How Are You?
1 Peter 1: 13-16 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
Blessed Are the Meek
Matthew 5: 5
When You Realize You Don’t Know Everything
Proverb 15: 1-22
The Beatitude of Brokenness
Matthew 5: 4 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Sweeter Than Honey
Proverbs 25: 16 16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. Psalm 19: 9-10 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb*.
“Happiness Starts Here”
Matthew 5:1-3 1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
His Delight
Proverbs 12: 22 22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Setting the Tone
Matthew 4: 12-25 12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; 13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
Fear of the Lord
Proverbs 1: 1-7 1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; 4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
Not So Fast
Matthew 4: 1-17 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.