Psalms 41:1-3 (NIV)

Blessed are those who have regard for the weak;
the Lord delivers them in times of trouble.
The Lord protects and preserves them—
they are counted among the blessed in the land—
he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.
The Lord sustains them on their sickbed
and restores them from their bed of illness.

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Today, Dave Blow continues in our series on the Sermon on the Mount with a teaching on the fourth beatitude: hungering and thirsting for righteousness.

Please find the slide deck for this week's teaching here.

Home Church Questions:

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” Matthew 5:6 (NIV)

1. Where did you notice restlessness or longing this week—in yourself or in the world around you?

2. What stood out to you from this week's teaching?

3. Read Isaiah 58:1-11 (preferably in multiple translations). What stands out to you from this passage? Any themes of note?

4. Jesus uses hunger and thirst to describe desire for righteousness. What does this image suggest about the depth and urgency of that desire?

5. When you hear the word righteousness, what do you usually think of?

6. Why do you think Jesus calls this hunger a blessing rather than a burden?

7. Anabaptists have emphasized that righteousness is lived, not enforced. What does that mean for how the church seeks justice today?

8. Where do you see the temptation to settle for: comfort instead of faithfulness or peacekeeping instead of peacemaking?

9. Where do you sense God stirring a holy hunger in you right now? This could be a relationship, a community issue, a global concern, a personal pattern, etc. What is one small, concrete step toward righteousness you could take this week?

10. Pray with and for one another, our church community, and our world.

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Hebrews 4:14-16 (NLT)

So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.

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