Missions Focus: Please be praying for Charity and Amos Trotter. Charity works with new Americans in the Atlanta area and helps in the training of new missionaries before they go onto the field. Please be praying for Charity as she helps refugees. She is doing literacy activities with the children of the moms who are taking ESL classes.
Local: Pray for the people that live the closest to you: next door, through a wall, upstairs or down. Pray for opportunity to be a joyous lamp of Christ in their lives this week.
Church: Pray for opportunity and provision for Corner Church to be a healthy Body of Christ in our current and next communities.
Pray for our team that is in the Baltics today!

This week:
Continue to pray for the Baltics Team | Baltics mission trip | May 4-15
Alpha Course | Wednesday from 6-8 pm in the Camden area with Gary & Noelle Miller. The Alpha Course is a video series that explores Christian faith, leaving space for discussion and exploration of faith. Email Rachel at rachel@cornerchurch.tv for more information.

Coming up:
Art-A-Whirl Corner Coffee Cart BOGO @ Casket Arts | Come visit! May 17-19 ☕ Show this card—buy one drink, get one free!
Memorial Day Concert | Thursday, May 22nd, 7 PM at the Victory Flagpole in the Victory Neighborhood. Meet us there for the Robbinsdale City Band!
First Friday Youth at the Wollers’ | Fri, May 30 @ 7 pm Join for dinner & singing—feel free to bring friends!
Host a summer Take It Deeper group | Meet in your home or at Corner Coffee twice a month for discussion & prayer | Let a pastor know if you’re interested!
Summer Connection Events | Summer is coming! Got a fun idea? Invite some Corner Church people! Register your Summer Connection Event now @ corner.church/events
Spain Missions Trip ✈️ Alicante | Sept 1-10 2025 | 👥 3-5 spots | Cost $2-3,000 ✉️ Email Greg: greg@corner.church

Matthew 5:3 • Week 1
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:4 • Week 2
4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.


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

Matthew 5:5 (MSG)
5 “You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are—no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought.”

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

Matthew 5:5 (AMP)
5 “Blessed [inwardly peaceful, spiritually secure, worthy of respect] are the gentle [the kind-hearted, the sweet-spirited, the self-controlled], for they will inherit the earth.”Matthew 5:3 • Week 1
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:4 • Week 2
4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Dialogue Question:

Why are arrogance, pride, aggressiveness and/or brashness abrasive?

Dialogue Question:

What aspects of meekness does our culture NOT celebrate?

Dialogue Question:

If you were to write your own personal beatitude, what would it be?

Blessed are ________________,

For they will ________________.

Dialogue Question:

How does being told that a difficult situation is a blessing rather than a burden change your perspective?

Proverbs 14 : 21 It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy (the ani).

Proverbs 14 : 31 Whoever oppresses the poor (the ani) shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.

Proverbs 31 : 9 Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy (the ani).

Psalm 9 : 18 But God will never forget the needy (the ani); the hope of the afflicted will never perish.

Psalm 72 : 12-14 For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. 13 He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death. 14 He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.

Psalm 82 : 3‑4 Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. 4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.Proverbs 14 : 21 It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy (the ani).

Proverbs 14 : 31 Whoever oppresses the poor (the ani) shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.

Proverbs 31 : 9 Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy (the ani).

Psalm 9 : 18 But God will never forget the needy (the ani); the hope of the afflicted will never perish.

Psalm 72 : 12-14 For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. 13 He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death. 14 He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.

Psalm 82 : 3‑4 Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. 4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

Dialogue Question:

What shifts in someone who feels powerless if they suddenly see blessing in their difficult situation?

Dialogue Question:

How does someone like you respond to feeling unimportant?

Dialogue Question:

What changes internally when someone shifts from feeling unimportant to realizing they’re valued in the Kingdom of God?

Dialogue Question:

How do we change when our values shift to the upside-down values taught to us by Jesus in the Beatitudes?

Take it Deeper Questions:
Read: Matthew 5:1-3.
Think of a time when you felt confident and self-sufficient—but then it completely backfired, like messing up your laundry or a big project. How did you respond in that moment?
What are some areas of life where you've had to rely on others for help or guidance?
Have there been moments when you’ve felt truly needy—emotionally, spiritually, or practically? What did that feel like?
In what ways have you experienced blessing or growth through those moments of dependence or need?

Reading Plan:
​​Matthew 5
Exodus 19:1–6 & Matthew 5:1
Isaiah 61:1–3 & Matthew 5:3
Psalm 34:15–22
Luke 18:9–14