… if your son asks for a fish …
Summary: God’s view of our wants and needs doesn’t always match our view of our wants and needs.
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… your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Summary: When we come before God, there is a right way and a wrong way to do it.
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Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Summary: There is one more surprise in this first part of the Lord’s Prayer. I would tell you what it is, but then, it wouldn’t be a surprise, would it? 🙂
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You are the light of the world.
Summary: The Bible teaches us about our spiritual nature, yet even though we are being taught, it is hard to understand.
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You are the salt of the earth.
Summary: This saying requires some thought. In our modern culture, we take salt for granted. Yet, intuitively we understand that salt is necessary for physical life just as Jesus is necessary for eternal life.
Continue reading “Matthew 5:13 – Game Changer”John 3:13 – Waiting For Jesus
No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven…
Summary: Asking questions about the Bible often opens the door to new insights. In this meditation, we look at what it meant to be dead before Jesus had gone back to heaven. What we found might surprise you.
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… on earth as it is in heaven.
Summary: Jesus compares earth and heaven in a way that only he can. It is a teaching moment that illuminates who Jesus is as well as where he is from.
Continue reading “Matthew 6:10 – Boloney!”Matthew 7:12 – Love
… what you would have them do to you…
Summary: Figuring out why God wants us to love him above all else isn’t hard but it does require some humility.
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And what does the Lord require of you?
Summary: History offers us a choice of following man-made rules or following God. It is wise to choose God even when we seem to be breaking the rules.
Continue reading “Micah 6:8 – Rules”1 Kings 19:12 – The Sound of God’s Voice
And after the fire came a gentle whisper.
Summary: As we blindly stumble through our spiritual surroundings, God speaks to us in quiet ways. Learning to recognize his voice is a challenge worth accepting.
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