Spiritually Fed and Led

Blessed [inwardly peaceful, spiritually secure, worthy of respect] are the gentle [the kind-hearted, the sweet-spirited, the self-controlled].

God blesses those people who are humble, for they will inherit the earth.

Blessed [anticipating God’s presence, spiritually mature] are the pure in heart [those with integrity, moral courage, and godly character], for they will see God. (Matthew 5:5,8)

The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith. (1 Timothy 1:5)

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. (Psalm 15:2)

In brotherly love, be kindly affectionate one to another; in showing honor, be examples one to another. (Romans 12:10)

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

O continue Thy lovingkindness unto them that know Thee; And Thy righteousness to the upright in heart. (Psalm 36:8-10)

And let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water. (John 7:38)

O Lord, Hope of Israel: all who forsake you will be confounded. Those who withdraw from you will be written into the earth. For they have abandoned the Lord, the Source of living waters. (Jeremiah 17:13)

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked [following their advice and example], Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit [down to rest] in the seat of scoffers (ridiculers).

But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And on His law [His precepts and teachings] he [habitually] meditates day and night.

And he will be like a tree firmly planted [and fed] by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season; Its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers [and comes to maturity]. (Psalm 1:1-3)

By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They shall bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing. ( Ezekiel 47:12)

The righteous will flourish like a palm tree and will spring up like the Cedars of Lebanon. (Psalm 92:12)

Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) are those who wash their robes [in the blood of Christ by believing and trusting in Him—the righteous who do His commandments], so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city. (Revelation 22:14) And be found in him, in complete union with him, [believing and relying on him] not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the Law, but one that comes through the faithfulness of the Messiah, the righteousness that comes from God and that depends on faith. (Philippians 3:9) This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe, And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are. (Romans 3:22)