Day 283 (Matthew 5-7) 

God is the one who does all good things through us. I can do nothing on my own. Only with Jesus am I able to do anything including reading through the Bible.

Praying for Isreal

Judging an action, not the person. 100% spot on!

Meekness is power in control. Not being a doormat but holding the door for others instead of needing to go first

Whoa-the earthly wealth I try to accumulate is Monopoly money, and my possessions are plastic hotels. God wants me to build up real wealth in life, something that’s not a game, but showing His love to others, growing in godliness and hungering for righteousness.

Jesus gets the glory 🎉

Since starting TBR, I can definitely feel my heart loving God more and my sinful selfish self less. Thank you God for opening my eyes and helping me realize that I can do nothing to better my position but need to trust in Jesus.

I’ve been praying 5:16 every morning for years. It humbles me daily. He IS where the real joy is❤️ Thanks TLC

Matthew 6 14-15 I think is very important to explain.

"He gets the glory and we get the joy" should be on a shirt!

All of our help comes from the Lord we can't change our own heart ❤❤❤ Good morning bible Family have a blessed day in His Presence He is truly where the Joy is ❤️🤗❤️

All glory and Honour to You: You are where the Joy is. Amen ❤

Desperate need for God. Yes. We have nothing to offer God. So glad and blessed He loves me, us, trust Him.

Unfortunately today that is the problem. To many Christians are walking and ok’ing bad actions and fruit. We adopted a thought of “God is love and everything is OK” for so long that nonChristians can’t even see the difference between us. So many act just like everyone else. The Bible is very explicit on right and wrong actions. Yes it IS where your heart is tho. If you can blatantly look upon those in need and turn your head away or look at the brokenness in a human and not care to comfort and help, how can you say that you are His. Lord help us in this nation turn back to You. To Your precepts and concepts. Change our hearts Oh Lord and heal our land. Remove the hearts of stone and replace them with hearts filled with Your desires and love. Cleanse and purge us from all unrighteousness and impurity with the precious Blood of Jesus. Forgive us our sins and cast us not away from Your presence. You ARE God and we declare it through out the heavens and earth. To You alone be all Glory and Praise forever and forever 🙌

Start with zero. Beginning with surrender, Glorify God. “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of heaven.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭3‬ Amen

I love this part of scripture. Jesus expounds on the Ten Commandments and also provides a blueprint for living a holy life that pleases the Lord. May we all put our whole trust in Him who saves. How true it is that revelation starts with understanding our spiritual depravity and our desperate need for Jesus.

Wow! This is a lot to take in , but I love to learn I want to take in everything he says to me / us and our hearts . He loves us so much what a joy to know that and how comforting to know he’s always with us “ He really is where the joy is” and I couldn’t live without him just knowing he’s by my side and always in my heart 🙏 Thank you Jesus for all you done and all you do… Amen

Our Father knows what we need before we ask Him (Matt 6:8).

God is evident throughout The Sermon on The Mount! I see the Beatitudes as rungs on a ladder! How we need the Lord! God provides the way!

Such a good lesson

Jesus teaches about His upside down kingdom. 8 beatitude-blessings granted to God’s people. They are Cumulative and build on each other. Recognizing our desperate need for God. Meekness is not weakness. It’s having the wisdom and discipline to restrain your strength while you see the goodness of others. Meekness makes us not peace keepers but peace makers. Square one- spiritual poverty. We remember that on our best and worst days our only hope is the cross of Christ. God isn’t after just right actions but a right heart. God’s standards go to the heart. Jesus didn’t come to abolish the law but to fulfill it- for us! Heart follows treasure. God teaches us to inspect the fruit- not the root. God knows the root. Don’t eat or take in bad bad fruit. All good works we do is from God working through us. All glory to Him. All begins and ends with God.

Eternal life: heart follows treasure.✝️✝️✝️

Father, thank You for helping me focus on You. Amen hallelujah ✝️✝️✝️

I love going through the Bible with Tara-Leigh Cobble each day🤍 The pages of the Bible come to life and my heart is filled with the joy of the Lord🤍 Thank you TLC✨

I got blasted on social media recently because there was an article about a famous Christian singer who had made some bad decisions and said she sometimes struggled with God’s word. You would have thought, by the comments, that she is right up there with a terrorist. When I made the comment that we have no business judging her on her struggles but to speak love to her, giving the word of God as proof, I was the most hated person on the planet. If I didn’t seek to condemn this person, whom I never met, I wasn’t being “Christian” and I didn’t know the scriptures. I do not believe it is our business to run others down. I believe it is to minister to them and pray for them. We don’t have to agree with them, but condemnation isn’t the answer.

I am definitely in spiritual poverty, I want to become complete. I yearn to focus on the things that matter which is getting closer to God. Give me the light to shine so that others can see you through me. I don’t want the Monopoly money. I want to value my relationship with God. He is where the joy is. 🙌🏽

We…teach, tell & testify. Holy Spirit..conveys, convicts & convinces. Thank you Holy Spirit for this wisdom💗

I'm from a county that has a lot of farmers markets. Inspection of the fruit makes perfect sense. You can't tell what's good unless you know whats good. Same for churches, people, teachers, etc. Learning God's words is the way. Thank you Tara. P.S. Don't forget your vegetables. 😂

Thank you for the Newsboys flashback with your God Shot! Shine, make 'em wonder what you got! 😁🥰

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Heart follows treasure!

Perfection with You Jésus;

Tara Leigh I love recapping woth you! I was really hoping to get some clairity on Matt 6:15-15, and 7:21-23. Both verses that can be hard to understand.

Phil 2:13 has been popping up all week. Thank you for this teaching.

Tara Leigh, this is the most meaningful, deepest explanation of the Sermon on the Mount I have ever heard or read. It takes it from a recitation of familiar passages to a Core-of-Life value system. I have saved this one specifically to share with others. Thank you!

God, humble me and help me do your will to glorify you! I need you every day, every hour, and every second! When you are not with me in spirit I miss you and feel lost. Never leave me! You are where the joy is!

I am really disappointed my plan is not working and can't restart! I am on day 287 so I will finish!

Amen TLC! Verse 5:16 is kne kf my absolute favorites!

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I absolutely loved today's explanation of what we read however I was really hoping you would cover chapter 7:21-23. That's something I've always struggled to understand. Anyone have thoughts on it?