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Spirituality, Thought for Today

:) Blessed are the peacemakers

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Copyright 2011 by R.O. Robbins

“Blessed are the peacemakers,  for they will be called children of God.” 

— Jesus, Matthew 5:9, NIV, accessed from BibleGateway.com

It seems that many Christians have trouble with the idea of Jesus as a peacemaker and even more trouble with the idea of themselves as peacemakers.  After all what can one person in this world do to stop the violence and pave the way for peace?

The answer to this is simple.  We stop being violent.  We become peace.  We live, breathe and act out of peace.  One person.  One kind loving act.  That is how it is done.  Is it easy?  Of course not.  But is it possible?  Yes, but we cannot look at the whole big picture of violence in the world because it will be overwhelming.

No one can wave a magic wand and make all war and violence stop.  But we can calm the violence and anger within ourselves.  Next, we bring our families, churches, and communities together in peace.  That’s how peace spreads.  One person at a time.

“Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God.”

 

Dig Deeper:

  How are you making peace in your world?

Spirituality, Thought for Today

:) Blessed are the pure in heart

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Copyright 2016 by R.A. Robbins

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” 

–Jesus, Matthew 5:8, NIV, accessed from BibleGateway.com

Blessed are those who see the world through the eyes of love.  When our hearts are pure we see a world filled with life, love and oneness. We see God.

Dig Deeper:  How do we better express that lifestyle?

Thought for Today

:) Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness

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

— Jesus, The Bible, Matthew 5:6, NIV, Accessed by Bible Gateway.com

Some precious souls can do many good deeds; they feed the hungry, help heal the sick and wounded, comfort the abused, visit the imprisoned and do many other good and honorable things. Yet these same people are often, themselves, rejected, misunderstood, seen as prey either socially, financially or politically and often do they cry out in their anguish for fair treatment.

 

Dig Deeper:

How can we be an instrument of God to help the person seeking fair treatment find peace in God? 

Do you hunger for God?

What are you doing to find peace in your Creator?

Thought for Today

:) Blessed are the meek

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“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.”

– – Jesus, Matthew 5:5 The Bible, NIV, Accessed via BibleGateway.org

Meekness in our world is often seen as weakness.  But if we look at meekness as power under control we see a different picture.  While power, position and prestige may be what is valued in the world today, and at the time this teaching was given, Jesus was living and teaching a way of life that would show the world God.

Digging Deeper

What does living a live of meekness or power under control look like in today’s world?

Thought for Today

:) Blessed are those who mourn

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Copyright 2015 by R.A. Robbins

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”

— Jesus, Matthew 5:4 NIV, accessed through BibleGateway.com

People who suffer from various forms of discrimination and unjustness at the hands of nonbelievers do mourn for the indignation of such treatment and for those who perform it because while not knowing it, such people, in reality, do not know God. They mourn for not only the injustice they feel by the perpetuation of the injustice dealt toward them but also for the loss of peace for planet earth by the expression of such hatred from nonbelievers and those who do not know how to express their faith.

 

Dig Deeper:

How do modern world citizens mourn for the lost possibilities

of a manifestation of Heaven on Earth?

How does the Holy Spirof God comfort us through this?

 

 

Inspiration, Spirituality, Thought for Today

:) Blessed are the Poor in Spirit

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Copyright 2017 by R.A. Robbins

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,  for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” —  Jesus, Matthew 5:3, NIV (New International Version), accessed from BibleGateway.com

So who are the poor in spirit?  The version of this in Luke 6:20 says simply blessed are the poor.

Those poor in the material things of this world have a special place in God’s heart?  Why?  Because they must recognize their dependence on God for their sustenance.

The poor in spirit are hungry for the things of God.  We are blessed when we seek after God for not only our physical sustenance but our spiritual sustenance as well.

Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_5

https://www.catholic.com/qa/who-are-the-poor-in-spirit

https://blog/biblesforamerica.org/blessed-are-the-poor-in-spirit

 

Dig a Little Deeper:

Do you hunger for God?  

Spirituality, Thought for Today

:) Want to Keep Christ in Christmas?

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“Want to keep Christ in Christmas?

Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted,

care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you.”

 

― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

 

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Dig a Little Deeper

  How do you keep Christ in Christmas? 

You strive to live Christ-life for the rest of the year as well.

Thought for Today

:) Learning to love as Jesus Loved

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Copyright 2017 by R.A. Robbins

“Christianity is not about building an absolutely secure little niche in the world where you can live with your perfect little wife and your perfect little children in your beautiful little house where you have no gays or minority groups anywhere near you. Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken.”― Rich Mullins

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Dig a Little Deeper: 

As followers of Jesus,  how can we love like Jesus loved?   

Thought for Today

:) Your thoughts create your beliefs and experiences

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“It’s important that what thoughts you are feeding into your mind because your thoughts create your belief and experiences. You have positive thoughts and you have negative ones too. Nurture your mind with positive thoughts: kindness, empathy, compassion, peace, love, joy, humility, generosity, etc.
The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts,
the more you can attract great things into your life.” 
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart