Where’s the Joy in Poverty?

Where’s the Joy in Poverty?

Matthew 5:1-3 | Pastor Terry Wilcox

Satan offered Jesus fake sources of happiness:

Matthew 4:1–11

1. The
2. The
3. The

3 Parts to each beatitude:

1. Promise
2. The
3. The result

Hebrew word ashere is a word of and congratulation.

Greek word makarios described happiness of the .

Poor in spirit = on God

C.S. Lewis: “Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind. Pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment or even common sense.”

Isaiah 66:2

From “Resilience: The Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life” by Eric Greitens

I begin with humility, I act with humility, I end with humility. Humility leads to clarity. Humility leads to an open mind and a forgiving heart. With an open mind and a forgiving heart, I see every person as superior to me in some way; With every person as my teacher, I grow in wisdom. As I grow in wisdom, humility becomes ever more my guide. I begin with humility, I act with humility, I end with humility.

How does this attitude help us?

It teaches us two life-changing confessions:

1. I
2. I am
   Honesty is the first step to

Psalm 51:16–17 (NKJV)

For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You do not delight in burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise.

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