The values of God's KingdomMatthew 5:1-12Length: Standard

1 Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

• Read
• Reread
• Retell

2 Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

1. What does this passage show me about God?

   • Who does Jesus call blessed, and what does he promise each of them?

2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

   • Which of these describes the kind of person you are becoming?
   • Which one sounds least like the way people around you measure a good life?

3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

   • Which of these will you deliberately live out this week?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who is poor, mourning, or persecuted near you that you could go to?

3 Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).