The Beatitudes: 2. Grief. Please read Matthew 5:3-10. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. (5:3). You will sigh with satisfying relief when your heart is broken by the profound pain of loss, shame or sin. You are fortunate! You are not alone! For the deeper your sorrow, the more room there …
The Beatitudes: 1. Poverty. “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:3). You will shout for joy when you are spiritually helpless like a bankrupt beggar knocking at the gate of the King, hat in hand. Congratulations! When your spirit is poverty-stricken and you have no option but …
The Beatitudes: Summing Up. Found in Matthew 5: 3-10. CONTEXT. Jesus had just been touring the entire region in a flurry of teaching, preaching and healing. Huge crowds were following Him from one place to the next. So He decided to take His closest disciples aside to a hilltop near Capernaum for a special word. …
Songs of Heaven (6). Please read Revelation 19:6-9. “Then I heard what seemed to be the thunderous voice of a great multitude, like the sound of a massive waterfall and mighty peals of thunder, singing: ‘Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns! Let us rejoice and exalt Him and give Him glory, because …
Songs of Heaven (5). Please read Revelation 15:2-4. “I saw before me what seemed to be a glass sea mixed with fire. And on it stood all the people who have been victorious over the beast and his statue and the number representing his name. They were all holding harps that God had given them. …
Songs of Heaven (4). Please read Revelation 7:9-12. “After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in their hands. And they were shouting …
Songs of Heaven (3). Please read Revelation 5:11-14. “Then I looked again, and I heard the voices of thousands and millions of angels around the throne and of the living creatures and the elders. And they sang in a mighty chorus: ‘Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered – to receive power and riches and …
Songs of Heaven (2). Please read Revelation 5:8-10. “And when the Lamb took the scroll, the four living creatures and the 24 elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the people. And they sang a new song with …
Songs of Heaven (1). Please read Revelation 4. In heaven, worship is what they do, and music is how they do it. Worship is heaven’s team sport, and music is the common language. Music fills the air of heaven, because there is unending worship of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy …
Song to Timothy (2). Please read II Timothy 2:11-13. “If we die with Him, we will also live with Him. If we endure hardship, we will reign with Him. If we deny Him, He will deny us. If we are unfaithful, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny who He is.” CONTEXT. Paul’s “famous last …
Song to Timothy. Please read I Timothy 3:16. “God was revealed in the flesh, Proved right by the Spirit, Beheld by the angels, Proclaimed among the nations, Believed on in the world, Taken up in glory.” CONTEXT. St. Paul wrote this personal letter to his spiritual son, Timothy, the young Bishop of Ephesus. Timothy was …
Song to the Colossians. Please read Colossians 1:15-20. “Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation. For through Him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see …