Meekness is not Weakness

(English) In this message Ps Catherine talks about how meekness is not weakness in these 4 points:

(Matthew 5:5 ESV) Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

(Matthew 5:5 NASB) Blessed are the gentle, for they will inherit the earth.

Meekness is “Strength Under Control”

Sons of Thunder

(Luke 9:51-56 TPT) Jesus let nothing distract him from departing for Jerusalem because the time for him to be lifted up  drew near, and he was full of passion to complete his mission there. (52) So he sent messengers  ahead of him as envoys to a village of the Samaritans. (53) But as they approached the village, the people turned them away. They would not allow Jesus to enter, for he was on his way to worship in Jerusalem. (54) When the disciples Jacob and John realized what was happening, they returned to Jesus and said, “Lord, if you wanted to, you could command fire to fall down from heaven, just as Elijah did  and destroy all these wicked people.”(55) Jesus rebuked them sharply, saying, “Don’t you realize what spews from your hearts when you say that? The Son of Man did not come to destroy life, but to bring life to the earth.” (56) So they went to another village instead.

(Mark 10:35-38 NLT) Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came over and spoke to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do us a favor.” (36) “What is your request?” he asked. (37) They replied, “When you sit on your glorious throne, we want to sit in places of honor next to you, one on your right and the other on your left.” (38) But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink from the bitter cup of suffering I am about to drink? Are you able to be baptized with the baptism of suffering I must be baptized with?”

(Mark 10:41-45 NLT) When the ten other disciples heard what James and John had asked, they were indignant. (42) So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them. (43) But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, (44) and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else. (45) For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

(Acts 8:14-17 NIV) When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria. (15) When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit, (16) because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. (17) Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

• Speak Words of Blessing

• Big Heart for People

• Use our Strength to Serve 

• Placing our Hope and Trust in Jesus