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Tuesday... It is all up to me.


Psalm 101:2 (NLT), "I will live a blameless life - when will you come to help me?"

Tuesday... It is all up to me.

Do you feel that way? The writer of Psalm 101 in verse 2 (NLT) says, "I will live a blameless life - when will you come to help me?" And that is a great response. We really do need God in all ways.


Now over in Matthew 5, Jesus gave his Sermon on the Mount and he begins with this thought. In verse 3 he says, "God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs." Now the Amplified Bible says it this way, "Blessed [spiritually prosperous, happy, to be admired] are the poor in spirit [those devoid of spiritual arrogance, those who regard themselves as insignificant], for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [both now and forever]."

Do you have problems with people who are arrogant? Some think it is all on them, that they don't need anybody else. Some arrogant people look down on those who are poor but God doesn't. "God blesses those who are poor and realize their need of him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs."

Psalm 101:5a in The Message says, "I can't stand arrogance," The Amplified Bible says, "The one who has a haughty look and a proud (arrogant) heart I will not tolerate." 

The whole verse in the NLT says, "I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors. I will not endure conceit and pride."

Matthew 5:3 says in The Message, "You're blessed when you're at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule." 

Again Psalm 101:2 (NLT). "I will be careful to live a blameless life - when will you come to help me? I will lead a life of integrity in my own house." And that is where it starts. Yes, yes ! #todaysbegiining





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