The Beatitudes are simply what your attitudes should be! We think of being poor as having very little, yet Jesus says, ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.’ What did He mean? That self-sufficiency can keep you from experiencing God’s sufficiency!

Old John B Rockefeller, a Christian multi-millionaire once said, ‘I have made many millions but they brought me no real happiness. I’d barter them all for the days I sat on an office stool in Cleveland and counted myself rich on $3 a week.’

W H Vanderbilt said, ‘The care of $200 million is too great a load for any brain or back to bear. It is enough to kill anyone. There is no pleasure left in it.’

John Jacob Astor who spent his life as a victim of ulcers and depression, said, ‘I am the most miserable man on earth.’

Henry Ford, the automobile king said, ‘Work is my only pleasure. It keeps me alive and makes life worth living. I was happier doing a mechanic’s job.’

Andrew Carnegie noted that, ‘Millionaires seldom ever smile.’