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Today’s Scripture – October 3, 2016
Matthew 7:7-8 (NIV) “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.” Jesus often urged His followers to pray...
Today’s Scripture – September 30, 2016
Matthew 7:6 (NIV) “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.” Much has been written and discussed about who Jesus considered dogs and who He considered...
Today’s Scripture – September 28, 2016
Matthew 7:1-5 (NIV) “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to...
Today’s Scripture
Matthew 6:25-34 (NIV) “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not...
Today’s Scripture – September 26, 2016
Matthew 6:22-24 (NIV) “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! “No one...
Today’s Scripture – September 25, 2016
Matthew 6:19-21 (NIV) “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and...
Today’s Scripture – September 24, 2016
Matthew 6:16-18 (NIV) “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so...
Today’s Scripture – September 23, 2016
Matthew 6:33b “For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.” Even though these words don’t appear in the earliest manuscripts that we have, they are entirely in keeping with the tenor of the whole prayer. Also, as a traditional ending to...
Today’s Scripture – September 20, 2016
Matthew 6:13 (NIV) “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.” In this final petition of Jesus’ model prayer, the focus is on the reality of temptation, and the real possibility of failure on the part of God’s people. After all, if Adam, who...
Today’s Scripture – September 19, 2016
Matthew 6:12, 14-15 (NIV) “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors… “For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”...