Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Matthew

The Most Dangerous Sin In A Christian’s Life

MATTHEW 6:14-15 – 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. THEME OF THE DAY. THE MOST DANGEROUS SIN IN A CHRISTIAN’S LIFE. As you each ponder the answer to the theme of the day, I tried it first on…

God’s School Of Humiliation

MATTHEW 15:10-11; 17-20 – And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.” Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled? But what comes out…

The Genuineness Of Our Christianity

MATTHEW 7:13-14 – Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. THEME OF THE DAY. THE GENUINENESS OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. Today’s scripture…

Confronting Our Anxieties

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 nor gather into barns, and yet…

How To Prevent A Cold Heart

MATTHEW 24:12 – And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. THEME OF THE DAY. HOW TO PREVENT A COLD HEART. Today’s scripture is taken from what is known as “The Olivet Discourse”. It was one of the last teachings Jesus gave soon before His crucifixion. In its unfolding, our Lord described what would be signs indicating…

It’s Obedience Not Good Intentions

MATTHEW 16:21-23 – From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to…