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In “Peacemakers”, Rodney shares truths about one of the most critical labels that will help us identify his followers is that of a peacemaker. Do not confuse a peacemaker with timidity. Being a peacemaker may be the bravest and most challenging thing you ever do. The starting point to being a peacemaker is to personally be at peace with God. In a very real sense Jesus is the first peacemaker. “For Christ himself has brought peace to us” (Ephesians 2:14). No animal, angel, or man can make peace between man and God. Only Jesus provides an opportunity to have real everlasting peace with God. Only after you have peace with God can you begin to have peace with people. The reason there are so few “Peacemakers” is they operate in an environment of war and hostility. Peacemaking implies there has to be the existence of an active or potential conflict. Making peace is not easy. It will cost you something. Peacemaking will likely put you in harms way. If it cost God the Father giving his son and cost Jesus his life in order for you to have peace with God, why would you and I think that it would cost you any less. But, there is a great reward. When you allow yourself to look like and resemble your heavenly father, by working for peace, you will hear God call out, “You are my child.”

In “Pure In Heart”, Rodney shares that the next recognizable label you should desire to wear as a Christ-follower is the label of “Pure In Heart.” We tend to think of sin as primarily something visible or seen, but God is actually more concerned with where that sin originates – the heart. Like people who slap on paint to a dilapidated house on the verge of being condemned, we hopelessly try to paint ourselves outwardly to cover up the fact we are inwardly a complete shambles, and broken-down mess. God is as concerned with what is going on inside you as much as what is happening outside you. During the time of Jesus, the Pharisee was obsessed with keeping himself outwardly and ceremonially clean. The Jews had 613 laws they were supposed to obey, and the Pharisees tried their best to keep everyone of them. Their over concentration on outward appearance led their hearts astray from true intimate relationship. Their religion became about a bunch of rules instead of love. King David realized that his feeble attempts to live pure on his own power would never work so he cries out to God in a prayer found in Psalm 51, “Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.” Those who adopt a life of purity and right living will see, look upon, and experience the true and living God. In the kingdom of God, not everyone has the same access or privileges. Only those considered friends of God, and who are pure in heart will see God now and in heaven.

In “Mercy”, Rodney shares that mercy is what we don’t always like to give, but always praying to receive. Mercy is often associated with a negative context of not dispensing consequences, punishment, or wrath that is deserved because of wrong behavior, or less than what is appropriate, or expectations. Mercy is more than us letting an offense go, or feeling bad for the plight of someone. Mercy includes actions taken to alleviate suffering whenever possible. It is amazing some of us are more motivated to alleviate the pain and suffering of an animal than that of a fellow human made in the likeness and image of God. What does it say about us when we are unmoved, lack feeling, or empathy when we see suffering and don’t respond? A feeling, or thought has never saved, rescued, healed, given, served, or ministered to anyone. Mercy includes actions taken to alleviate suffering whenever possible. When you realize how merciful God has been to you, you will respond with mercy to others, far and near, who need it. What action do you need to take today to alleviate someone’s suffering? “Find a need and fill it.” God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy (Matthew 5:7).

In “Hunger And Thirst”, Rodney shares the next recognizable label you should desire to wear as a Christ-follower. It is the label of Starving for the Right Thing – Starving for Jesus. There is no other hunger or thirst that is more important or necessary than our hunger and thirst for Jesus. People often pursue things passionately attempting to feed the hunger and quench the thirst in their soul with temporary things. They are trying to satisfy a spiritual hunger with material solutions. This only leaves people feeling unsatisfied, unhappy, and unfulfilled. Only people who respond to this inner craving will find their spiritual appetites satisfied. Our desire for righteousness is not just a longing for what is ethically, morally, or legally just. It is a heartfelt longing for Jesus himself. Jesus is the only one worthy to bear the name the Lord Is Our Righteousness. What are you starving for? Are you starving for Jesus? You will experience all the goodness of God as a consequence of seeking him with your whole heart. “God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied” (Matthew 5:6).

In, "Happy Are The Humble" Rodney shares that we live in a world that on one hand we embrace and admire arrogance, cockiness, and pride. On the other, we are put off by it, and more importantly for us to remember, God is not impressed with it, but praises humility and gentleness. Jesus desires hid disciples to appropriately dress in godly humility, in this world. People of the Kingdom of God should openly wear the label of humility. Christian meekness is an outgrowth of a renewed spirit when they are born again. Christian humility believes that when suffering an injury from the hands of another, ultimately, God will judge and be just in his repayment. Humility produces peace. It is evidence that God is doing a work within us. Humility is not weakness. When we act and walk humbly we are living like Jesus. Humbleness is the doorway to entering into the inheritance that God has reserved for those who are citizens of His Kingdom. Humbleness of spirit positions them to receive the maximum benefit and inheritance of the whole earth, the Kingdom of God. For, God blesses those who are humble, for they will inherit the whole earth.

Who are the saints in your life? What might you say to them today? What have you learned from them & inspires gratitude in you? How might you be a saint in someone else’s life?

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Around the world, thousands of the men, women and children face persecution and even death simply because they identify themselves as followers of Jesus Christ. Yet here in America we tend to think of religious persecution as a rarity instead of reality. We tend to think that Jesus suggested that His followers might face some persecution when the truth is that he clearly declared that anyone who worships Him and strives to live their lives according to His principles; will face persecution and even death! No suggestion, no "might" or "if's" but a certainty. In the last, and most troubling of his Beatitudes, Jesus makes it very clear what his followers can expect from this world. Persecution is a given - but He also suggest it is an incredible gift as well. Maybe the reason many have not or don't face persecution in America today is that those around us have not seen Jesus in our actions and words. Maybe we have become so much like the culture that we no longer stand out or stand up. Listen in to discover not only how persecution can bring a blessing, but how it is the ultimate result of living the other seven Beatitudes. From Matthew 5:10-12

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