The “Withouts” (needing the Beatitudes and the fruit of the Spirit)

Life will go better if you avoid being without the Beatitudes and the fruit of the Spirit! Open your life up to them today!

Without being poor in spirit we’ll be easily deceived and ruled by the kingdom of pride.Without mourning we’re seldom motivated to turn to the risen Jesus for comfort and healing but godly sorrow brings inner renewal.Without being meek (moldable) we won’t be willing to allow God to bend us to His will.Without hunger and thirst for righteousness, we’ll become mired in mischief and self-destruction.Without being merciful bitterness will consume and control us.Without a pure heart our impurities will slowly poison us.Without making peace with God and other people, will be mired in internal and external conflict.Without rejoicing and being glad about what God has promised us, persecution will overwhelm us.Without love loneliness and selfishness prevail.Without joy we descend into discouragement and depression.Without peace anxiety troubles us.Without patience waiting torments us.Without kindness our heart fills with apathy.Without goodness badness rules within us.Without faithfulness we follow our whims.Without gentleness we rush into rudeness.Without self-control life does a nosedive.

Some desires need to be resisted. Others need to be cultivated. Wisdom knows the difference.

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