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Weekly sermon audio from Emmanuel Baptist Church in Mora, Minnesota
What if the path to real, soul-deep flourishing begins not with strength—but with surrender?
In this powerful opening message of our new series on the Beatitudes, Pastor Mike Rue unpacks Jesus' countercultural claim in Matthew 5:3: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” We discover that true life—the kind that thrives under the reign of God—is not found in self-sufficiency, achievement, or image. It’s found in spiritual poverty: humbly recognizing our desperate need for God.
This message invites us to embrace our weakness, rest in Christ’s sufficiency, and find our identity not in what we do, but in the Kingdom we belong to.
🕊️ Series: Blessed Be… (A Study in the Beatitudes)
📖 Text: Matthew 5:3
🎙️ Speaker: Pastor Mike Rue
📍 Emmanuel Baptist Church | Mora, MN
⏩ In This Message:
Why the Beatitudes are for all Christians
What it really means to be “poor in spirit”
How spiritual poverty unlocks the rest of the Sermon on the Mount
Why flourishing begins with empty hands and a dependent heart
What Jesus means by “theirs is the kingdom of heaven”
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Weekly sermon audio from Emmanuel Baptist Church in Mora, Minnesota
