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GNB 2.229
10/3/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.” (Matthew 5.13) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Jesus never preaches, teaches or manifests the righteousness…
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GNB 2.228
10/2/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you; falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice! Be glad because great is your reward in heaven. It is in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” (Matthew 5.11-12) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: For…
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GNB 2.227
10/1/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you; falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice! Be glad because great is your reward in heaven. It is in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” (Matthew 5.11-12) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Before…
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GNB 2.226
9/29/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5.10) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: When I began this series of reflections on The Beatitudes, I suggested that their true focus was not visible in descriptors of blessing as the world understands it…
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GNB 2.225
9/28/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God.” (Matthew 5.9) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Let’s get on board with this beatitude, shall we? The best image that comes to my mind in illustrating this promise of living righteously is captured on the troubled waters of Lake…
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GNB 2.224
9/27/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.” (Matthew 5.8) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Preposterous? Inconceivable? Impossible? Do any of those words come to mind when you first read or heard read the beatitude “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God”? Let’s be…
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GNB 2.223
9/26/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy… [Concurrently: Blessed are those who choose kindness because they shall find kindness.]” (Matthew 5.7) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Throughout the previous reflections on the “Beatitudes,” I have promoted the paradigm for understanding as being the relationship with choosing to live…
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GNB 2.222
9/25/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Blessed are those hungering and thirsting for righteousness because they shall be filled.” (Matthew 5.6) “After this, Jesus knowing that all things had been finished so that the prophecy may be fulfilled, said, ‘I thirst.’” (John 19.28) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: We have all experienced being parched. Some of us…
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GNB 2.221
9/24/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Blessed are the meek: for they will inherit the earth.” (Matthew 5.5) “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to Him. For He laid the earth’s foundation on the seas and built it on the ocean depths. Who may climb the mountain of…
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GNB 2.220
9/22/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” (Matthew 5.4) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: As the Spirit was teaching me yesterday in reflection on the “Beatitudes” which lead into the full “Sermon on the Mount,” I was inspired to consider the Decalogue as well. At first, in my…
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