Daybreak Church Hawaii

Jesus offers an example of how we should pray and begins with a reminder that God's holiness should be the center and His glory should be the focus of our lives

Because of the Gospel, we can come to God confidently with our prayers - not with vain showiness or empty reputations, but with sincerity and love to our Father.

Jesus offers a warning for when we give, pray, or fast, the it should not be apart us individually; the focus should be on the personal relationships involved in each.

We are called to be a people who live out the love of God in the way that He has loved us, and the same Spirit that was with Christ as He prayed on the cross, empowers us to love others in the same way.

Jesus teaches us generosity in grace as a way of life , instead of seeking revenge when others wrong us.

The Holy Spirit empowers us to live truthfully with others - being honest in our words, open in our relationships, and generous in our dealings.

Jesus came to give life and freedom from the bonds of sin, wherein our hearts struggle, giving us hope from guilt and shame, and giving us a new beginning through His grace.

Anger can be a powerful force in our hearts. When we give a place to anger, it can take hold and disrupt our relationships. However, God can work in us to grant peace in the place of that anger.

Jesus teaches how He fulfills the purpose of the law and prophets of the Old Testament and gives us what we need to follow from a heart level.

Jesus spoke on the mount about how His followers have the power of being salt and light in the world, pointing others to Him.

We know that we, like Jesus, will be persecuted while on earth; we can have joy that through this are drawn near to God and given the gift of a greater hope for out reward of eternity with God. Because of this perspective, we can fix our eyes on Christ, knowing that He has suffered in our place and shown us the good news of the Gospel.

We live in a world that is rife with conflict. The good news for those who have been adopted into the family of God is that through Jesus we have been given both a way and example to be peacemakers: not by avoiding conflict, but by seeking love and restoration, since we have received the most peace of all.

When we can mourn the brokenness in the world, God begins a transformation in the hearts of believers where we can focus on Him and see glimpses of His goodness at work around us.

Seeing and acknowledging our sin prompts us to be merciful and show compassion to others as sinners in need of God's grace.

We land on the central beatitude, on which those before and those after hang, challenging believers to long for God's righteousness and will be seen to share the heart of God with others.

Pastor Walt relates the story of one of the meekest men on earth to discuss our next beatitude of how the meek shall inherit the land.

We are happy when we recognize sadness in life and can see the goodness of God and His comfort in it.

We are challenged to find our happiness in Christ as we are assured that blessed are those that come before our loving God with nothing to offer but ourselves.

God is both powerful and beautiful, and His promises are time! As a response, we worship Him through confession, reflecting on His grace and sacrifice, and believing that His Gospel is for us.