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365 Days in the Sermon on the Mount

A daily family devotional journey through Matthew 5–7, learning not only what Jesus taught, but who He wants His disciples to become.

Week 1 — Come and Hear Jesus

Memory Verse: Matthew 7:24

  1. Come and Hear Jesus
  2. Jesus Sees the Crowd
  3. The Disciples Came to Him
  4. One Thing Is Needful
  5. Who Has Your Attention?
  6. Jesus the Teacher
  7. Sit at His Feet

Week 2 — The Kingdom of Heaven

Memory Verse: Matthew 6:33

  1. The Kingdom Is Near
  2. A Kingdom Not of This World
  3. Your Kingdom Come
  4. Two Kingdoms, Two Ways
  5. The Kingdom in the Heart
  6. Seek First the Kingdom
  7. The Coming Kingdom

Week 3 — Poor in Spirit

Memory Verse: Matthew 5:3

  1. What Does “Blessed” Mean?
  2. Poor in Spirit
  3. Coming With Empty Hands
  4. When Pride Gets in the Way
  5. Strength in Dependence
  6. Jesus Became Poor for Us
  7. Theirs Is the Kingdom

Week 4 — Blessed Are They That Mourn

Memory Verse: Matthew 5:4

  1. Blessed Are They That Mourn
  2. Jesus Wept
  3. Sorrow for Sin
  4. When We Hurt Each Other
  5. Carrying Another's Sorrow
  6. The God of All Comfort
  7. No More Tears

Week 5 — Blessed Are the Meek

Memory Verse: Matthew 5:5

  1. Blessed Are the Meek
  2. Moses the Meek
  3. Strength Under Control
  4. When You Don't Have to Win
  5. Learn of Me
  6. Meekness in a Harsh World
  7. They Shall Inherit the Earth

Week 6 — Hunger and Thirst After Righteousness

Memory Verse: Matthew 5:6

  1. Hunger and Thirst
  2. What Is Righteousness?
  3. A Thirst Only God Can Satisfy
  4. What Feeds Your Appetite?
  5. Seeking Righteousness at Home
  6. Jesus Our Righteousness
  7. They Shall Be Filled

Week 7 — Blessed Are the Merciful

Memory Verse: Matthew 5:7

  1. Blessed Are the Merciful
  2. Mercy Received, Mercy Given
  3. Mercy Does Something
  4. Mercy at Home
  5. Mercy and Justice
  6. Jesus and the Guilty
  7. They Shall Obtain Mercy

Week 8 — Blessed Are the Pure in Heart

Memory Verse: Matthew 5:8

  1. Blessed Are the Pure in Heart
  2. Create in Me a Clean Heart
  3. What Fills the Heart?
  4. One Heart, Not Two
  5. Pure Motives
  6. Jesus, Pure in Heart
  7. They Shall See God

Week 9 — Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Memory Verse: Matthew 5:9

  1. Blessed Are the Peacemakers
  2. The God of Peace
  3. Listen Before You Answer
  4. The Soft Answer
  5. Making Things Right
  6. When Peace Is Not Possible
  7. They Shall Be Called the Children of God

Week 10 — Persecuted for Righteousness

Memory Verse: Matthew 5:10

  1. Persecuted for Righteousness
  2. When Following Jesus Costs Something
  3. Not All Opposition Is Persecution
  4. Faithful Under Pressure
  5. Loving Those Who Oppose You
  6. You Are Not Alone
  7. Rejoice and Be Exceeding Glad

Week 11 — Salt of the Earth

Memory Verse: Matthew 5:13

  1. You Are the Salt
  2. Salt Makes a Difference
  3. Preserving What Is Good
  4. Salt Has to Get Close
  5. When Salt Loses Its Savour
  6. Salt at Home
  7. Salty Christians

Week 12 — Light of the World

Memory Verse: Matthew 5:16

  1. You Are the Light
  2. Jesus, the True Light
  3. A City on a Hill
  4. Don't Hide the Light
  5. Light in the House
  6. Let Your Light Shine
  7. Who Gets the Glory?

Week 13 — Jesus and the Law

Memory Verse: Matthew 5:17

  1. Jesus and the Law
  2. Not to Destroy, but to Fulfil
  3. Not One Jot or Tittle
  4. Love and the Commandments
  5. Teaching by the Way We Live
  6. More Than Outward Righteousness
  7. Written on the Heart

Week 14 — Anger, Reconciliation, and Peace

Memory Verse: Ephesians 4:26

  1. Anger Begins in the Heart
  2. Be Angry, and Sin Not
  3. The Power of Words
  4. First Be Reconciled
  5. Making Peace Quickly
  6. Forgiving From the Heart
  7. The Peace of Christ

Week 15 — Purity of Heart

Memory Verse: Psalm 51:10

  1. Purity Begins in the Heart
  2. Guarding Your Eyes
  3. What You Feed Grows
  4. Take Sin Seriously
  5. God's Good Gift of Marriage
  6. Faithful in Heart and Life
  7. Create in Me a Clean Heart