{"id":14,"date":"2011-08-18T09:24:08","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T09:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.churchofthebeyond.com\/?p=14"},"modified":"2011-09-06T09:52:34","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T09:52:34","slug":"poor-in-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ChurchOfTheBeyond.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/18\/poor-in-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor In Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZcMfjusxQj0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The first few clauses of Matthew 5 are so amazingly profound, and directly simple. They are plain words that anyone with simple understanding can receive. But, they seem trivial until you realize they are the life of faith, they set the attitude for the whole Christian walk, and they make us very, VERY happy.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nHappy<br \/>\nSUPER HAPPY<br \/>\nHugely Happy<br \/>\nMACRO HAPPY<\/p>\n<p>Jesus said, Happy are those who are poor in Spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.<\/p>\n<p>We recognize the miracles of God as the demonstration of His Kingdom<br \/>\nWe say we want the Kingdom to come.<br \/>\nWe say we want Him with us.<br \/>\nRight here, the Good Teacher showed us how to possess it.<br \/>\nThe formula isn&#8217;t hard, just need it!<\/p>\n<p>We have 4 parts&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The end is at the beginning:<br \/>\nMacro Happy!!<br \/>\nThe result is HAPPINESS!<\/p>\n<p>But Why?<br \/>\nThe Cirumstances<br \/>\nPoor Poor Poor in Spirit<\/p>\n<p>Why is that Happy?<br \/>\nThe Clause<br \/>\n*** BECAUSE ***<\/p>\n<p>The Reason<br \/>\nTheirs is the Kingdom<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s very Happy!<\/p>\n<p>The idea is to connect the two<br \/>\nWe don&#8217;t like Poverty of Spirit<br \/>\nWe like Kingdom<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the idea!<br \/>\nIf we really believed that the Kingdom was going to show up when we ran out, we would be happy!<br \/>\nIf we knew He was there to back us up when we run out, we couldn&#8217;t help to get happier and happier the emptier we got&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what Jesus said.<br \/>\nMACRO HAPPY<br \/>\nJesus Promised<br \/>\nThe Key is &#8220;Because&#8221;. 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