Category: Matthew 6
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Some Lessons from Living Things
Matthew 6:26-28 “Look at the birds of the air . . . Consider the lilies of the field” I love “the study of life,” which is the definition of “biology.” That’s why I committed myself to the study of this topic and why I chose a career as a fisheries biologist for the Pennsylvania Fish…
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Glorious Prologue
Matthew 6:9 “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.” When you pray, how often do you begin your prayers in the way Jesus told us to? Are the first words out of your mouth about your problems, your needs, and the problems and needs of others, or is it about the greatness of our God? …
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The Struggle of Prayer
Colossians 4:12 “Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.” Matthew 6:10 “Your kingdom come, Your will be done,on earth as it is in heaven.” Is prayer a struggle for…
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Prayer: Active vs Passive Voice
Matthew 6:9-10 “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Psalm 143:10 “Teach me to do your will, for you are my God!” Do you know the difference between passive and active voice? In passive voice, the subject is being acted upon…
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First Things
Matthew 6:33 “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” How careful we should be to pay close attention to the individual words of the Bible. They aren’t there for filler. God, in His infinite wisdom, has said the things He has said to us in the…
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Four Glorious Words
Matthew 6:9 “Our Father in heaven” These few words from the lips of Jesus are a wonderful revelation of the wisdom, power, and glory of our great God. To think that Jesus, the Son of God, could both reveal both His glorious condescension and lift our minds to the highest plane in just four words…
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Filled with Light – or Darkness?
Matthew 6:22-23 “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!” Have you ever seen the glory…
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Our Father in Heaven
Matthew 6:9 “Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.” Father, help me to always remember that you are not just my Father in heaven but our Father in heaven. Help me not to always make it all about me when I pray, but to make it also about others who…
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The Forgivers
Matthew 6:14-15 “For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” The Bible is clear that no one is saved by works, i.e., no one will ever gain God’s favor by the good things they do. …
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Do you think about heaven?
Matthew 6:20 “Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.” Do you ever think about heaven? As we age, it’s something that we should think about more and more. Do you wonder what it’s like, or does it seem so far-off…
To Encourage You 