2011-03-11T16:16:10-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/blessed/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/why-your-cage-is-shaking-6291 2011-03-11T16:16:10-05:00 It's time to abandon the cover-up and begin the clean-up. Things will not get better until you do. Your problem may not be what it appears to be at all. Maybe that's just the symptom. The problem may be sin that has not been confessed; not repented of; not cleaned up. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%205:5&version=NIV 2009-09-15T10:50:33-05:00 In the Beatitudes, Jesus inverts the social mores of the day, declaring that it is the weak and humble--the meek--who are truly blessed of God, not the strong and powerful. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt.5.1-Matt.5.12&version=31 2009-07-22T10:34:32-05:00 In the famous "beatitudes"--part of Jesus' sermon on the mount--Jesus turns human social order on its head by stating that it is humility, gentleness, and purity that God truly values, rather than power or wealth. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%205:1-11&version=NIV 2009-07-16T10:26:55-05:00 Jesus' message in the so-called Sermon on the Mount challenges us to rethink our values and priorities. He promises rich blessings to the poor, the downtrodden, and the humble--people we wouldn't ordinarily think of as especially blessed. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/The-Greatest-Treat-of-All-5679 2008-10-16T17:05:08-05:00 Maybe there are some of your Master's commands that you've been running from lately; things where you thought your way was going to be better than His way. Not true, is it? The joy is in obeying the One who made you His at the cost of His life.