Author Archives: L. Lyden

Be Generous And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.  Matthew 5:41 Generosity!  It is the ultimate example of what our God is.  He is extreme generous in all the He is and does.  His love is overflowingly generous in that He didn’t even spare His only son to show howContinue reading “January 6, 2022”

No smoke screen But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.  Matthew 5:37 When I was young, other kids would often say, “I swear on a stack of Bibles.”  Meaning they were being as honest and authentic as they could possibly be. Continue reading “January 5, 2022”

Cut it off And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.  Matthew 5:30 This scripture has always been a little disturbing to me. Continue reading “January 4, 2022”

Agree with your adversary Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. Matthew 5:25 We live in an extremely angry world.  People everywhere are ready to tell youContinue reading “January 3, 2022”

God’s law “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.  Matthew 5:17 As a young person, I was always under the impression that God gave the law/commandments to keep the people from sinning.  Even though that is true, I now realizeContinue reading “January 2, 2022”

Happy New Year Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.  Matthew 5:16 Happy New year!  I hope everyone had a wonderful time celebrating as we said goodbye to 2021 and welcomed in 2022!  This is the time when we reflect back onContinue reading “January 1, 2022”

Hello Daily Dose Blog subscribers. I will be taking off the months of November and December because of several other writing projects I am currently working on. I will be back in the new year to continue going through the Gospels. Thank you for your faithful following and I will reconnect with you in 2022.Continue reading “I will be back”

This is a hard saying Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.  Matthew 5:10 This one is hard for me. It’s hard for me to understand how persecution can be a blessing. Sure, I can receive it by faith, but to write about it with convictionContinue reading “November 1, 2021”

Peacemaker Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.  Matthew 5:9 Imagine you were sent to this world to make peace.  Not with other people, but to connect other people with God.  An ambassador.  That’s what Jesus did.  The angels proclaimed His peace the night He was born into the Earth. Continue reading “October 27, 2021”

Pure in heart Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.  Matthew 5:8 The pure in heart, the innocent?  Remember when you were?  Probably a very long time ago, but still today you always look for the best in others.  You expect good things are going to happen and you have hopeContinue reading “October 26, 2021”