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Part 2 in our series on the Beatitudes;
Part 1 - The Beatitudes Humility vs Pride
Mourning vs Excessive Happiness (Matthew 5:4)

The use of the word morn in Matthew 5:4 is an interesting approach as is the thought that excessive, over exuberant happiness is a bad thing. There are two thoughts we can take from [...]

I was thinking the other day about all the times I have needed God’s help and that He has yet to fail me.  The author of Psalms 121 knew where his help came from:
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.  My help cometh from the LORD, which made [...]

When we walk around in our lives without a purpose we find many times that we walk around in a constant state of lost.  We can’t find our direction and are constantly going back and forth.  As a Christian we shouldn’t feel like we have no purpose, that our life has no worth, or that [...]

Motivation is a word that gets tossed around a lot these days. In fact companies will pay lots of money to bring in motivational speakers to motivate their workers to work harder. We shouldn’t need motivation to serve God.
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, [...]

Do you feel like a family in your church?  It’s sad that in today’s church the attitude is more about individuals and less about our Christian brothers and sisters.
For the body is not one member, but many.  If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is [...]

Have you ever noticed the tendency lately of individuals to try and figure out the mind of God?  As Christians we try to justify every little thing that happens in this world by giving a reason that we think is from God.  We try to make excuses for God and we tell others that we [...]

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For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.  2 Timothy 1:7

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The “beatitudes” are a list of characteristics that Jesus teaches we should have as followers of him. He teaches this lesson during the sermon on the mount in Matthew 5. The beatitudes are

Humility (3)
Mourning (4)
Meekness (5)
Justice (6)
Kindness (7)
Purity (8)
Peace (9)
Faithfulness (10)

These are the traits Jesus is looking for in his followers. He explains that God [...]

If you are looking for answers, I don’t have them, can’t claim to have them, and won’t pretend that I do. But before you stop reading and find another blog, I do know where the answers are. It seems like one of the largest things I hear in the Christian community is I [...]

I have a secret, but it is not one that I should keep and neither should you.
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.  Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light [...]