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Jesus chose a mountainside to teach His followers about the characteristics of a life yielded to God. There He taught them that attitude, not altitude, was the key to having a clear view of the Father. |
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Read: Matthew 5:1-12 |
Although I know He has furnished countless good things for me, when the car blows a gasket, when the flu infects my family, and when relationships threaten to unravel, dissatisfaction threatens my view of God’s blessings—they seem more like infrequent drips from a faucet rather than a flood of water from a hydrant! Tucked
into the passage known as the Beatitudes, Jesus said:“Blessed are the
pure in heart, for they shall see God”
(Matt. 5:8). This is not just for the few who try
to achieve it, but for all who will humbly receive it. To have a heart that is clean in God’s eyes, we need to accept the Father’s pardon through Christ His Son. “If we confess our
sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse
[purify] us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). (Matthew
5 -Audio-)
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Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. — Matthew 5:8 |
A mountaintop is a great place to see the stars, but to clearly see God requires a change of heart. Since by faith I have clear vision,
Your blest Word is rich and new; Men with eyes by sin distorted Cannot all its treasures view. —Bosch To
get a clear view of God, focus on Jesus Christ.
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in a Year: Deut. 17-19; Mark 13:1-20 |
"Reflexions from Our Daily Bread"
Posted by: Ben Ayala : benayalal@gmail.com
Thanks to the Sources at: rbc[dot]org -and- odb[dot]org |
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📖 Cita y Lectura Bíblica Principal "Por tanto, todo el que me oye estas palabras y las pone en práctica es como un hombre prudente que construyó su casa sobre la roca. Cayeron las lluvias, crecieron los ríos, y soplaron los vientos y azotaron aquella casa; con todo, la casa no se derrumbó, porque estaba bien cimentada sobre la roca." — Mateo 7:24-25 (NVI) 📖 Lecturas Bíblicas Complementarias "El Señor es mi roca, mi amparo, mi libertador; mi Dios es mi roca, en quien me refugio. Él es mi escudo, el poder que me salva, ¡mi más alto escondite!" — Salmo 18:2 (NVI) "No se limiten a escuchar la palabra; de lo contrario, se engañan a ustedes mismos. Pónganla en práctica." — Santiago 1:22 (NVI) 💡 Reflexión: Fundamentados sobre la Verdad Inconmovible Para la vida cristiana, la verdadera fuerza espiritual no se mide por la ausencia de dificultades, sino por la naturaleza del cimiento sobre el cual nos sostenemos. En las palabras de Jesús al cierre del Sermón de...
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