The document summarizes Jesus' words in the Beatitudes from Matthew about who will receive blessings. It says blessed are the poor in spirit, those who mourn, the meek, and those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. It provides context and explanation for each phrase, noting the poor in spirit refers to being spiritually dependent on others. It defines mourning as being sad or grieving. For the meek, it says this means humility and strength under submission, as exemplified by Moses. Hungering for righteousness means being desperately passionate to do life God's way.

2. Matthew 5:3-6 (NIV)
3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for
righteousness, for they will be filled.

3. “Blessed are the poor in spirit”
a desperate state of poverty
as to be dependent on others for support.

4. Luke 18:13 (NIV)
13 "But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would
not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and
said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.‘

5. “Blessed are those who mourn”
to be sad or to grieve
“How happy are those who are unhappy”.

6. “Blessed are the meek”
not weak or spineless or feeble; but humility.
‘broken in the sense of a horse that has been broken
in and tamed.’
Strength under submission.

7. Numbers 12:3 (KJV)
3 (Now the man Moses was very meek above all the
men which were upon the face of the earth.)
Numbers 12:3 (NIV)
3 (Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble
than anyone else on the face of the earth.)

8. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for
righteousness.”
If someone is hungry or thirsty they become so
desperate that everything else is excluded
from their desires.

9. How do you live under the blessing of God?
• A desperate awareness of our state of spiritual poverty
• A broken heartedness for this state
• A deep seated humility
• A passion to do life God’s way.