In our last message, we learned how spiritual poverty leads to riches. As we continue in the Beatitudes, Jesus now tells us that sorrow leads to joy: how is this possible? The sorrow and mourning that Christ refers to is not worldly sorry, but the sorrow that results over our sin. Grief and devastation over sin furthers our walk in sanctification, changes us more and more into the image of Chris, and God himself will comfort and bless those who mourn in this way.
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How do you respond when someone insults, verbally, or even physically attacks you? As his true followers, Jesus calls us to love our enemies,...
Hunger for the Lord is the single greatest proof you know the Lord. In fact, there is no spiritual growth apart from spiritual hunger....