GPS: Grow, Pray & Study Guide
For week starting on January 25th, 2026
“Blessed Are Those Who Mourn, for They Will Be Comforted”
“Forgiveness unfolds when a sorrowful soul’s song is heard
(Michael Kelly Blanchard).” We mourn for so many things in our
lives yet know that the sorrowful song that sings in our hearts will
be heard by the One who gives the joy of forgiveness and the
energy of new life.
Dear Lord, help us to leave our sadness and regrets behind
and come to you for your new life and comfort. Amen.
Monday 1.26 “That you may know the saving acts of the Lord.”
Micah 6:1-8
Hear what the Lord says: Rise, plead your case before the
mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. Hear, you mountains,
the controversy of the Lord, and you enduring foundations of the
earth; for the Lord has a controversy with his people, and he will
contend with Israel. ‘O my people, what have I done to you? In
what have I wearied you? Answer me! For I brought you up from
the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from the house of slavery;
and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. O my people,
remember now what King Balak of Moab devised, what Balaam
son of Beor answered him, and what happened from Shittim to
Gilgal, that you may know the saving acts of the Lord.’” We must
remember the goodness of our Lord.
Tuesday 1.27 “He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”
Micah 6:1-8
“‘With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before
God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with
calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of
rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn
for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?’
He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord
require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk
humbly with your God?” We will be able to do justice and love
kindness as we learn to walk humbly with our God.
Wednesday 1.28 “Those who do these things shall never be moved.”
Psalm 15
“O Lord, who may abide in your tent? Who may dwell on your holy
hill? Those who walk blamelessly, and do what is right, and speak
the truth from their heart; who do not slander with their tongue,
and do no evil to their friends, nor take up a reproach against their
neighbors; in whose eyes the wicked are despised, but who honor
those who fear the Lord; who stand by their oath even to their
hurt; who do not lend money at interest, and do not take a bribe
against the innocent. Those who do these things shall never be
moved.” Abiding and dwelling in the grace of our Lord will give us
life to share in this world.
Thursday 1.29 “Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?”
1 Corinthians 1:18-31
“For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are
perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
For it is written, ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the
discernment of the discerning I will thwart.’ Where is the one who
is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age?
Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in
the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom,
God decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save
those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire
wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to
Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are the called,
both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom
of God.” The depth of our Lord’s wisdom and truth will set us free
from our daily struggles for control in this world.
Friday 1.30 “So that no one might boast in the presence of God.”
1 Corinthians 1:18-31
“For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s
weakness is stronger than human strength. Consider your own
call, brothers and sisters: not many of you were wise by human
standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God
chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose
what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to
reduce to nothing things that are, so that no one might boast in the
presence of God. He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, who
became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and
sanctification and redemption, in order that, as it is written, ‘Let the
one who boasts, boast in the Lord.’” We may only humbly rejoice
in the light of God’s wisdom and strength.
Saturday 1.31 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5:1-12
“When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after
he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak,
and taught them, saying: ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they
will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the
earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive
mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of
God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’
sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when
people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil
against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your
reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted
the prophets who were before you.” God’s love is great for all
people. Let us quietly join with those who are hurting as we seek
to bring peace to those around us.