Day 9: Summer Series: Influencers for Jesus (Living the Beatitudes)

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Sherilyn R. Grant and Christian Parenting

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🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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“Influencers for Jesus” is a summer podcast series that explores the Beatitudes from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. Each episode reveals how we can become true influencers—not through trends or popularity—but by reflecting the heart of Jesus. This devotional journey will empower your children to live out their faith with courage, compassion, and purpose. Subscribe now and join us every day as we become Influencers for Jesus, one Beatitude at a time.

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0:00.0	Christian Parenting
0:03.0	Well, hello, true seekers.
0:04.0	Well, hello, true seekers.
0:17.0	Welcome to the very last day of our summer series on the Beatitudes. I hope you have learned much
0:22.9	about what it means to influence for Jesus, to be an influencer for Jesus. So far, we have learned
0:29.9	that influencers for Jesus are poor in spirit. They only rely on the power of the Holy Spirit living
0:36.3	in them. They mourn and grieve over sin and wickedness.
0:40.3	They are meek.
0:41.3	They hunger and thirst for righteousness.
0:44.3	They are merciful.
0:45.3	They are pure in heart.
0:47.3	And they are peacemakers.
0:49.3	We have one more beatitude to learn about today.
0:52.3	This last one is a pretty serious one. Are you ready?
0:56.4	Jesus said, blessed are those who are persecuted, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
1:03.5	I think Jesus might have saved this one for last because he knew it was a serious one that we
1:08.1	needed to be ready and prepared for. I think it's interesting that of
1:12.3	eight beatitudes, out of just eight things that Jesus could tell us and prepare us for, he chose to add
1:23.6	persecution as one of them. And that's because Jesus knew that as we live in this world
1:29.6	we are going to not only face hard times but we will face people who don't understand that we
1:37.0	believe in him we will face people who might make fun of us laugh at us mock us
1:43.8	slander us say all kinds of awful things about
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