Dungeness Community Church

Backward Blessings: Living The Life Jesus Called Blessed - part 3 - Meekness

Pastor Tim Richards continues his series on The Beatitudes. This week he examines what it means to be meek.

Discussion and Reflection Questions:

1. What is meekness?

2. Why does God desire the meek?

3. What key qualities did Jesus and Moses have that demonstrate there is nothing weak in being meek?

4. Describe a person you know who is meek and why you are drawn to them.

Backward Blessings: Living The Life Jesus Called Blessed - part 2 - What it Means to Mourn

Pastor Tim Richards continues his series on The Beatitudes. This week he examines what it means to mourn.

Discussion and Reflection Questions:

1. How have you recognized your own spiritual poverty and mourned your own sin?

2. How can we “mourn the sin that engulfs the world”?

3. In what ways will those who mourn be comforted?

Backward Blessings: Living The Life Jesus Called Blessed - A look at the Beatitudes - part 1

Pastor Tim Richards begins his series on the Beatitudes.

Link to the Backward Bicycle Video: https://youtu.be/MFzDaBzBlL0

Discussion and Reflection Questions:

1. What does it mean to be “poor in spirit”?

2. Discuss when you first realized your “spiritual poverty”.

3. How is God fulfilling your spiritual needs today?

4. How do we enjoy the blessings of the “kingdom of heaven” while on earth? “There must be emptiness before there can be fullness, and so poverty of spirit precedes riches and grace in the kingdom of God.” -Christianity Today, McGarvey and Pendleton