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    How to Have a Good Life: 30 Daily Devotions from the Sermon on the Mount
    How to Have a Good Life: 30 Daily Devotions from the Sermon on the Mount
    How to Have a Good Life: 30 Daily Devotions from the Sermon on the Mount
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    How to Have a Good Life: 30 Daily Devotions from the Sermon on the Mount

    By Danny Zelaya

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    Discover the path to a fulfilling life. This 30-day devotional offers refreshing and inspirational daily reflections on the teachings of Jesus from his Sermon on the Mount. Through relatable modern examples, they show you how to receive God's blessings and truly have a

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDanny Zelaya
    Release dateJun 10, 2024
    ISBN9798986981642
    How to Have a Good Life: 30 Daily Devotions from the Sermon on the Mount
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    Danny Zelaya

    Danny Zelaya serves as a chaplain in the California Army National Guard and as an Executive Director at a Fortune 500 company. Author of Managing Your Habits for Success, Danny brings spiritual insight and a fresh, relevant perspective to this inspiring new devotional.

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      How to Have a Good Life - Danny Zelaya

      Copyright © 2024 Danny Zelaya

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted by any means—whether auditory, graphic, mechanical, or electronic—without written permission of both publisher and author, except in the case of brief excerpts used in critical articles and reviews. Unauthorized reproduction of any part of this work is illegal and is punishable by law.

      Unless otherwise noted, scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com The NIV and New International Version are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™

      Scripture quotations marked (NIrV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Reader’s Version®, NIrV® Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1998, 2014 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.comThe NIrV and New International Reader’s Version are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™

      The Scriptures marked (NET) quoted are from the NET Bible® https://netbible.com copyright ©1996, 2019 used with permission from Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations marked (LEB) are taken from the LEXHAM ENGLISH BIBLE, Copyright© 2012 Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software.

      Scripture quotations marked (NASB) taken from the New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.

      Published by Danny Zelaya

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      Cover and Interior Design by Inspire Books

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      ISBN (paperback): 979-8-9869816-3-5

      ISBN (hardback): 979-8-9869876-4-2

      ISBN (ebook): 979-8-9869816-5-9

      Library of Congress: 2024906866

      Printed in the United States

      Contents

      Introduction

      Day 1

      Day 2

      Day 3

      Day 4

      Day 5

      Day 6

      Day 7

      Day 8

      Day 9

      Day 10

      Day 11

      Day 12

      Day 13

      Day 14

      Day 15

      Day 16

      Day 17

      Day 18

      Day 19

      Day 20

      Day 21

      Day 22

      Day 23

      Day 24

      Day 25

      Day 26

      Day 27

      Day 28

      Day 29

      Day 30

      About the Author

      Introduction

      I wrote this devotional for the everyday person longing to live a good life filled with God’s blessings. It’s also written for those who can’t attend church for various reasons. God’s blessings are just as much for them.

      The goal of this book is to introduce Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount in a relatable, refreshed, and modern way. Jesus’ teachings should speak straight to your heart in a simple way. Often, the truths of the Sermon on the Mount are underrepresented in sermons, theological writings, and creeds (formal statements of belief). Yet it is within these teachings that we discover God’s presence in the ordinary moments of our lives. Indeed, it’s in the everyday moments of our lives when we need divine guidance the most.

      Jesus’ sermon reveals that God is with us at home and at work just as much as at church. God is with us in the quiet, lonely moments just as much as when we raise our voices in song. He hears our hearts even when words elude us. Jesus assures us that our daily struggles and challenges will be a distant memory compared to the joy of living with God in the kingdom of heaven. Our lives have purpose, meaning, and direction.

      In the Sermon on the Mount, we learn how

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