Heartland

Jesus’ work in the world is not done. He now sends us to be his Spirit-filled hands and feet in the world.

The first witnesses to Jesus’ resurrection were sent on a very simple mission, to tell others that Jesus had been raised from the dead. It’s our mission too!

Jesus enters Jerusalem, not on a mighty warhorse, but on a donkey. He comes as the true but humble servant king. As our king is, so should we be.

Jesus calls us to ask for wisdom, discernment, and guidance as we seek to live faithful Christian lives.

Jesus calls us to single-minded devotion to learning to follow in his footsteps.

Jesus calls us to pursue the only thing worth anything in God’s Kingdom, a life of committed discipleship in the way of Jesus.

Jesus calls us to works of mercy, fasting, and prayer, but we must do them in ways that bring glory to God and not ourselves.

To grow up to become like our Father in heaven we must respond to every form of hate, violence, and evil with love that seeks the good of our neighbors, both friend and enemy.

Loving God means that we love and seek to be reconciled with our neighbor. Anger, lust, and unfaithfulness, which leads to treating others poorly, prohibits us from loving God and entering a genuine relationship with God.

At the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount Jesus wants us to know who we are. We are salt and light because we are followers of the Law of God.