Blessed . . . in the Eyes of God

Blessed . . . in the Eyes of God

What is happiness? Ask 20 different people to answer that question, and you’ll probably get 20 different answers.

But for the citizen of the kingdom of heaven, the path to true happiness is the path of blessedness described by Jesus in Matthew 5:1 – 11.

As Matthew Henry points out, until you know what true happiness is, you will never discover God’s path to find it.

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“Happiness is the thing people pretend to pursue. But most form a wrong notion of it and miss the way.

“The general opinion is: Blessed are those who are rich and honorable in the world, who spend their days in mirth and their years in pleasure.

“Jesus comes to correct this fundamental error and give us quite another notion of blessedness.

“However paradoxical his teaching may appear to those in the world, to those who are saved it is a rule of eternal truth and certainty by which we must shortly be judged.

“If this, therefore, be the beginning of Christ’s doctrine, the Christian’s duty must be to take his measure of happiness from those maxims, and to direct his life accordingly.”

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Would you consider yourself truly happy if your life were characterized by meekness . . . mercy . . . poverty in spirit . . . persecution?

You would if you had God’s perspective on happiness.

Given the chance, the world will offer you a bogus substitute — a happiness dependent on money, prestige or circumstances.
Christ says true happiness consists of none of these.

But you must decide. Which notion of blessedness will you build your life on today? How do you complete the sentence “Happiness is . . .”?
Matthew 5:3

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Pictures That Speak Volumes #77

My Good Time Stories

Photo Credit: Mike Wells

This picture really does speak 1,000 words and it should touch the heart and spirit of each one of us. This is a picture, taken by Mike Wells, of a little Ugandan boy whose hand is being held by a missionary.

This should serve as a great reminder to all of us, as to how “rich and blessed” a lot of us really are. There are many things that we take for granted…nice homes, cars, families, jobs, good health, food, etc. We all should take a moment out of time, everyday, to give thanks for all that we have!

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LIFE is like a Double-Edged Sword.

What a LIFE we LIVE?
Have u taken Note of the CO INCIDENCE OF LIFE:
1. MOSQUE has 6 letters so does CHURCH.
2. QURAN has 5 letters so does BIBLE.
3. LIFE has 4 letters so does DEAD.
4. HATE has 4 letters, so does LOVE….
5. ENEMIES has 7 letters so does FRIENDS.
6. LYING has 5 letters so does TRUTH.
7. HURT has 4 letters so does HEAL.
8. NEGATIVE has 8 letters so does POSITIVE.
9. FAILURE has 7 letters so does SUCCESS.
10. BELOW has 5 letters so does ABOVE.
11. CRY has 3 letters so does JOY.
12. ANGER has 5 letters so does HAPPY.
13. RIGHT has 5 letters so does WRONG.
14. RICH has 4 letters so does POOR.
15. FAIL has 4 letters so does PASS
16. KNOWLEDGE has 9 letters so does IGNORANCE.
Are they all by Co-incidence? This
means LIFE is like a Double-Edged Sword.
If you think it is your alarm clock that wakes you up in the morning, try putting it beside a dead body and you will realize that it is the Grace of GOD that wakes you up. If you are grateful to GOD, share this to all your friends to inform them that it is JUST BY THE
GRACE OF GOD that we are alive