Hello, my friends, I'm so glad you're back with me for the morning mindset.

This is the opportunity you and I have every day to get our minds online with the truth

of God's Word.

I hope you're doing so in other ways as well, not just the morning mindset, but at the

very least the morning mindset is here to help you get that job done every single day before

you start your day.

Today we're going to be looking at Matthew, chapter 5, verse number 10, and you may have

noticed on the title, it's a little counterintuitive, it says blessing through persecution.

We're going to get to that in just a moment.

Before we do, I want to remind you about a podcast that my wife and I host and produce

and it's called God-fearing kids and the parents who raise them.

As you might imagine, it's a Christian parenting podcast.

I want to encourage you, if you're a parent, check it out or if you know a parent who could

use some help with their parenting, check it out.

You can find it at Godfearingkids.com.

Okay, Matthew 5, verse number 10, Jesus is in the midst of teaching about the mindsets

and the heart condition and the philosophy of what he calls the kingdom of heaven.

And here in Matthew 5, 10, he's describing kingdom citizens and what their hearts are

like and what their motivations are.

And he says, blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake.

For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

So friends, what I hear Jesus describing here is a person who has set their sights much

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