December, 29, 2022
DawnCheré Wilkerson brings a powerful message to the students of Passion 2023 on what it looks like to be bound to Jesus and His way.
Scripture References
20Looking at his disciples, he said:
“Blessed are you who are poor,
for yours is the kingdom of God.
21
Blessed are you who hunger now,
for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now,
for you will laugh.
22
Blessed are you when people hate you,
when they exclude you and insult you
and reject your name as evil,
because of the Son of Man.
17He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
3He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
1The Spirit of the Sovereign
Lord
is on me,because the
Lord
has anointed meto proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,
27
“But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
28
bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
29
If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them.
30
Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.
31
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
32
“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
33
And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.
34
And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.
35
But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
36
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
1My son, keep my words
and store up my commands within you.
2Keep my commands and you will live;
guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3Bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and to insight, “You are my relative.”
DawnCheré Wilkerson
Songwriter, speaker, and pastor of Vous Church