Christian parenting.

Well, hello, true seekers, or should I say influencers for Jesus.

Welcome back to our summer series on the Beatitudes. Are you starting

to see a little bit more about what it means to follow Jesus? Is it what you

thought it would be? If you're a little surprise that's okay. Following Jesus

will look nothing like influencers of the world. The world tells you to be proud

and arrogant, to think only of yourself to do what you have to do to get ahead don't show mercy cut corners put yourself first

These are opposite of what Jesus gave us in the vie attitudes

to follow Jesus takes a completely different road than those who don't know Jesus and who don't follow him.

It's not for the faint of heart, but Jesus has promised that he will always be with us, and it's worth it in the end.

There's so much blessing that comes from

following Jesus. The world's way only brings heartache and sadness. Are you

ready to learn the fifth beatitude today. Jesus said

Blessed are the merciful for they will be shown mercy.

You might be thinking what is mercy? Well the best way I can

describe mercy is to say that mercy is not getting the punishment

for sin that we deserve.

The Bible says that the punishment for sin is death and it also says that we all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of

God but God in His mercy stepped in, sent Jesus to die in our place as our punishment

so that we would not be separated from him.

That is mercy.

To follow Jesus, we must also show mercy to others.

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