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Discussion Guide Scripture memory: p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 4.0px 0.0px; line-height: 11.1px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: #5e5f61} Matthew 5:3–10 Discussion Questions What is a warning or sign or piece of advice that you received that you wish you had taken heed of and followed? Why didn't you listen to it? Read Matthew 7:24–29. Verse 28 says the crowd was “astonished” at Jesus’ sermon. Think about your experience reading the Beatitudes as part of Matthew 5–7. What is astonishing about these words of Jesus? What will stick with you the most from this series? Look at what happens to the two houses when the storms come. What do these experiences look like in real life? Read also James 1:22–25. What warning do these verses and Jesus’ words in Matthew 7 have for us? Can you think of ways in which you need to not just hear Jesus’ words but actually put them into action? There’s an old hymn that goes, “On Christ, the