Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

John 13:18 I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled,4 ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’John 13:19 I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he.John 13:20 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”John 13:21 ¶ After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”John 13:22 The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke.John 13:23 One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table at Jesus’ side,John 13:24 so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom he was speaking.John 13:25 So that disciple, leaning back against Jesus, said to him, “Lord, who is it?”John 13:26 Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.John 13:27 Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.”John 13:28 Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him.John 13:29 Some thought that, because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.John 13:30 So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out. And it was night.John 13:31 ¶ When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.John 13:32 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once.

Matthew 5:5 ¶ “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Rev. Ben Ratliff
August 9, 2020
Evening Worship at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Cleveland, MS

1John 4:1-6
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

Rev. Tim Starnes
August 9, 2020
Morning Worship at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Cleveland, MS

Matthew 5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

1John 3:19-24
By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;
for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.
Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;
and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

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Matthew 5:1 ¶ Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.Matthew 5:2 ¶ And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:Matthew 5:3 ¶ “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Matthew 5:4 ¶ “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.Matthew 5:5 ¶ “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.Matthew 5:6 ¶ “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.Matthew 5:7 ¶ “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.Matthew 5:8 ¶ “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.Matthew 5:9 ¶ “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.Matthew 5:10 ¶ “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

1 John 3:11-18
11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

12 We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.

13 Do not be surprised, brothers,3 that the world hates you.

14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.

15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

17 But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?

18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

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Jonah 4:1-11
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. And he prayed to the LORD and said, “O LORD, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster. Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” And the LORD said, “Do you do well to be angry?” Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city. Now the LORD God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant. But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered. When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.” But God said to Jonah, “Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.” And the LORD said, “You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night. And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?”


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