2026.07.12 Sermon Notes: The Good Life
Westside Family Church Summer on the Mount Week 1: The Good Life Pastor: Jonathan Hansen THE GOOD LIFE Matthew 4:23–5:12 Blessed are the poor in spirit. Blessed are those who mourn. Blessed are the meek. Jesus announces that the good life is already available to you (right now, today) in His kingdom—even if your circumstances never change. So here's the question I want you carrying into this whole series: what if we've spent our lives pursuing happiness in places that were never capable of giving it to us? Notes: Christian: 3 times in the Bible! Disciple: being a student at the foot of Jesus (260 times!) These days, we look as "Happiness" is achieving something. Needs to pursue, achieved. (The Pursuit of Happiness (Declaration of Independence) // Will Smith) True Happiness is available to US today! Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: "Blessed are th...