The seventh beatitude gives us our direction for this week:
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”
The Message puts it this way: “You're blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That's when you discover who you really are, and your place in God's family.” The readings this week are selected to resonate with this idea: The Kingdom of God is full of those who respond to the situations around them with the grace-full peace of Christ.
How can you acknowledge your life in ways that allows for you to rely more upon God and his power rather than your own? How do you see this in the life and example of Christ?
Pray to God each day, asking that this time you’re spending only before him would help you live for and through Christ. If you’ve committed to reading the whole Sermon on the Mount for a given number of days/times each week, be sure to do so. For your convenience, another different translation of Matthew 5:3-12 is on the back of this sheet.
Monday, August 1 - Read the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7)
Tuesday, August 2 - Matthew 5:3-12, Psalm 122
Wednesday, August 3 - Matthew 5:3-12, Romans 5:1-11 & 12:9-21
Thursday, August 4 - Matthew 5:3-12, John 1:12-13 & 20:19-23
Friday, August 5 - Matthew 5:3-12, 1 John 3
Saturday, August 6 - Matthew 5:3-12, Ephesians 1:3-7
Sunday, August 7 - Come to worship with your church family!
