Matthew 5 | Mysite

BE : AT // BLESSED ARE THE BORN AGAIN (MATT 5:8)

'The pure of heart are those who are willing to have their thinking about God turned upside down by the self-revelation of God in Jesus.'

BE : AT // BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL (MATT 5:7)

'Being merciful means to feel sympathy with the misery of another, which leads to action on behalf of another.'

BE : AT // BLESSED ARE THE SEARCHERS (HUNGER & THIRST) (MATTHEW 5:6)

'We are invited to hunger and thirst for God. To crave God, as an echo of God’s eternal craving for us.'

BE : AT // BLESSED ARE THE GROANS (THOSE WHO MOURN)

'Lament calls us to see things as they are, and to see how they should be...'

BE : AT // BLESSED ARE THE CRACKED (POOR IN SPIRIT) (MATTHEW 5:3)

'We're to taste of grace, not self-improvement plans.'

BE : AT // WHAT IS JESUS ON ABOUT? (THE BEATITUDES) (MATTHEW 4:23 – 5:16)

'Jesus is not saying that a beautiful life is one that contains injustice, hate, oppression, heart-wrenching grief and abject poverty.'

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