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I'll be giving this prayer exercise to my Prayer and Fasting students this evening.
Online students - please take 30 minutes today to engage in this.
A TIME OF PRAYER CENTERED ON THE BEATITUDES
1. Take 5 minutes to find a quiet place to pray. Turn your cell phones off (be free from the illusion of indispensability).
2. Use Matthew 5:1-12 as your focus. Slow-read them. You may not read all of them before God speaks to you.
3. When God speaks to you, write it down.
4. If your mind wanders, note where it wanders to. (It always wanders to something like a burden. If so, then “cast your burden on Him, for He cares for you” – 1 Peter 5:7)
5. Take 30 minutes to pray. Then return to our class.
Matthew 5:1-12
Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them.
He said:
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
