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“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven--- Matthew 5:3 In Matthew 5 through 7 Jesus gives the Sermon on the Mount. He began his sermon with words that seem to contradict each other. But God’s way of living usually contradicts the world’s. If you want to live for God, you must be ready to say and do what seems strange to the world. You must be willing to give when others take, to love when others hate, to help when others abuse. By giving up your own rights in order to serve.--- Life Application Study Bible notes What does it mean to be poor of spirit? Since there is not a capital “s” in spirit, Jesus is not talking about the Holy Spirit. Jesus is  talking about our spirit. If you replaced “poor” with “empty” it might help make more sense. To be poor of spirit means not full of your spirit or full of yourself. To be poor at spirit means to empty yourself of “self”so you can be filled with the Holy Spirit.