Jesus said, “Peace I leave you, Peace I give you”. He indeed left us peace for ourselves, He gave it to us, Yet, he also left us peace. That was His message, His government, His ministry if you will. We as sons and daughters of God who are peacemakers, have the responsibility to steward well the peace He left us as a ministry unto the world. Making peace between man and God, man and man, and man’s divided heart. This message is about that.

Peace must be pursued. Keeping peace is passive, making peace is active. We must engage in the peace process. This message calls the beatitude people into action…making peace.

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.