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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 those who mourn

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“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?

 

 

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:) 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?  

Thought for Today

:) Learning to love as Jesus Loved

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“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