{"id":2488,"date":"2013-09-09T00:01:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-08T23:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=2488"},"modified":"2013-08-06T22:58:58","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T21:58:58","slug":"poor-in-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2013\/09\/09\/poor-in-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor In Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><i>\u2018Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven\u2019 <a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/bible.us\/111\/mat.5.3.niv\" target=\"_blank\">Matt.5:3 [NIV]<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jesus wants you and I to know today that the resources of heaven are at the disposal of the poor in spirit. So what does it mean to be poor in spirit? Does it mean I am poor in spirit when my bank account is reflecting a double negative? Of course not! To be poor in spirit simply means to realize one\u2019s desperate need for God. For you and I to be poor in spirit means realizing our desperate need for God. Therefore if you are in fellowship simply because you want recognition for the material things you possess it means you have not <!--more-->realized your desperate need for God yet and as such the resources of heaven will not be available to you yet. <i>\u2018Great blessings belong to those who know they are spiritually in need.<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>God\u2019s kingdom belongs to them<\/i>\u2019 <a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/bible.us\/406\/mat.5.3.erv\" target=\"_blank\">Matt.5:3 [ERV]<\/a>. So the absolute realization that without Him we are nothing makes the resources of heaven available to us. What a blessing! This is very different from thinking that I am something and with God I am more. Rather it is the sheer realization that without God I am absolutely nothing! There is one word that summarizes being poor in spirit and that word is <i>humility<\/i>! So God is saying blessed are the humble for they have the resources of heaven available to them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Haven\u2019t you noticed that in the kingdom of heaven those that are humble are the most powerful people? \u2018<i>Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous\u2014with life-joy and satisfaction in God\u2019s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the poor in spirit (the humble, who rate themselves insignificant), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!<\/i>\u2019 <a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/bible.us\/8\/mat.5.3.amp\" target=\"_blank\">Matt.5:3 [AMP]<\/a>. In other words, God is saying the humble is the person that rates himself insignificant. Do you go around thinking that if only people know what you earn they will treat you with a little more respect or seat you closer to the altar on Sundays? God is saying the humble are those that rate themselves as insignificant. Jesus is saying the resources of heaven are at the disposal of the humble.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Prayer<\/b> [song]: Lord, I thirst for You \u2028I long to be in Your presence\u2028 My soul will wait on You\u2028 Father, draw me nearer \u2028Draw me nearer\u2028 To the beauty of Your holiness. I will wait for You, Almighty God \u2028In the beauty of Your holiness\u2026 Amen!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven\u2019 Matt.5:3 [NIV]. &nbsp; Jesus wants you and I to know today that the resources of heaven are at the disposal of the poor in spirit. So what does it mean to be poor in spirit? 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