So in the first Beatitude Jesus tells us we are spiritually bankrupt. Okay so now what do you do with that? Simple: You mourn. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." Matthew 5:4 Jesus said that those who recognize that they are "poor in Spirit", what I called spiritually bankrupt, will in …
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Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. " I am not religious but I am spiritual". If only I had a dollar for every time I have heard that phrase. It has become the new mantra. People who have or want no affiliation with any organized religious group …