ARE YOU POOR IN YOUR SPIRIT?

Matthew 5:3 - Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of heaven.

We empty our souls, and seek to be filled with the attitude of Christ, which is a sure wellspring -- unending, and brimming with life eternal. We count all that the proud flesh desires as worth less than nothing.

Philippians 3:8,9 - I reckon everything as complete loss for the sake of what is so much more valuable, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere rubbish, so that I might gain Christ and be completely united with Him.

Genesis 15:5,6 - And God brought Abram forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and He said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness."

Observation

I THINK ABOUT AND REFLECT ON THE WORD OF GOD - PONDERING A PARTICULAR SCRIPTURE AND MENTALLY APPLYING IT TO MY OWN CIRCUMSTANCES AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL THAT SCRIPTURE PERMANENTLY MARKS MY CONSCIOUSNESS. AS GOD PUT VISION IN ABRAM THROUGH HIS WORD, HE WILL ALSO BRING UP INTO MY CONSCIOUSNESS HIS VISION FOR ME.

Mark 16:15 - And He said unto them, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."

Observation

JESUS EXPECTS ME TO INVADE EVERY SPHERE WHERE I HAVE INFULUENCE AND TO USE THAT INFLUENCE TO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK, AND FUNCTION IN THOSE PLACES. I CHOOSE THIS DAY TO INVEST MY TIME AND ENERGY INTO FULFILLING THAT DIVINE ASSIGNMENT.