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(Matthew 5:38–42) Jesus said, “If someone hits you, turn the other cheek. If they take your coat, give your shirt too. ” Sounds wild, right? But Jesus wasn’t saying let people walk all over you. He was teaching us a better way than getting even: the way of kindness and…

Seeing God with a Clean Heart (Matthew 5:8)Jesus said,“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they willsee God.”To be pure in heart means to have a heartthat loves God — not pretending, not faking,but real. It doesn’t mean you’re perfect. Itmeans you’re honest with God and want toplease Him.A dirty…

“As Jesus and His disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.” (Luke 10:38) The first step in encountering Jesus is simply welcoming Him in. Martha opened her home, and in doing so, opened her life to the Lord. We often feel we must…

The Upside-Down Kingdom (Matthew 5:3) Jesus looked at the people around Him and smiled. Then He said something surprising: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Wait — poor in spirit? That means people who know they need God. Not proud people. Not perfect…

Scripture:Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”— John 4:13–14 (NIV) Real Talk You’ve probably had a day…

  1 “And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. 2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good…

Mark 7: 21-24 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy…

“For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no rasor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.” (Judges 13:5, KJV) “Before I formed thee…

“Forty years long was I grieved with [this] generation, and said, It [is] a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. (Psalms 95:10-11, KJV) We may know the…

Dear ….“ And the very hairs on your head are all numbered.” ❤️ I believe that we are usually interested in people who show a some interest in our welfare. A friend of mine had a date one day and as she was gisting me of what happened, she made…