Refreshing Our Spirits With Scripture

10.26- Pain leads to passion and passion leads to purpose.   Matthew 5. 5  When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the [ a ] mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him. 2  He opened His mouth and began to teach them, saying, 3  “ [ b ] Blessed are the [ c ] poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4  “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 5  “Blessed are the [ d ] gentle, for they shall inherit the earth. 6  “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. 7  “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. 8  “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 9  “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. 10  “Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11  “Blessed are you when people insult you and pers...

10.25 For the last three days I have had some conversations with myself and others that are interesting to me and I hope to you who read this. These are gleaned from three days and a total of about ten people and none of them are exact conversations of any one of the people or the days. Me: "Forever we have all been people who made the mistake of choosing to walk in a bad path because the temptation to desire fame and money." Others: "Yes, but we are human and we want an easy path." Me: "I understand because I am daily asking for grace and mercy for having been fearful instead of fearless." Others: "I want to follow the Bible, but the dog of my next door neighbor barking all night is driving me so crazy that I want to have my son to shoot it." Me: "I understand. Jesus' way is simple, just to two rules, but it is hard to deny myself and love people who make my life miserable." Othe...

10.24- Philippians 4. 4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! What if I’m in prison under house arrest where friends can come and visit me for being a follower of Jesus? 4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! What if I’m in prison and Onesiphorus finds me in prison and refreshes my spirit. Of course, 4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! What if I’m in prison and others are free while preaching the same words about Jesus that I am. They will get even more courage. 4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! What if I’m in prison and we are in the inner, deepest part in stocks. 4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! What if there’s an earthquake and the prisoners can escape and the jailer is about to commit suicide. Stop the jailer from doing that and tell him the good news that the prisoners are all there. That is not the answer. Rather turn to the rescue...