Category: Devotional

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be satisfied." Matthew 5:6  Blessed are those who hunger and thirst, not after honour, pleasures and the things of this world, but after righteousness—the righteousness that can only be attained through Jesus Christ by faith.  Have you ever been starving? Think about a… Continue reading Hungering and Thirsting After Righteousness

For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. Romans 8:6‭-‬7  After witnessing something earlier this week, I sat in my room and asked the Holy… Continue reading Put To Death The Carnal Mind

“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.  Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you." Matthew 5:11‭-‬12 Blessed are the persecuted? Is Jesus saying that persecution is… Continue reading Blessed Are The Persecuted

“You have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and ‘Whoever murders shall be found guilty before the court.’  But I say to you that everyone who continues to be angry with his brother or harbours malice against him shall be guilty before the court, and whoever speaks… Continue reading The Dangers of Anger

Jesus' ways were unorthodox. As a child I was told, "if someone slaps you, slap them back." Now Jesus is saying, "... whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also." Mind you, in Exodus 21:24 and Leviticus 24:20, people were told, "an eye for an eye and a tooth for… Continue reading An Eye For An Eye