Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Matthew 5:5

What is true happiness, and how can we find it? Pastor and author Dr. Derwin L. Gray believes there is a path to true happiness. It is a life lived with Jesus by embracing the Beatitudes found in Matthew 5:1-12. As you walk through these words, Jesus invites you into a new life-giving rhythm that cultivates a flourishing, happy, transformative life. Discover the good life you were meant for.

Dive deep into what it means to be a disciple of Jesus as you dedicate 10 days to studying perhaps the most influential sermon of all time - The Sermon on the Mount. Each day will invite you to explore an aspect of discipleship from the message Jesus gave his very first disciples. Discover what it means to live as a follower of Jesus with "A New Way of Being."

Let's explore Galatians 5:22-23 and discover the treasure that God has deposited in you. This reading plan studies the fruit of the Spirit that is alive in your heart, with a journaling prompt that will help you dig deeper into God's word. At the end of this 10-day reading and journaling plan, you will have a clearer picture of how God sees you.

God has ordained you for greatness. But some attitudes ought to be developed in you before you can get to that height of greatness God purposed for you. In this plan, I’ll help you cover all the nine beatitudes Jesus spoke about in Matthew 5:1-12.

The Beatitudes is the title tradition has given to this most succinct series of blessings that came from the mouth of Jesus. They are the opening summary of "The Sermon on the Mount," found in Matthew 5 through 7, the most famous sermon of all time. Here are the Beatitudes illustrated in paint, with accompanying meditations.

As you learn the names and titles God has given you in His Word, you find the answer to that question that echoes within all of us—“WHO AM I?”

The moment you come to faith in Jesus Christ, you receive the Holy Spirit in your heart. He transforms you from within and makes you grow in holiness. This reading plan studies the fruit that the Holy Spirit bears in the lives of believers, as it is listed in Galatians 5:22-23.

The Leader's Covenant Video Series is ten aspirational statements complete with Scripture references, to encourage heart transformation in Christian leaders. In the Leaders' Covenant Video Series, we study Jesus and the Apostles and answer the questions, "How did Jesus lead?", "How did he train the Apostles?", and "How do you apply this to your own leadership?"

Chapter 5 is the centre point of Matthew’s presentation of the sayings of Jesus, particularly as it relates to the Law. I hope you are as taken by the words and authority of Jesus as I have been. This is nothing less than our manifesto – kingdom behaviour, ethics, and call, all in these verses. What Jesus says is pure genius. How Matthew puts it together is inspiring.

Widows, Orphans, Handicapped, Disabled, children, pre-born children, abused, lower class, homeless people, prisoners…the list goes on. In every society and culture, certain types of people are looked down on or disregarded. How does God see all these special people? Walk with us through scripture and some true stories from disabled believers who help us live as He desires we do.