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Fuel-stop devotionals.

Written to be read in the time it takes to fill two tanks. A new one every day, drawn from a year's worth of readings — scripture, a thought to chew on, and a prayer.

The BeatitudesMatthew 5:3
No. 147
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Matthew 5:3

Jesus opens the most famous sermon ever preached by blessing the broken — the spiritually bankrupt, the mourners, the meek. The world blesses the confident, the successful, the powerful. Jesus inverts the whole ladder.

Reflect

Do you tend to see brokenness, mourning, or weakness as disqualifiers? How does Jesus's list challenge that?

Prayer

Lord, thank You that Your kingdom belongs to the poor in spirit. I qualify. Help me live in the blessing You've declared over me. Amen.

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