Becoming Like Jesus Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video: A Bible Study on the Beatitudes

Discover the transformative power of the beatitudes.

Many of us imagine spiritual growth as a steady climb upward, but the truth is that it’s a journey filled with highs, lows, and moments of relearning. Every struggle, setback, and victory is part of how Jesus shapes us into His image.

The Beatitudes listed in Matthew 5 provide a roadmap for this journey, revealing the qualities Jesus calls us to embody: poverty in spirit, godly sorrow, meekness, a hunger and thirst for righteousness, mercy, purity, peacemaking, and perseverance through trials. These traits don’t develop overnight—they require deep work, over time, with the support of a community for them to take root and bear fruit in your life.

Benefits of the Study

Renewed Perspective on Spiritual Growth: Gain clarity and encouragement by understanding that spiritual growth isn’t a straight path but a dynamic journey of highs and lows, helping you embrace where you are in your faith walk.
Practical Tools for Everyday Faith: Discover actionable steps to reflect Christ’s character in your daily life, equipping you to navigate the challenges of work, family, and community with grace and purpose.
Deeper Connection with God: Strengthen your relationship with God through Scripture-based lessons, prayer, and reflection, fostering a sense of peace and purpose in the midst of life’s busyness.
Encouragement for Life’s Challenges: Find hope and resilience by exploring how Jesus’ teachings, like the Beatitudes, can guide you through seasons of doubt, setbacks, and struggles.
Inspiration to Lead and Serve: Be empowered to live out your faith authentically, inspiring those around you—whether in your family, church, or community—to pursue a Christlike life.
Features of the Study

Individual access to six streaming video sessions: Dynamic video teachings from Matt Chandler offer encouragement and biblical teachings.
Interactive Small Group Format: Designed with an engaging structure that fosters meaningful discussions, shared learning, and deeper connections within small groups.
Flexible Six-Week Schedule: A six-week format that’s easy to adapt for individual study, small groups, or church-wide discipleship programs.
Leader’s Guide: Found in the back of the study guide, the Leader’s Guide provides preparation tips for leading a group through “Becoming Like Jesus”, offers suggested structures for meetings, and helps leaders navigate group dynamics.
Guided Reflection and Application: Includes thought-provoking questions, journaling prompts, and practical exercises to help participants apply biblical principles to their daily lives.
Video Sessions

The Invitation (19 minutes): Using the metaphor of a horizontal coil, Pastor Matt Chandler explains how every peak and valley in life propels us forward in our spiritual growth. He explains how deep work, patience over time, and the role of community are key components of this transformative journey
Poverty and Grief (19 minutes): Session two explores the first two Beatitudes, explaining that the journey to becoming like Jesus begins not from a place of strength, but from the lowliness of being "poor in spirit."
Quiet Strength and Holy Hunger (18 minutes): Meekness and righteousness are essential qualities in the journey of becoming like Jesus. The quiet strength of meekness is intertwined with a deep hunger and thirst for righteousness—a desperate desire to be in right relationship with God, ourselves, others, and creation.
Mercy and Purity (17 minutes): The practice of receiving and giving mercy fosters a "pure in heart" attitude—one of integrity, honesty, and wholeheartedness before God. By embracing our need for mercy and refusing to hide our struggles, we close the distance with God and experience the profound transformation that leads to true intimacy and freedom in Christ.

Matt Chandler is a husband, father, pastor, elder, and author whose greatest desire is to make much of Jesus. He has served over 20 years as the Lead Pastor at The Village Church in Flower Mound, TX, which recently transitioned its five campuses into their own autonomous churches. He is also the Executive Chairman of the Acts 29 Network, a large church planting community that trains and equips church planters across the globe.

Matt is known around the world for proclaiming the gospel in a powerful and down-to-earth way and enjoys traveling to share the message of Jesus whenever he can. He lives in Texas with his beautiful wife, Lauren, and their three children, Audrey, Reid, and Norah.