Unpacking the Message

Our message-based small group meets on Wednesdays at 6:00 at the church.  Each week, we will be discussing the sermon.  Everyone is welcome!

October 5, 2025 / Shawn Lind

1. When you hear the word “blessed,” what comes to mind? 

2. What would you say today if someone asked you, “What would it take for you to live a satisfied or meaningful life?”

3. Poor in Spirit — When was a time you realized you couldn’t do life on your own and needed God? How did that shape your faith?

4. Those Who Mourn — What breaks your heart about the world or about sin? How have you experienced God’s comfort in those moments?

5. The Meek — How do you personally wrestle with giving up control and trusting God’s plan?

6. Hunger & Thirst for Righteousness — Where do you feel most hungry to see God bring change - in your own life or in the world?

7. The Merciful — Who in your life needs mercy from you right now? What makes it hard to give it?

8. Pure in Heart — How have you seen God in your life? What distractions or divided motives cause your heart not to be pure? 

9. Peacemakers — Where is God calling you to step in and bring peace or reconciliation?

10. Persecuted — Have you ever been treated differently or unfairly because of your faith? How did you respond?

11. Jesus calls us the salt of the earth and the light of the world. What does that practically look like in your workplace, school, or home?

12. When people see your “good deeds,” do they notice you more, or do they notice God more? How can we make sure God gets the glory?

13. Which Beatitude speaks to your heart most strongly right now, and why?

14. If you could take one “step” from the Beatitudes this week and live it out more fully, which would it be?