Category: BLESSEDR
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The Mercy Rule (Matthew 5:7; Luke 10:30-37; Matthew 18:21-35)
Mercy is not just feeling sorry for someone with your heart. It’s actively doing something with your hands.
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Stay Hungry, Stay Satisfied (Matthew 5:6; Philippians 3:4-14)
In part four of our study of the Beatitudes, we talk about how we can be hungry and satisfied at the same time.
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Meekness, Not Weakness (Matthew 5:5, Psalm 37)
Of all the Beatitudes, “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth” is probably the most quoted and least believed. Does meekness really “work” in the modern world?
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Good Grief (Matthew 5:4; John 11:17-35)
Grief tells us something is wrong with the world. But it also awakens a longing for the day when God will make all things new. In the second Beatitude, Jesus doesn’t tell us to deny our sorrow—He promises that sorrow will not have the last word.
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Blessing Begins With Brokenness (Matthew 5:3; Luke 18:9-14)
Part 1 of BLESSEDR: A Study of the Beatitudes. Jesus begins in a radical way: Blessing begins when we admit we are broken.