Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for
they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
PRAISE GOD, PRAISE GOD. Thanks for all your prayers, I have
been cleared for hand surgery for Thursday, so my heart tests came back good
enough for that. Wednesday morning I will get those final results. Today's
message will be my last till at least next week. Ministry partner Pam Bower
will be writing some and it will be sent to you under the same name as now.
Thanks again for your prayers.
Tuesday the day we pray for healing and Wednesday our day we
pray for Salvation, which is of course healing also. So let's keep our prayers
centered today for the unsaved and for those who are saved to be working hard
for the Lord to seek out the lost. Let me get straight to the message, as I
am having trouble typing with my hands. (Yes, my left hand is starting to act
up now also.)
The Beatitudes: Matthew 5:6 - Blessed are those who hunger and
thirst for righteousness for they will be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful
for they will be shown mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will
see God. (NIV)
Again I will try and bring out examples of what I think Jesus
wants us to get out of these scriptures. One of the things we need to do is
to try and get people to hunger for the word of God. Think about this, as we
look at Matthew 5:6 - Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
for they will be filled - if you never ate a big juicy steak, would your mouth
water for it? If you never tasted ice cream, would you really hunger for it? So if people never go to church, or never open a Bible, how could they really
hunger for the word, or His righteousness? To me this is another way that
Jesus is telling us we need to preach and teach and tell the good news.
Sometimes in our lives today we use our hunger for food, to help get people to
hunger for the word of God. Example, church dinners. You know those church
dinners are not just for fellowship, and I feel that while a good church dinner
is nice for members and those attending the church, I think it is a great place
to bring people in as guests and then they get to see just how good God is and
just what the Good News is. Of course the good news is about Salvation. So
folks, as we sit down and hunger for a burger, let's also hunger for The Word of
God. Amen.
As we look at the next verse, Matthew 5:7 - Blessed are the
merciful for they will be shown mercy - I want to try and relate this verse to
the verse in the Lord's prayer... "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those
who trespass against us... I think Jesus is teaching us on this scripture,
that if we show mercy to others, He will also show it to us in the same
manner. You see God forgives us as we forgive others, and I feel He shows us
mercy according to the mercy we show others.
One last scripture for today... Matthew 5:8 - Blessed are the
pure in heart, for they will see God. Ok, let's look at this verse, Blessed are
the pure in heart. Do you know how quickly God can pick out a phony? Let's face
it, He knew us before we were in the womb, so I guess He knows our every move
before we even think about it. Which includes but is not limited to knowing our
hearts. Scary, right? That is why Jesus is teaching us these things, and
after we learn them we should tell others. Yes, I think it is important that
as we take out the word of the Lord we should do all we can to walk the
walk...
Father in Heaven, we want to be true to You for You have given
us so much, including Your Son who died for us. We really want to walk the
walk with Jesus and try our best to follow Him in all we do... We confess we
need help and lots of it... So today, Lord, I pray You help us walk with Jesus
and also share His word with Others... In Jesus' name, Amen.
Now go forth sharing the blessings. Good Lord willing, I
will be back next week... love ya, Pastor Dan.
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