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 1But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. 2Many will follow their sensuality, and because of…

What is Mercy All About? The fifth beatitude – Matthew 5.7

Unless you had a religious upbringing, the word ‘mercy’ probably doesn’t make itself into your vocabulary too much, or unless you are from the South and use it as an exclamation, ‘Mercy!’

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

Mercy is a multi-faceted jewel. How I am enjoying the beauty of the Beatitudes Jesus is teaching! If we can but comprehend them, and then seek God in such a way that the…

Hungry? Thirsty? You’re Alive! Matthew 5.6

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

My sweet Bennett1 seems to catch a lot of colds, which have the propensity to go into croup, and cause his appetite to dissipate. His mommy said to me yesterday, ‘since he is feeling better, he has his appetite back, and is filling out.’ Hunger is indeed an indication of health.

It is never a good sign when a person loses her desire to eat, and…

Meekness is not Weakness. Matthew 5.5

Jesus was the master of paradox.

Last is first.

Giving is receiving.

Dying is living.

Losing is finding.

Least is greatest.

Poor is rich.

Weakness is strength.

Serving is ruling.1

Blessed are the Meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ‘A strong statement, deserving our inspection. Step a little closer, please. This third beatitude is rightly ordered and builds off the first two…

February 15 - Morning

“To him be glory both now and forever.” - 2Pe 3:18

Heaven will be full of the ceaseless praises of Jesus. Eternity! thine unnumbered years shall speed their everlasting course, but forever and for ever, “to him be glory.” Is he not a “Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek”? “To him be glory.” Is he not king for ever?-King of kings and Lord of lords, the everlasting Father? “To him be glory for ever.” Never shall his praises cease.…

Satan is a defeated foe who operates on a leash. Rather than fear Satan and what he can do we need to fear (revere) God and trust what He will do. This world is not our home, but only a temporal place. Our true home is with Him. We are currently ambassadors in a foreign land representing the King of kings and Lord of lords.

Remember the parable of the land owner who rented out his vineyard. Many were hurt, some lost their lives ... even the son, but the land owner did nto sit…

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Mourning, and thankful.. Matthew 5.4

“What is a beatitude?” a simple enough question, with a more complex answer I do believe. beatitude |bēˈatiˌt(y)o͞od| noun

supreme blessedness. • (the Beatitudes) the blessings listed by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5:3–11).

"Beatitude is a possession of all things held to be good, from which nothing is absent that a good desire may want.

Perhaps the meaning of beatitude may become clearer to us if it is…

Blessed.  Matthew 5.1-1

Last night I stopped on the way home from a long grueling day to get a bite to eat, and send out Morning Briefings. The shop owner came and sat down, inquiring about what I was writing. (Always happy to oblige that question!) After finding out my new friend is a Christian, I asked him what he thought about the Beatitudes. He had an interesting response—kinda…

WHO IS JESUS?

It all started when they came to their local San Clemente beach to see a longtime friend get baptized by his dad and me. I can see their two beautiful young faces so clearly in my mind . . . one dark, the other light; one had a strong football build, the other a tall, lean volleyball build; one has grown up in a Hindu household, the other a family who didn’t talk too much about God, didn’t believe in church either. Both were curious high school students, coming…

  :Do not let them depart from your eyes ( proverbs4:21 The key thought in this direction can be summed up in the word focus. With natural eyesight incorrect focus produces blurred vision and believe this is the problem with many peoples eyes unless we can focus our spiritual reality    Jesus said The light of the Body also full of light but when thine eye is evil is evil thy body also full of darkness. make me  LAMP stand to behold the Glory of the lord in heavenly places Amen  

The other day I was reading where someone had broken down each verse of Psalm 23 into different categories. I then had the desire to break it down into the different attributes & Names of God. Now, I'm not a theologian, Bible student or anything. I'm a simple woman with a Hebrew Concordance & a Bible. So, I may have a few names & attributes in with the wrong verses. Feel free to correct anything. I know I just had a great time doing this.…

Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads.

I've always believed these to be the 12 tribes & the 12 disciples. If this is the 12 disciples, who would be the 12th disciple? So, I began reading commentaries & read various interpretations. Man, did I open up a can of worms. Here are several of them.

1) 12 Tribes & 12 Disciples In this case, who would…

Calling and Purity—their relationship. Matthew 5.8

It is called plate spinning. You’ve seen it, right? Where a juggler gets one plate (and then another), spinning on the end of the pole, and just as sure as it appears that one plate will peter out and fall, the juggler keeps it alive, and soon there are four plates spinning! I love the visual, and it certainly fits—for me. On one spinning plate in my head, I have Jesus’ calling of his first disciples, on another plate, teaching on…

Jesus Calling. Matthew 4.18-25

Two sets of brothers about their daily business of fishing the Sea of Galilee. One pair on shore, the other pair in a boat, but both had the same reaction--they dropped what they were doing and followed Jesus when he called them. I have thought a lot about this before; what was it about Jesus that made them so immediately responsive, so much so that they left their livelihoods to go with him?1

This message from Jesus’ disciple, Andrew, one of the…

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Strategically Placed.

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Strategically Placed. Matthew 4.12-17

It was not an accident that Jesus settled in the region of Galilee, setting up headquarters in Capernaum; it was strategic.

Where you live and work, who your neighbors are,

is no accident either—you are strategically placed.

Following Matthew’s account of…