Good morning. John the Baptist has been taken into custody, and now Jesus comes preaching the same thing that he did “repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” He then calls Peter and Andrew his bro telling them to “follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” He then gets James and John. He preaches and heals, and multitudes follow. He then gives the beatitudes. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Of course, poor in spirit does not mean “oh woe is me”. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Our strength and power is in Christ, not in ourselves. We cannot do it on our own – we need His help. There are too many Christians who think that it is up to them to live the Christian life. But if it were, then they could brag about it. It is all His doing. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Think of a time when you most desperately had to have either food or water. That's how much you should want to have righteousness in your life. But sadly few of us do. We want righteousness, but only up to a point. We don't want it to interfere with what we want to do. Jesus wanted it for us more than we do. In fact, He was willing to die on the cross to obtain it for us. Father thank You that the reader is meek and poor in spirit. He/she desperately hungers and thirsts for righteousness in his/her life. Meet his/her needs. Supply all that he/she needs quickly.

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