HAPPY AM I

Matthew 5:2-10
Then He (Jesus) opened His mouth and taught them, saying:

Blessed (happy, [a]to be envied, and [b]spiritually prosperous–[c]with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the poor in spirit (the humble, who rate themselves insignificant), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!

Blessed and enviably happy [with a [d]happiness produced by the experience of God’s favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His matchless grace] are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted

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QUOTE FOR OUR DAY

Motherhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rose Kennedy

“I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was fully as interesting and challenging as any honorable profession in the world and one that demanded the best that I could bring to it.”

Study with Sara – HOLDING HANDS and walking in stride

“I will not forget you. Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands.” Isaiah 49:15-16 (NASB)

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Have you taken your walk with God today? Did you hold His hands? Did He hold your hands? Did He speak with you? Did you speak with Him?
Did He say to you, “I will never ever forget you? Did you look and see your picture tattooed in the palm of His Hands?
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Study with Sara-Do you have Spiritual Flabbiness?

“Training your body helps you an some ways but serving God helps you in every way by bringing you blessings in this life and in the future life, too.” I Timothy 4:8 (NCV)

The Apostle Paul was writing a letter to Timothy, a young fellow associate and church leader giving him instructions and encouragement in dealing with church doctrinal errors as well as practical problems in the church at Ephesus.

Eugene Peterson’s interpretation ‘Message’ on 1 Timothy 4: 6 -10 writes, “You’ve been raised on the Message of the faith and have followed sound teaching. Now pass on this counsel to the followers of Jesus there, and you’ll be a good servant of Jesus. Stay clear of silly stories that get dressed up as religion. Exercise daily in God—no spiritual flabbiness, please! Workouts in the gymnasium are useful, but a disciplined life in God is far more so, making you fit both today and forever. You can count on this. Take it to heart. This is why we’ve thrown ourselves into this venture so totally. We’re banking on the living God, Savior of all men and women, especially believers.”

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Are we taking “part” of scripture as the gospel?

“An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth“. How many times have we heard this scripture used to justify one’s retaliation? I’ve heard it used, more than once. When someone speaks ill of us, or wrongs us, it sure makes us “want to get even.” However, if we read the next few verses, we find that “getting even”, (if I understand it, correctly), isn’t the correct teaching here.

Read with me, Matthew 5:38-42.
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How do you address God when you pray?

I’m am intrigued by listening to people pray. The other day I watched a man stand up in the middle of a warehouse, not in a church and pray. Afterwards I began to think about this exercise of prayer.
When we prayer we take it for granted God will hear us. We normally barge into God’s “presence”. Hindus and Buddhist bring their gods little presents and maybe big presents for all I know. Muslims pray kneeling and prostrating themselves on a carpet five times a day. We don’t bow, some of us raise our hands and we don’t give God gifts. We don’t say hello how are you doing to God. We just start talking to him. I guess it is kind of silly to ask God what kind of day he had? But I think he would like us to be interested in things that interest him.
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