BEATITUDES | P4 | YOUR HUNGER REVEALS YOUR HEART

     Satisfying hunger is a perpetual pursuit.  So, what do we do with internal hunger?  Not hunger for food, but the deep inner hunger in our souls for happiness, connection, satisfaction. If you look to the world to satisfy your deepest needs, the world will always come up short, but jesus is the bread of life.  

     When we pray, God wants more than just a transaction with us.  He has designed us to be satisfied with Him.  So how do we satisfy our hunger through a relationship with Jesus?  Join us in a deep dive into the Beatitudes found in the Gospel of Matthew for insight and answers to these questions.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 5:3)
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 5:3)
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted (Matt. 5:4)
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 5:3)
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted (Matt. 5:4)
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth (Matt. 5:5)
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 5:3)
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted (Matt. 5:4)
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth (Matt. 5:5)
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 5:3)
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted (Matt. 5:4)
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth (Matt. 5:5)
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled
(Matt. 5:6)
 
Ezekiel 36:26-27 (NIV2011)
26  I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27  And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
 
Your hunger reveals your heart
 
Hunger can be satisfied constructively or destructively
 
 
John 6:35 (NIV2011)
35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
 
Satisfying hunger is a perpetual pursuit
 
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy (Matt. 5:7)

Matthew 18:30 (NIV2011)
30  “But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt.

Matthew 18:32-35 (NIV2011)
32  “Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33  Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ 34  In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. 35  “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”