The first beatitude gives us our direction for this week: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.” The Message puts it this way: “You're blessed when you're at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.” The readings this week are selected to resonate with this idea: that God’s Kingdom is present even in the most difficult and Godforsaken situations of life.
How can you arrange 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.
Monday, June 20 - Read the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7)
Tuesday, June 21 - Matthew 4:23-5:2, 7:24-29, Matthew 5:3-12, Judges 7
Wednesday, June 22 - Genesis 16, Psalm 42, Matthew 5:3-12
Thursday, June 23 - Matthew 4:1-11, Psalm 43, Matthew 5:3-12
Friday, June 24 - Philippians 2:1-18, Matthew 13:44-58, Matthew 5:3-12
Saturday, June 26 - 2 Corinthians 4, Judges 7, Matthew 5:3-12
Sunday, June 27 - Come to worship with your church family!
