Matthew 5:9 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of God.
Matthew 5:8 Peacemakers December 15, 2007
Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
Being a peacemaker is not ignoring or pushing the situation under the rug, but rather confronting the issue.
Matthew 5:7 Pure in Heart December 15, 2007
Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.
Matthew 5:6 Merciful December 15, 2007
Matthew 5:6 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy
Matthew 5:5 Hunger and Thirst December 15, 2007
Matthew 5:5 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Matthew 5:4 The Meek December 15, 2007
Matthew 5:4 Blessed are the meek they shall inherit the earth.
You cannot be weak minded and be meek. When you are content with what God has given you, you will inherit the earth.
Matthew 5:3 Mourning December 15, 2007
Matthew 5:3 Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted.There is more to mourning than mourning over the fact that we have sins. We mourn over the fact that we have deficiencies. God looks for opportunities to comfort us. Recognizing by being poor in spirit that our inefficiencies leaves us naked and causes us to mourn, but the spirit comes to comfort us. (Thoughts taken from Dr. Vanessa Dantzler)
Matthew 5:2 Poor in Spirit December 15, 2007
Matthew 5:2 Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.We are poor in spirit when we realize that we are helpless, without wisdom and understanding, and that we need the mind of Christ because we lack it. When you operate being poor in spirit you realize that it is not my intellect, my reasoning, my wisdom, or my understanding. Then you open the doors to the kingdom of heaven. But the problem is we try to bring our humanity into the realm of His divinity…there is a conflict a conflict of whose in charge. Often times we want to be the ones running the show. Being poor in spirit is emptying out ourselves so that God’s power can flow through us. Often times we spend so much time being full of our own spirit and not enough time being poor in spirit. I cannot apply my deductive reasoning along with God’s reasoning. When we are poor in spirit the scripture says “theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.” Everything that the kingdom has to offer is accessible, but we’ve got to get out of the way. No one understands life except the giver if life. The problem is we have preconceived ideas about everything in our lives and everyone else’s too. Human thinking is so quick to KNOW, you prayed, but you already knew the answer that you wanted, you try to access the kingom, but its all clogged up with your thoughts… and we wonder why we aren’t blessed. (Thoughts taken from Dr. Vanessa Dantzler)
Matthew 5:1 December 15, 2007
Matthew 5:1 – We as people of God are not to grow in emotionalism, but in knowledge, wisdom, and understanding. It is Satan’s will to shut down and infect the mind. Jesus was saying “let me sit my people down and change their thinking, because if I can change their thinking, then I can change their attitude. If I can change their attitude I can change who they are. (Thoughts taken from Dr. Vanessa Dantzler)
