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Blessed are the poor in spirit

Jesus said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” ( Matthew 5:3 ESV ) What did He try to tell us? From the world's standard, most of us know that Jesus is the most unusual teacher.  We will never understand His teaching until we have leadership from The Holy Spirit studying His Word (the Bible).  Then we are able to follow His teaching.  Since at age of 13, I have had the experience of walking with God; I understand my own guilt and helplessness.  I realize my own emptiness.  Only by God’s grace I was able to find everything in His kingdom.  His kingdom is everything good. Being poor in spirit implies that we forsake our old habits of our minds, of our appetites and of our tendencies.  We realize that alone, we are at end of our rope. Only after forsaking all these old habits for the Christ, we look up to Jesus for His help.  At that point, we are ready to start our new life on the path He directs. Faith in God is wonderful experience for eve