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GNB 2.231
10/5/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others.…
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GNB 2.230
10/4/2023 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: Would that Jesus was speaking to everyone and…
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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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