Tag: beatitudes
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Hate
Paris – 13 November, 2015 It seems that hatred headlines will overwhelm the news once more. Not that it ever left our consciousness, but often hate will lose momentum in the mundane or even be displaced by love’s compassion. Desperate followers of evil men willingly sacrifice innocents by the intentional lie-driven sacrifices for the glory of their own…
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Blessings and Woes – 2
“Blessed are you who are poor… “Blessed are you who are hungry now… “Blessed are you who weep now… 22 “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! “But woe to you who are rich… “Woe…
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Radical Reconstruction
Matthew 5:12a ESV Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven. NOTE: The following devotional is transcribed from THE APPLAUSE OF HEAVEN, Sept. 26, Morning, by Max Lucado (a favorite, encouraging Christian author). In the sermon on the mount, … what Jesus promises is not a gimmick to give you goose bumps nor a mental…
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The Multitudes He Did Not Serve
Sometimes we just don’t get it. We only want to see the nice things Jesus did. We only want to hear the nice things Jesus had say and even now speaks through Scripture and the Spirit. In case you missed the beginning of this series, we are following the early days of Jesus’ public ministry.…
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The Beatitudes and the Multitudes – Part 5
Hosea 6:1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. Deuteronomy 10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is…
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The Beatitudes and the Multitudes – Part 3
MERRY CHRISTMAS. Merry Christmas. Such a joyful greeting from a Christian to another. Returning our thoughts to the multitudes hearing Jesus’ teaching: Matthew 5 King James Version (KJV) Verse 13 You are the salt of the earth. Salt is plentiful and worthless, except that it makes our food to last and seasons its flavor to…
