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The Benefits Of Showing Mercy Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Mar 24, 2004

based on 80 ratings

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“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.”

The Benefits of Showing Mercy One day, a woman who occasionally walked through the park after work, stopped to have her picture taken by a photographer. She was very excited to get the Polaroid print but when she looked at it, her face dropped. She turned to the photographer and stated rather ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Denomination: Baptist

Pursuing Purity In An Impure World Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Mar 24, 2004

based on 114 ratings

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We can con our coworkers, fool our friends and family, play charades with church members, and even deceive ourselves, but we can’t masquerade before the Lord because He sees right through our masks.

Pursuing Purity in an Impure World I remember seeing a cartoon that shows a pastor and his wife deep in conversation. The wife says, “Today let’s do something different. Why don’t you be charming at home and grouchy at church?” Ouch. That really doesn’t apply to me…because I’m often grouchy in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Denomination: Baptist

Making Peace In The Midst Of Conflict Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Mar 24, 2004

based on 60 ratings

| 17,979 views

“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.”

Making Peace in the Midst of Conflict Conflict is everywhere, isn’t it? In a classic Winston Churchill comeback, Lady Astor once said, “If you were my husband, I’d put poison in your coffee.” Churchill responded with his cutting wit: “If you were my wife, I’d drink it.” We laugh at this sarcasm, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:9

Denomination: Baptist

The Merciful Series

Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Mar 28, 2004

based on 35 ratings

| 12,208 views

The Beatitudes: Building Blocks to Be Like Jesus #5

✎ One of my favorite comics is Peanuts. One winter evening Linus sticks his head out the door and calls to his sister Lucy, “Mom said to tell you it’s time to come in.” Standing next to her snowman Lucy says, “Rats.” As she turns to go in she says, “Goodnight friend, I’ll see you in the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Pure In Heart Series

Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Mar 28, 2004

based on 70 ratings

| 21,326 views

The Beatitudes: Building Blocks to Be Like Jesus #6

✎ Your heart will have beat an average of 122,400 times every day. None of us want our heart to ask for a vacation or take a day off; we don’t even want to give it a short “coffee break” to skip a few beats. Doctors understand the heart is critically important to our physical well-being; it ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Peacemakers Series

Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Mar 28, 2004

based on 35 ratings

| 10,088 views

The Beatitudes: Building Blocks to be Like Jesus #7

Does any one remember Larry, Curly and Mo, perhaps better known as “The Three Stooges?” These three pioneers of TV comedy would make many folks laugh at their crazy antics and mischievous tricks. Bonking heads together, fingers poked in the eyes, pliers twisting the nose, or a slap to the face ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:9

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit Series

Contributed by Frank Lay on Oct 12, 2004

based on 21 ratings

| 6,540 views

Remember, Jesus is speaking of spiritual poverty. He never condoned utter poverty as good. He is speaking to the person who has an utter sense of his own destitution in the sight of God, who can only say, "God, be merciful to me a sinner." That person

BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT Matthew 5:3 Someone has said that the beatitudes are called that because they are good attitudes to be in. Yet such attitudes are not popular today in the world or even in the church. Jesus said, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:3

Denomination: Baptist

Blessed Are Those Who Mourn Series

Contributed by Frank Lay on Oct 12, 2004

based on 76 ratings

| 23,341 views

The first step of a blessed life is the recognition that we are poor in spirit, that we have a deep need in our lives, a need caused by our sin. The second step is to mourn over our sin.

BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO MOURN Matthew 5:4 The first beatitude confronted us with our deep need. "Blessed are the poor in spirit." The first step towards God is the recognition that we are sinners in desperate need of a Savior. That idea is frowned upon by the world today. However it is the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:4

Denomination: Baptist

Blessed Are The Meek Series

Contributed by Frank Lay on Oct 12, 2004

based on 45 ratings

| 16,992 views

The world thinks in terms of strength and power, of ability, self-assurance and aggressiveness. Yet Jesus said "Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth."

BLESSED ARE THE MEEK Matthew 5:5 Once again we have a beatitude that is completely contrary to the thinking of the modern world. It is oppossed to everything which the natural man thinks. "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." World conquest, possession of the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:5

Denomination: Baptist

What Are You Thirsty For Series

Contributed by Frank Lay on Oct 12, 2004

based on 91 ratings

| 15,676 views

Just what is this righteousness that we are to hunger and thirst for? The Bible speaks of three kinds of righteousness.

WHAT ARE YOU THIRSTY FOR? Matt 5:6 D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones wrote, "If every man and woman in the world knew what it was to ’hunger and thirst after righteousness’ there would be no danger of war." We live in a world that is hungry and thirsty. The problem is that people are hungry and thirsty for ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:6

Denomination: Baptist

Blessed Are The Merciful Series

Contributed by Frank Lay on Oct 12, 2004

based on 50 ratings

| 10,061 views

Our God is a merciful God, and expects those of us who have received his mercy to be merciful as well.

BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL Matthew 5:7 "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy." Are you a merciful person? Yet that is what our Lord Jesus Christ wants us to be. In Luke 6:36, our Lord said, "Therefore be mersiful, just as your Father is also merciful." Our God is a merciful ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Denomination: Baptist

How Is Your Heart? Series

Contributed by Frank Lay on Oct 12, 2004

based on 10 ratings

| 8,436 views

So in asking you “How is your heart?”, I am not talking about the physical organ in your body. Rather, I am asking you about your moral and spiritual nature. How are things with you spiritually?

HOW IS YOUR HEART? “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” (Matthew 5:8) The psalmist asks, “Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Denomination: Baptist

The Peacemakers Series

Contributed by Frank Lay on Oct 12, 2004

based on 48 ratings

| 13,384 views

Jesus Christ came into the world so that we might be reconciled to God. Those he has reconciled have been called to become agents of his peace in the world. How can we become peacemakers?

THE PEACEMAKERS Matthew 5:9 Every believer is to be a peacemaker both in the church and in the community. Christians should never seek conflict or be responsible for it. Yet, we find that conflict if often the result of one’s coming to Jesus Christ. For example, a college professor shared his ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:9

Denomination: Baptist

That Empty Feeling

Contributed by Paul Decker on Oct 24, 2004

based on 21 ratings

| 3,617 views

To be happy, we must be empty.

THAT EMPTY FEELING Matthew 5:3-5 S: Holiness C: Empty before God Th: Live the Difference Pr: TO BE HAPPY, WE MUST BE EMPTY. ?: Inductive KW: Realities TS: There are realities we must face and endure. The _____ reality we must face and endure is being… I. PUNY (3) II. PAINED ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:3-5

Denomination: Baptist

The Beatitudes (Part 6 - The Pure In Heart)

Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Oct 26, 2004

based on 44 ratings

| 7,929 views

What does it mean to be pure in heart? I give the definition and show what pure in heart look like in the Christian.

Title: The Pure In Heart Text: Matt 5:8 Pray!!! Read Text!!! Introduction: - What does it mean to be pure in heart? - To be pure in heart means a person who has been delivered from sin’s power by God’s grace and now strive without deceit to please and glorify God and to be like Him. - Listen to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Denomination: Pentecostal

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