Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

What does a peacemaker look like to you? What do they do, how do they carry themselves?

What does a peacemaker do? 

Peacemakers bring light where darkness once was and speaks truth where lies once lived. 

Psalm 91 tells us there is a secret place, a place of safety, refuge protection, and peace. This Beatitudes point us to the secret place where we can abide with Christ. 

So many of us are looking to find this place and learn what it means to abide. Many of us get caught up thinking doing Christian things will take us there, however doing Christian things doesn’t equal abiding in Christ. 

To Abide means to bear patiently, to endure without yielding. To withstand – to wait for. To Abide is not doing nothing – it’s a verb. Which is where many of us get tripped up. We don't think it should take any effort, and don't want to accept that to abide is action and involves effort.

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

What does it mean to take up your cross?

The first and last Beatitude possess the same reward, why do you think they’re laid out this way?

Join me in this episode as we continue our journey through the Beatitudes.

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