MATTHEW 6:7 – And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. THEME OF THE DAY. JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS. We all do it in some form or fashion. We might call it “just going through the motions.” It happens in marriages. It might begin…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Matthew
MATTHEW 26:40, 41 – And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” THEME OF THE DAY. NEVER A MOMENT. Let’s sit back and ponder something very…
MATTHEW 20:29-34 – And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him. And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!” The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be silent, but they cried out all the more,…
MATTHEW 10:38; LUKE 9:23 – And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. THEME OF THE DAY. THE FAMILY BADGE. All of us carry some type of identification. If we need to travel by air,…
Matthew 14:22–23 – Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone. THEME OF THE DAY. HOW NOT TO UNRAVEL AT THE SEAMS OF YOUR…
Matthew 27:27-31 – Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him,…