Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.” The beatitudes are new to me. I’ve spent decades not noticing them. The first one has been on my mind the past year or […]
2 Chronicles 29:5,6 ‘Then he said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites. Consecrate yourselves now, and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry the uncleanness out of the holy place. For our fathers […]
Matthew 5:5 “Blessed are the gentle, for they will inherit the earth.” I love these beatitudes. They are so opposite from the world. Looking over history we see the powerful inheriting the earth. Not in God’s kingdom. I would say […]
2 Chronicles 28:22,23 ‘Now during the time of his distress, this same King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD. For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus who had defeated him, and said, “Because the gods of the […]
Matthew 5:4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted”. This isn’t referring to any type of mourning or tears. For II Corinthians 7:10 speaks of worldly sorrow bringing death. That is one not leading to repentance. This […]
2 Chronicles 28:19,20 “For the LORD had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had brought about a lack of restraint in Judah and was very unfaithful to the LORD. So Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came against […]
Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” This verse has been on my mind the last couple of years. I spent the majority of my walk with Christ not knowing what it […]
2 Chronicles 26:19 “But Uzziah, with a censer in his hand for burning incense, was enraged; and while he was enraged with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of […]