Matthew 5:8-12 - Three Hurdles to Following Jesus - These eight (8) character qualities and heart habits that Jesus begins His sermon with come with warnings. These warnings are more of a "heads up" to those who choose Him. The wonderful thing is that what we have to look forward to is NOT rules and rituals and religious hoops to jump through. What we have to look forward to is, while doing things Jesus' way, we will experience much push back from those who see to do things the world's way. Those two kingdoms cannot be served equally by the one person - we must choose. My prayer is that you choose thoughtfully and wisely.