What would you say? How do we make sense of life? Do you think God has an answer?

He does. We're going to spend the next few weeks looking at God's economy - how to get ahead in life.

We all want our prayers to be answered. We want God to always say "Yes" to our requests. If He doesn't, we feel like our prayers didn't work. What if we're missing the whole point of prayer? In this sermon we'll look at two prayers, with opposite answers - but they both "worked!"

Our world isn't easy today. It creates insecurity and we question our worth. Friends come and go on social media. We're connected but insecure.

God was giving us a gift at Christmas that can change all of this - if we open Gods' gift.

Christmas didn't just happen. And it is more than just a cute story like a Disney animated movie. There were huge issues being resolved, and none were no bigger than our fates!

This world has a lot of problems, and they don't seem to be getting better. It would be easy to feel discouraged about the future. That isn't something new. At the time of the first Christmas, there were a lot of problems, too. One of the reasons WHY we have Christmas was so God could give us HOPE.