Letting God speak
Matthew 7:6 Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. Christianity is not a philosophy. In its truest form it is not even a religion. Christianity is a relationship. Philosophies and religions are lifeless sets of rules or …
Matthew 7:1-5 Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgement you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? …
Matthew 6:25-34 Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap …
Matthew 6:22-24 The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! No one can serve …
Matthew 6:19 – 21 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven, where neither moth not rust destroys and thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart …
Matthew 6:16 – 18 And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be …
Matthew 6:12, 14-15 … and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. … For if you forgive others their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Forgiveness is at the center of Christian life. …
Matthew 6:11 & 13 Give us this day our daily bread … And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. You might be questioning why I skipped verse 12. Rest assured, I will get to it in the next post. I believe that the topic of forgiveness needs to stand alone so …
Matthew 6:9b-10 … hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. After addressing God properly, and reminding ourselves of who and what He is, the next thing we should do in prayer is give God the praise and worship He is due. Praise is something …
Matthew 6:9a Our Father in Heaven … This section is the address. We are acknowledging Who we are talking to. These four words contain a great deal of meaning and information. The first word is “our”. God is OUR God. Not in the sense of possession but as in plural. He is the God of …