Luke 6 gives us lost of clear directives on how to live well. No one esteems to be average. No one wants to be just "meh." We are all building. We can be building something that lasts. Or are we building something that doesn't last?

In Verse 20, the word "poor" means abject poverty - you have nothing. You are "poor in spirit." Regarding prayer, if it's only when you want something, then that is lukewarm. Praying should be every day. If you have not wept in prayer, you have not prayed enough.

If you are miserable as a Christian, it’s because you WANT to be. We are not supposed to run when people around us mess up. We are supposed to love them.