Let me illustrate how these attitudes–indeed, how these blessings– that Jesus is telling us about build on each other. In the last devotional, we looked at verse 8: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” Remember that “Blessed are the pure in heart̶

Here is something we can all agree about: Tough times come into the lives of everyone. At some point, everyone walks through the valley of sorrows. Jesus makes it very clear that when difficult things come to all of us, and they will, He will sustain us so that we can enjoy life again. I have often

When I was younger I used to eat like I had a hollow leg. If I would have died they would have put, “When do we eat?” on my tombstone! There are a lot of things that we hunger and thirst for….success, fame, popularity, possessions, power, and pleasure. It doesn’t end there do

Life is NOT about the QUANTITY of things we do, the “exploits” we have, and the pleasures we keep pursuing.  It IS about the “QUALITY” of our daily walk in life and our daily walk with God. And this, I believe, is so much what the Beatitudes are all about. You’ll notice that

I have heard that if you play a country record backwards, your spouse returns, your dog is resurrected, and your truck starts working again. Now, I know in many ways that life isn’t that way. But there is a grain of truth in the fact that when we apply the wisdom of Jesus, a truth that is in m

When Jesus is the foundation of our lives and when we lay the bricks of these foundational attitudes–the Beatitudes–we are promised blessedness. Jesus provides answers to conditions in our lives that we so often can’t figure out. Why does it seem that happiness and fulfillment are so har