Month: February 2025

Blessed are the merciful,for they will be shown mercy.Matthew 5:7 NIV *** Just having an awareness of God’s mercy and compassion for us is a great motivation for us to be merciful and compassionate to other people and to take steps toward encountering God.Jonathan Morris *** They are blessed who show mercy to others,    for God…

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,for they will be filled.Matthew 5:6 NIV *** That Christ has from the beginning been intending to point His hearers to Himself as the source of all spiritual life is plain from the language He uses. The hunger and thirst that He satisfies is not physical hunger…

Blessed are the meek,for they will inherit the earth.Matthew 5:5 NIV *** To be meek means to show willingness to submit and work under proper authority. It also shows a willingness to disregard one’s own “rights” and privileges. It is one thing for me to admit my own spiritual bankruptcy, but what if someone else does it…

Blessed are those who mourn,for they will be comforted.Matthew 5:4-5 NIV *** MOURNING, in addition to anguish in response to personal loss, includes broken heartedness over our failures and disobedience, sorrow over the state of the world, and deep grief over sin and its effects. Our comfort in all this sorrow is knowing that our…

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Matthew 5:3 NIV *** Everyone can start here; it isn’t first blessed are the pure or the holy or the spiritual or the wonderful. Everyone can be poor in spirit. “Not what I have, but what I have not, is the first point of contact, between…

Through me, let there be kind words, a warm smile, a caring heart. Through me, let there be a willingness to listen and a readiness to understand. Through me, let there be dependability, steadfastness, trust and loyalty. Through me, let there be compassion, forgiveness, mercy and love. Through me, let there be every quality I…

Pray. I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity.This is good and pleases God…

Kindness, at its core, is seeing others as God sees them, not in judgment but in love; seeing as our Father sees when He looks at each one of us. *** You have never looked in the eyes of someone who does not matter to God.Bill Hybels *** We all want to be seen ……

We are children of the King. Kindness should not be a once-a-year thing. Kindness should be our default setting. *** He has showed you, O man, what is good;and what does the Lord require of youbut to do justice, and to love kindness,and to walk humbly with your God?Micah 6:8 Revised Standard Version *** *** Unexpected kindness…

Be Somebody who makes Everybody feel like a Somebody.Brad Montague *** Random Acts of Kindness Day, observed on February 17 each year, encourages people to perform unsolicited good deeds, like complimenting someone, helping a neighbor, or volunteering at a local charity. The goal is to make the world a better place through simple gestures and acts of…