God’s Kind Of Love Matthew 8:9-10, ‘For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Jesus heard it he marvelled, …
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More Than Just Sowing And Reaping LUKE 6:38, ‘Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.’ LUKE 6:17-49 …
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His Mercy Endures Forever MATTHEW 12:20, ‘A bruised reed shall he not break, and a smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgement unto victory.’ MATTHEW 12:15-21, MARK 3:7-19, LUKE 6:12-16 One of the ways in which God’s goodness is revealed is in mercy. We may describe …
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Something New Luke 5:36-37, ‘And he spake a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. And no man …
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Healing Is God’s Will Matthew 8:2, ‘And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.’ MATTHEW 8:1-4 Leprosy was a hated disease and its symptoms are described in detail in Leviticus 13:1-46. This leper believed Jesus could heal him, but …
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Taking Thoughts – Or Not Matthew 6:31, ‘Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?’ MATTHEW 6:25-34 The Greek word used here for ‘thought’ is ‘merimnao‘ and denotes ‘to be anxious or careful’. In this passage, as well …
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Singleness Of Vision MATTHEW 6:24, ‘No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.’ MATTHEW 6:22-24 Jesus is speaking of spiritual vision. If we …
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The Benefits Of Fasting MATTHEW 6:16, ‘Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.’ MATTHEW 6:14-18 It was a Jewish custom to anoint …
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Knowing God Is Our Greatest Treasure Matthew 6:21, ‘For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.’ MATTHEW 6:19-21 If isolated from the rest of God’s Word, there are some scriptures that could be interpreted to mean that having money or wealth is wrong. However there are other …
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Victory – A Provision Matthew 6:13, ‘And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory for ever. Amen.’ MATTHEW 6:9-13 A temptation can be a difficult situation or a pressure. Contrary to popular belief, God is not …
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