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main thort
this week... Righteousness is simply
choosing to do what is right.
Jesus’ fourth beatitude is
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aimed at those who hunger
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and thirst to be people who
4-5pm venue TBC choose to do what is right.
QUEST The tricky part is figuring
19th October out what it is to ‘choose to
do the right thing’. Too of-
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ten the world (including you
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and I) will choose to do the
19th October right thing… for me. An-
6pm @ the Church other bible uses the word
LOGs ‘justice’ instead of
‘righteousness’. I think this
23rd October
helps us to decide which
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‘right’ we’re talking about.
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God’s justice is the idea that
25th October everyone will have enough;
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everyone will be cared for;
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everyone will know their
25th October potential; everyone will be
3pm @ Murray’s given the opportunity to
BREAKFAST WALK embrace the person God
created them to be. So Jesus
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says that we are blessed
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when we hunger and thirst
Church
for this justice, when we
hunger and thirst to do the
reading for the week
1 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down,
his disciples came to him. 2 Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:
3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 "Blessed
are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 "Blessed are the meek, for
they will inherit the earth. 6 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for right-
eousness, for they will be filled. Matthew 5:1-6 NRSV
deeper
What can you do this week as you hunger for
‘doing the right thing’? Go on, just do one
thing that is the ‘right choice’!
thing that will bring God’s little thort
justice. Simply put Jesus
says that we’ll be blessed if
I found this short summary
we are passionate about
of the bible the other day.
right over wrong; but not
Its been stuck on my notice
only in our own lives but in
board for ages, so I thought
the lives of those we know I would share it:
as well. And how will we be
blessed? We will be filled. I The Bible in 50 Words
God made
have to quote John’s gospel
Adam bit
here, Jesus says “I have
come that all may life and Noah arked
have it to the full”. Fullness Abraham split
of life. Doing the right thing, Joseph ruled
being passionate about see- Jacob fooled
ing God’s justice will give us Bush talked
Moses balked
a fullness that our selfish
Pharaoh plagued
hoarding of stuff will never
match. Being passionate
People walked
Sea divided
about God’s right way for us
Tablets guided
and our fellow humans will
Promise landed
bring a fullness that out
Saul freaked
shines any salary, any profit,
David peeked
any collection of DVD’s, any
Prophets warned
attempt we make to outdo
Jesus born
our friends. It’s a simple
God walked
choice of deciding ‘what do I
Love talked
need to do?’ rather than just
Anger crucified
‘what do I want to do?’
Hope died
Love rose
Spirit flamed
Word spread
churches have towers?
why do you think
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The other page...
The dominant news story this week is still the upheaval in the financial markets. I was The Empty Column
watching one of those auction type programmes on telly the other day and it occurred
to me that the premise of these shows is to make as much money as possible by selling
unwanted stuff; be it antiques from France, stuff from the attic or someone’s boot.
Now I went to my first ever Car Boot sale on Saturday and I
was very tempted to ‘grab a bargain’. Here’s the thing – if I
make a quick profit or get something valuable for next to This column has been left
nothing, who is it that makes up the difference. If I buy some-
empty for someone to fill…
thing real cheap and sell it on for three times the price I am
literally taking money from that person. Have I then fulfilled
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God’s call for justice? The person I’ve sold it to may be happy
with the price they’ve paid, but I’ve made money at their ex- something that you’ve ex-
pense. Is that a loving way to treat them? Is that how Jesus perienced with God, or
challenges us to love our neighbours? What is the Godly and maybe share a thought
therefore ‘right’ way to behave in business? about a particular subject
we’ve looked at? Has
something from one of the

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raging debate between
you and your family or
Pray for the world… friends?
Your prayer requests…
We pray that You would The only way we really
This month please continue
protect and strengthen the
to pray for… grow in our faith is by
activists who have dedi-
cated their lives to helping sharing it with those
. your friends
those who continue to suf- around us. The only way
fer in the nation of Burma. we test the ideas in our
When justice is done, it heads is by asking ques-
. your family If you would like us to pray
brings joy to the righteous
for anything then please let tions, suggesting answers
but terror to evildoers.
Murray know, and it can and even disagreeing with
Proverb 21:15
be added to next week’s
. Campbell and his family Pray for the success of our each other.
‘prayer requests column”
Change for Burma! cam-
paign as it broadens its fo-
cus. Pray that more Chris-
. The churches in our area tians in the UK would real-
ise the significance of these
issues and would actively
. Christians working with pray, protest and provide
aid agencies on behalf of the people of go on… fill this space
Burma.

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