The Blessed Life
10 lessons · 3 narrated · Total audio: 1 hr 9 min
Lessons ordered for this series.
- 1 Who Is Truly Blessed? The opening lesson in The Blessed Life series presents the Beatitudes as Christ's authoritative verdict on true blessedness, His own life shared by grace, an ordered ascent toward...
- 2 The Bottom Rung Is the Only Way Up: Poor in Spirit An adult meeting lesson on poverty of spirit as truthful dependence on God, revealed in the Publican's prayer, fulfilled in Christ's self emptying love, and embodied by Saint Mary.
- 3 The Sorrow That Carries Hope: Those Who Mourn An adult meeting lesson on blessed mourning as repentance over sin and sorrow at humanity’s separation from God, forming a tender heart that enters suffering and carries it to...
- 4 Strength Surrendered to God: The Meek An adult meeting lesson on meekness as strength offered to God rather than used to dominate, fulfilled in Christ the lowly King and promised the inheritance of the earth.
- 5 The Holy Appetite: Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness An adult meeting lesson on Matthew 5:6: Christ heals the desires that rule us, forming in His people a deep hunger for holiness, justice, mercy, and the Father's will.
- 6 Mercy Received, Mercy Given An adult meeting lesson on Matthew 5:7: the mercy of God rescues and heals us, then makes us merciful through forgiveness, material care, truthful accountability, and concrete...
- 7 The Undivided Heart: Pure in Heart An adult meeting lesson on Matthew 5:8: Christ purifies the divided heart from hidden loyalties and religious performance, restores God's image within us, and draws us into the...
- 8 Children of the Peacemaking God An adult meeting lesson on Matthew 5:9: Christ makes peace through the blood of His Cross and forms His children to confront enmity with truth, repentance, mercy, protection, and...
- 9 Blessed When Faithfulness Costs You An adult meeting lesson on Matthew 5:10 12: Christ forms a faithful people who endure the cost of righteousness without mistaking correction for persecution, romanticizing...
- 10 The Beatitudes with Faces: Christ in His Saints The concluding lesson in The Blessed Life series gathers every Beatitude in Christ, traces His life in selected saints, and sends the Church into the world as salt, light, and a...