This is the first message on the Beatitude about the “Sons of God” who make peace. The Peacemakers. The first step in making peace, is desiring peace. You can’t produce something in your life you don’t want. Chaos and outrage have become an addiction to the world, and unfortunately many in the church. May we be able to say again as the Psalmist said in Psalm 120, “I am for peace”.

One of our Overseers shares his story of redemption and how the gospel of Jesus Christ works. If you are in need of mercy from God this is for you. If you know someone that is running from God, this story will build your faith.

Combining two sermons into one, this message explores two ideas about the beatitude of pure hearts. One, hearts see. There is a consistent theme throughout scripture that hearts see. We must not see with our physical eyes, we must see with pure hearts. Two, hearts must not be divided. Pure, or singular, hearts are what see God. A divided heart is unstable. Stability comes when we our singular of heart.

This message starts off the Beatitude: Pure in Heart. The pure in heart see God. This beatitude seems to echo the question from Psalm 24, “Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? And who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart…” Jesus identifies the ones who see God on His holy hill…the ones with pure hearts.

Guest Speaker, Pastor Josh Passmore, talks about the connection between effective spiritual warfare and the unity of the Church. The Church moving forward will need each other more than ever before to fight the spiritual battles that lie ahead.

This message gives a few final thoughts on the beatitude “mercy”. It explores some hard questions on the “fairness” of God and what it means to be a good neighbor. Ultimately, we must be convinced that mercy has more power and authority than the thing that disrupted our lives.

One of the greatest New Testament examples of someone who needed mercy, and how that changed their life was Saul, who became the Apostle Paul. This message recounts how three ordinary disciples of Jesus were able to show mercy to the church’s great enemy and create an extra ordinary testimony that is the life of Paul.

Mercy. This first message on the topic of mercy focuses on the transactional nature of mercy. If you need mercy, and at some point we all do, you must be willing to give it away. It’s the law of reciprocity. It’s the law of sowing and reaping. Whereas, giving mercy makes you blessed, withholding mercy will bring judgement and torment. Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.

Guest speaker, Luke Holter, delivers a pointed message about hope and going through the storms of life. Using the famous story of when Jesus slept in the boat during the storm, Luke gives us insight into the purpose of storms and where our peace comes from. Listen and share with anyone going through a storm.

This is part two of the teaching on the Beatitudes about hungering and thirsting for righteousness. We learn from the Apostle John, his gospel and his epistles to the churches, and what he teaches about personal righteousness and feeding our hunger on the body and the blood of the Righteous One.