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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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GNB 2.219
9/21/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5.3) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Our truest blessings are those which come from God. We can certainly be blessed by the thoughtfulness and gifting of those around us who seek to improve our lot in life.…
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GNB 2.218
9/20/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Now when Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to Him, and He began to teach them [all].” (Matthew 5.1-2) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Among several translations we find headings/subtitles to designate a collection of writings with a singular focus. In the…
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GNB 2.217
9/19/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “And when Jesus came down from the mountain [after teaching the people on the mountain], the large crowds followed Him. A man with leprosy ame and knelt before Him saying, ‘Lord if You are willing, You can make me clean.’ Jesus reached out and touched the man as He said…I AM…
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GNB 2.216
9/18/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “And when Jesus came down from the mountain [after teaching the people on the mountain], the large crowds followed Him. A man with leprosy ame and knelt before Him saying, ‘Lord if You are willing, You can make me clean.’ Jesus reached out and touched the man as He said…I AM…
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