Spend some time this morning sitting quietly before the Lord preparing your heart for corporate worship. Listen to some music, pray, rest in the Father.
- On a separate piece of paper, journal about anything that comes to mind.
Spend some time this morning sitting quietly before the Lord preparing your heart for corporate worship. Listen to some music, pray, rest in the Father.
Read Matthew 5:1-6 several times slowly, aloud (or listening to your phone read). Just soak in Jesus’ words. Ask the Holy Spirit to pop out a word or phrase for you to pay attention to—this is often how He speaks to us.
Memorization Verse:
We live in a culture that cries out for justice, but often acts in very unjust ways.
Memorization Verse:
The word humble means: having or showing a modest estimate of one’s own importance.
Memorization Verse:
When have you mourned? Why? Who?
Who comforted you?
What kinds of actions from others are comforting to you?
How do you think God comforts us?
Memorization Verse:
Where is your spirit poor today? Are you unkind? Do you gossip? Are you unforgiving? Are you arrogant? In what area do you need to humbly ask the Spirit for help?
Memorization verse:
The disciples gather around Jesus, and He begins to teach them. I can almost see their anticipation. Expectantly they look and listen.
We are going to work to memorize a section of the sermon on the mount together this summer: