Month: October 2008

• October 31, 2008

  Day Eight – Persecuted

  Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven –Matthew 5:10 Well here we are at the end of this eight day series. I’m not sure how many of you have followed along, or worked through the beatitudes the past eight days too. I know that studying and…

• October 30, 2008

  Day Seven – Peacemakers

  Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. – Matthew 5:9 In this high charged political season it is hard to imagine being a “peacemaker”. The words “fundamental difference” rang very loud to me as I tried to think about how you could make peace between two enemies. Yet there is…

• October 29, 2008

  Day Six – Pure in Heart

  Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. –Matthew 5:8 In order to best understand pure in heart, I think I needed to set a baseline to work from. For me this was explained in one commentary as, “purity of heart is a work in progress in which both God and man…