Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Luke 2:52  And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.    Blessed are the disciplined for they will inherit the earth!  This is the reward of diligent and deliberate efforts to serve God with your WHOLE self. …

Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them. Matthew 5:1-2 Jesus saw the crowds. I don’t believe He saw them as a mass of humanity. I also know that Jesus did not get His identity from popularity….

 Psalm 104:1-20 (104:5)  He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved Many in our world, even in the church, attempt to build a sense of stability in their lives in things of this world.  Among the problems with this is that there is not even one created thing that is permanent. …

Mother Theresa lay nearly comatose. Those around her were quietly whispering and praying. Just a few years prior she had heard the words of Jesus say to her, “I Thirst.”  She responded to that call in an all out effort to love the poor. It took longer than she would have liked, but she was…