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Today’s Scripture – August 24, 2016
Matthew 5:9 (NIV) Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. If there is one thing that characterizes the kingdom of the world, it is strife, conflict, a lack of peace. The lack of peace is endemic to the world order, because the kingdom of the...
Today’s Scripture – August 23, 2016
Matthew 5:8 (NIV) Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Even though right actions, righteousness, is required to live in God’s presence, those right actions must come from the right source. The Pharisees and teachers of the law were by all accounts...
Today’s Scripture – August 22, 2016
Isaiah 50:4-11 (NIV) The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. The Sovereign LORD has opened my ears, and I have not been rebellious;...
Today’s Scripture – Matthew 5:7
Matthew 5:7 (NIV) Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. The kingdom of God is no place for those who are stern, harsh, judgmental, and unforgiving. Every single person who enters the kingdom of God does so through the gate of God’s mercy. When they...
Today’s Scripture – August 19, 2016
Matthew 5:6 (NIV) Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. There are many in the world today, both in and out of the Church, who are perfectly satisfied with their level of righteousness. Some of these are relatively...
Today’s Scripture – August 17, 2016
Matthew 5:5 (NIV) Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. The meek, the kind, the considerate, have frequently been written off as those who will ultimately fail, while the aggressive, the proud, and the go-getters have been held up as those most likely...
Today’s Scripture – August 16, 2016
Matthew 5:4 (NIV) Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. It was a common theology in Jesus’ day, and also shows up today, that if someone’s life is good and full and joyous, it is because they are living in God’s blessing. If they are well off, it...
Today’s Scripture – August 15, 2016
Matthew 5:3 (NIV) "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. The beatitudes are not a listing of benchmarks that one needs to achieve in order to advance in the kingdom of God. They are simply Jesus’ way of helping His disciples to see that...
Today’s Scripture – August 14, 2016
Matthew 5:1-2 (NIV) Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them, saying: Despite popular depictions, this “sermon” was not given to a huge crowd of people. In the midst of being...
Today’s Scripture – August 13, 2016
Matthew 4:23-25 (NIV) Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with...