which is the hardest?

[Hekuran]

I voted "pure in heart" as that is my biggest failing. But they are all challenging.

Hmmmm

 

[Gracealone]

I love Gods words to us...all of it!

Doesn't mean I keep it perfectly, but his word is perfect, and a light for my feet in a dark and unfriendly world.
It will endure forever, and through it, I have learned of my saviors love, and the path he desires for me to take.
Gives me sound direction, and a solid path to follow.

The last one is the most troubling to me.
I wonder how strong I may be when ,and if, persecution comes before he calls us home.
Persecution will come,but I mean at what level.
We all have suffered persecution at some level, but there is worse coming on the horizon.
I'm a wimp when it comes to pain. LOL

 

[Lion_of_Judah]

Blessed are the poor in spirit..

"Blessed are the poor in spirit..."

The teaching of the sermon on the Mount produces a sense of despair in the natural man-exactly what Jesus means for it to do.

As long as we have some self-righteous idea that we can carry out our Lord's teaching, God will allow us to continue until we expose our own ignorance by stumbling over some obstacle in our way. Only then are we willing to come to Him as paupers and receive from Him, "Blessed are the poor in spirit...".

This is the first principle in the kingdom of God. The underlying foundation of Jesus Christ's kingdom is poverty, not possessions; not making decisions for Jesus, but having such a sense of absolute futility that we finally admit, "Lord, I cannot even begin to do it."

Then Jesus says, "Blessed are you..." (Matt. 5:11) This is the doorway to the kingdom, and yet it takes us so long to believe that we are actually poor! The knowledge of our own poverty is what brings us to the proper place where Jesus Christ accomplishes His work.


Oswald Chambers

 

[Gracealone]

Amen Lion of Judah , I believe that with all my heart.
There is no way this flesh can accomplish Gods plan in us, except through Christ in us, the hope of glory Col.1:27

To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

 

[SpiritLedEd]

I wonder how strong I may be when ,and if, persecution comes before he calls us home.Persecution will come,but I mean at what level.

God's Word tells us that when persecution comes we can trust the Holy Spirit to fill us with the strength we need. (See Lk 12:11-12 NIV).

SLE

 

[Gracealone]

Yes, I remember that vrs. now......Thank you.

 

[Lion_of_Judah]

God's Word tells us that when persecution comes we can trust the Holy Spirit to fill us with the strength we need. (See Lk 12:11-12 NIV).

SLE

AMEN! and Amen.

 

[sister]

blessed

I think they are encouraging and comforting!!!Poor in spirit is maybe the hardest to deal with!?