Do Not Be Anxious (Part 2)
Often, we are anxious and worried. Meditate on the truths that Jesus reminds us of here to help our faith and trust grow.
Do Not Be Anxious (Part 1)
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?
Two Masters
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money” Matthew 6:24 Jesus is emphatic, NO ONE can serve two masters. This makes sense logically and we see the truth in other areas. For years […]
What Are You Looking At?
“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!” Matthew 6:22-23 Some passages cause you to scratch your head and […]
Treasures in Heaven
“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 treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:19-21 Everyone is into […]
When You Fast…
“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 seen by others but by your Father who is […]
Pray Like This
Jesus says that we should not pray like the hypocrites who pray to be seen by others. Rather, we should pray in secret knowing our Heavenly Father sees us and rewards us. He also says we should not “heap empty phrases like the Gentiles do,” or “use many words” thinking we will be heard. Instead, we pray knowing that God knows what we need before we ask him.
When You Pray
“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father […]
Teaching of Giving
“Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, […]
Hidden Righteousness
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 6:1 We live in an age of voluntary public disclosure. Facebook began in 2004 and the iPhone was introduced in 2007 with Android a year later. Around 2012 or 2013 […]
