Good Faith Reflecting on the Beatitudes: Prayer for the Church, Our Nation, and Each Other
Oct 6, 2025
Engage in a transformative guided prayer journey focused on the Beatitudes. Reflect on spiritual poverty and invite healing through silence. Mourning and meekness are explored as pathways to comfort and humility. Urgency for justice and mercy is emphasized, alongside prayers for the universal church’s unity. Purity of heart, peacemaking, and support for the persecuted are highlighted. The session concludes with encouragement to rejoice in hope and embody Christ-like peace amid challenges.
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Kingdom Allegiance Over Nationalism
- Citizenship in God's kingdom takes priority over national allegiance and reshapes how we pray about our country.
- Curtis Chang frames the Beatitudes as requirements for kingdom citizenship that orient Christian prayer and action.
Name And Invite Healing Of Poverty In Spirit
- Identify where you feel 'poor in spirit' and place your hand there to name that spiritual need.
- Invite God's Spirit into that exact place and open your hands to receive the kingdom's blessing.
Turn Mourning Into Meekness
- Offer your personal and communal mourning to God and ask Him to search your heart using Psalm 139.
- Repent of pride and choose meekness so your mourning shapes gentleness and inheritance of the earth.
