Broken Blessings

October 13, 2019 By webmaster

Those Who Mourn

Bible Text: Matthew 5:4 | Pastor: David Zook | Series: Broken Blessings | The place of grief to call us to God, to recognize our dependence on him, and to allow us to empathize with those who grieve as well as …

October 6, 2019 By webmaster

Poor in Spirit

Bible Text: Matthew 5:3 | Pastor: Rodger Loar | Series: Broken Blessings | Hitting rock bottom – recognizing your need and your place in God’s plan, because God uses broken people to reach broken people. …

Broken BlessingsThe Japanese have an art-form called Kintsugi, where a broken piece of pottery is repaired with gold or other fine metals. The brokenness is not hidden by the repair, but highlighted by it. The piece is considered more beautiful for having been broken and then repaired than if it had never been broken in the first place. What a wonderful parallel to our lives in Christ! We were broken, but we are made whole by Christ. The scars of our brokenness are made beautiful by His grace.
Jesus turns the world upside down with His teachings. Where the world rewards the smartest, the most beautiful, the bravest, the most talented, God gives grace to the humble, lifts up the broken, and seats the least of these at the head of His table. In the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), Jesus starts with what we call the Beatitudes or Blessings. He doesn’t say, “Blessed are the beautiful,” He says, “Blessed are the poor in spirit.” This sermon series is on the Beatitudes and how that translates to us as broken people living in a broken world.
In Genesis 12:1-3, God tells Abraham that He will bless him to be a blessing to the world. When we are saved by God’s grace, we are blessed, and God wants us to be a blessing to the world. We, as broken people who have been repaired, are called to find other broken people to guide towards the only artisan who can repair them. We are healed that we may be healers. Forgiven sinners that forgive others and point them towards the ultimate forgiveness. This is what the Beatitudes are all about.
Theme Verse: For God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are. ~ 1 Corinthians 1:27-28

Those Who Mourn
David Zook, October 13, 2019
Bible Text: Matthew 5:4
Poor in Spirit
Rodger Loar, October 6, 2019
Bible Text: Matthew 5:3
The Time Has Come for the Sending
Rodger Loar, December 30, 2018
Bible Text: Luke 24:44-53
The Time Had Come for the Birth
David Zook, Rodger Loar, December 24, 2018
Bible Text: Luke 1-2
The Time Had Come for the Ministry
David Zook, December 23, 2018
Bible Text: Luke 4-6
The Time Had Come for the Teachings
Bernie Rivera Jr., December 16, 2018
Bible Text: Luke 15-19
The Time Had Come for the Death
Bernie Rivera Jr., December 9, 2018
Bible Text: Luke 23

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