We apologize that due to technical challenges yesterday, this audio misses roughly the first 8 minutes of the message. The reading was from the gospel of Matthew 5:3-12. 

God has not called us to be like everyone else. He also hasn't called us to be apathetic about the  world around us or jerks. Those who follow God are to be different because of something that has happened inside the heart. That is where the blessing of being different happens.