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Christ says persecution will come as we surrender to Christ, as He sanctifies us more, and as we become more conformed to His image.  That is not bad news though because there is a blessing in that. Matthew 5:10-12 says “Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs in … Read more

The sixth Beatitude out of Matthew 5:8 says “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”  This verse shows us and tells us that we don’t have pure hearts on our own.  We need to cry out to God to create a clean heart in us.  When we have done that and … Read more

Happy are the Merciful: Mercy is about responding to need with compassion.  Matthew 5:7 (NASB)  “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. Although we often believe that mercy is weakness and shold be abandoned.  The truth is that when we cultivate mercy and pursue mercy, God blesses us with His abundant mercy.  That’s … Read more

Matthew 5:6 says “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”   In this simple sentence, Jesus Christ challenges us to look at our spiritual appetite with these penetrating words.  Blessed are those who have tasted and seen that the Lord is good, and they want more of it.  God … Read more

On Sunday we continued our series on happiness with “Happy are the Sad.” Matthew 5:4 (NASB) says, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Sad people aren’t typically also happy, so there must be more to this.  In context, building on the idea of spiritual humility from verse 3, we’re seeing that there … Read more

Our news series “The Pursuit of Happiness” is a study of Matthew 5 where Jesus lays out a path to happiness that might seem counter intuitive at first.  The first step in that process is humility.  CS Lewis says, “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.” For Bible Study on … Read more