We are blessed

CitP blog, 11-26-18

This is the handout from Christ In The Park yesterday.  It was a day of celebration, giving thanks, and enjoying fellowship around Christ.  And…Barbara cooked a turkey, dressing, gravy, and added some cranberry sauce to the table.  And a friend, David Hansen (proprietor of Nine Flags Wood-Fired Coffee Roasters on Main Street in Nac) supplied the grounds to make coffee for all to enjoy.

God supplied His Word, His Spirit, and His Mind to grasp His work in the lives of Believers everywhere…especially at Festival Park this Sunday.

How Blessed Are We?

Matthew 5:8-9, “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

One of the greatest mistakes that many Christians make is this:  they try to GET what they already HAVE.  Many long for a pure heart, wanting to see God.  Yet, God has already said that His kids have been given His heart, which is pure.  The “real” person of Christians ARE pure in heart.  And Christians are the only persons who SEE God.

Ezekiel 36:26, “A new heart also will I give you,

and a new spirit will I put within you…”

One of the greatest promises God ever made for His kids was the “new creation,” the “new you” He said He would make of those who trust Christ as Savior.  God has GIVEN a “pure heart” within every Believer.

Likewise, the Christ IN EVERY Christian IS a peacemaker.  That is the nature of every Christian.  Those who do not have Christ are the ones who know nothing of peace, and don’t “want” peace.  The kingdom of heaven ALREADY BELONGS to Christians.  God says so.

John 14:2, “In My Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so,

I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you.”

Philippians 3:20-21, “For our citizenship is in heaven; from whence also we look

for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.  Who shall change our vile body,

that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body…”

We Christians are just abiding time here on earth, waiting to go to our real home, to live forever in peace.

How blessed are we?  Beyond measure.  Enjoy His peace this Thanksgiving, enjoy what is already ours…instead of trying to get it.

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