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Today’s scripture is a great guide to how we should treat each other, especially those in need. Jesus talks about feeding and clothing those who are sick or in prison. Whenever we do something for someone else out of the goodness of our heart, that is pleasing to God. Jesus continues to model through Matthew

In Matthew 24, Jesus talks to us about end times. He knows that he is going away, so he provides instruction to his disciples to keep watch and to be diligent and faithful. He tells them to be ready, because the hour is not known. The first analogy Jesus uses is how everyone was carrying

In Matthew chapter 23 Jesus is warning the Pharisees that they have gone astray, and working to correct their behavior. Isn’t it interesting that men who dedicate their lives to God can still get so lost? You would think that the right answer is to turn to pastors and Pharisees for answers. But here we

When we turn to the Lord our God, and seek him with all our heart and all of our soul and all of our strength, He will supply all of our needs. The bible says that God will supply all our need according to His riches in glory. And in today’s scripture, we read that

Jesus was hungry so he approaches a fig tree while traveling back to Jerusalem. When he noticed that it had no fruit, but only leaves, he cursed it saying, “may you never bear fruit again.” Immediately the tree withered.” Then Jesus gives a parable about workers in the vineyard who disrespect the owner and family,

What a strong Word from God this morning. I am getting a loud and clear Word and instruction from our Lord this morning about following His Way, and in His Will. The cold hard truth is sometimes this isn’t what we want, what we had planned, or what we had chosen. I often joke, if

In Psalm 106, David provides us a great reminder of the many miracles and kindness that God showed the Israelite’s, from the miracles of the plagues that convinced Pharaoh to bring them out of Egypt to the parting of the Red Sea. Yet the Israelite’s were constantly disobeying God and turning to idols. It didn’t

Matthew 18:15-35 looks at how to deal with sin in the body of the church, and what should we do when people mistreat us. It’s a great lesson in conflict resolution broken down into a few simple steps. The first step is to reach out to them, in private, and point out their wrong. If

Jesus arrives in Capernaum, and the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax come to collect taxes from Peter and Jesus. And while the king is due his taxes, even he is subject to the higher king who is God our Father, the King and Creator of the world. And when you consider that Jesus who

Isn’t it interesting how much we know about so many things, yet we know so little about our Creator, the One who formed us and gave us life? We know sports statistics of every game, every player, every sport, debate all of the details of politics and what every candidate said or did not say,