The Beatitudes

Walk the opening of the Sermon on the Mount, line by line. Jesus names a people the world would not put first — and calls them blessed.

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1. 1Poor in spiritMatthew 5:1–3

   The kingdom begins with empty hands. Poverty of spirit is not self-hatred; it is honesty about need. The first blessing is for people who know they cannot bless themselves.

   1. Where are you still trying to enter the kingdom with full hands?
   2. What would it look like to ask for mercy instead of credit this week?

   Lord Jesus, I am poorer than I pretend. Teach me to receive the kingdom as a gift. Amen.

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2. 2Those who mourn, the meekMatthew 5:4–5
3. 3Hunger, mercy, purityMatthew 5:6–8
4. 4Peacemakers and the persecutedMatthew 5:9–12