40 days
Sermon on the Mount
Forty days walking verse-by-verse through Matthew 5 – 7, the most concentrated body of Jesus' teaching about the life of the kingdom.
Read the day's passage twice — first to listen, then to be examined. Then pray the prayer at the end of each devotional.
Day 1 · sample devotional
Blessed are the poor in spirit
"Read Matthew 5:1-12. Today focus on verse 3."
Meditate
Jesus opens His sermon by blessing the people the world overlooks. To be poor in spirit is to know you have nothing in yourself to commend you to God — and to come anyway. The kingdom belongs to people empty enough to receive it.
Pray
Jesus, I bring nothing but my need. Give me a poor and humble spirit, and fill me with your kingdom today. Amen.
Series outline
- Day 1Reflection 1Matt. 5:1-3
- Day 2Reflection 2Matt. 5:4
- Day 3Reflection 3Matt. 5:5
- Day 4Reflection 4Matt. 5:6
- Day 5Reflection 5Matt. 5:7
- Day 6Reflection 6Matt. 5:8
- Day 7Reflection 7Matt. 5:9
- Day 8Reflection 8Matt. 5:10-12
- Day 9Reflection 9Matt. 5:13-16
- Day 10Reflection 10Matt. 5:17-20
- Day 11Reflection 11Matt. 5:21-26
- Day 12Reflection 12Matt. 5:27-30
- Day 13Reflection 13Matt. 5:31-32
- Day 14Reflection 14Matt. 5:33-37
- Day 15Reflection 15Matt. 5:38-42
- Day 16Reflection 16Matt. 5:43-48
- Day 17Reflection 17Matt. 6:1-4
- Day 18Reflection 18Matt. 6:5-8
- Day 19Reflection 19Matt. 6:9-13
- Day 20Reflection 20Matt. 6:14-15
- Day 21Reflection 21Matt. 6:16-18
- Day 22Reflection 22Matt. 6:19-21
- Day 23Reflection 23Matt. 6:22-23
- Day 24Reflection 24Matt. 6:24
- Day 25Reflection 25Matt. 6:25-30
- Day 26Reflection 26Matt. 6:31-34
- Day 27Reflection 27Matt. 7:1-2
- Day 28Reflection 28Matt. 7:3-5
- Day 29Reflection 29Matt. 7:6
- Day 30Reflection 30Matt. 7:7-8
- Day 31Reflection 31Matt. 7:9-11
- Day 32Reflection 32Matt. 7:12
- Day 33Reflection 33Matt. 7:13-14
- Day 34Reflection 34Matt. 7:15-20
- Day 35Reflection 35Matt. 7:21-23
- Day 36Reflection 36Matt. 7:24-25
- Day 37Reflection 37Matt. 7:26-27
- Day 38Reflection 38Matt. 7:28-29
- Day 39Reflection 39Review Matt. 5
- Day 40Reflection 40Review Matt. 6 – 7