36 And I tell you that on the Judgment Day people will be responsible for every careless thing they have said.
If someone makes you angry and you react in anger are you justified or equally careless? Would you feel better afterwards?
June 2008
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June 26, 2008
June 24, 2008
29 Accept my teachings and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit, and you will find rest for your lives.
30 The burden that I ask you to accept is easy; the load I give you to carry is light.”
The easy burden to accept is Love. It was a heartbreaking and just love that kept Jesus on the cross. Can we love like God?
June 24, 2008
2 “Do to others what you want them to do to you. This is the meaning of the law of Moses and the teaching of the prophets.
This is the message of the Old Testament in a nutshell. How is the New Testament different? (hint Matt 5:43-45)
June 24, 2008
7 “Ask, and God will give to you. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will open for you. 8 Yes, everyone who asks will receive. Everyone who searches will find. And everyone who knocks will have the door opened.
We need to show an effort b4 God gives. But what is required is simple and what we receive is beyond our imaginations.
June 19, 2008
31 Don’t worry and say, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’
32 The people who don’t know God keep trying to get these things, and your Father in heaven knows you need them.
33 Seek first God’s kingdom and what God wants. Then all your other needs will be met as well.
The best experiences of God’s provision can’t be confined to a question, but from your stories. Please share here.
June 19, 2008
24“No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
If u devote yourself to something u will learn that u can’t plz everyone. Saying no helps us 2 stay focused and sane.
June 17, 2008
14 For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Can you say you have forgiven a person if you always remind them of the wrong? Do grudges have any benefits?
June 13, 2008
5“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Prayer shouldn’t be limited to closets. In fact, we should pray in groups. What is the lesson of these verses?
June 13, 2008
43“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[a] and hate your enemy.’
44 But I tell you: Love your enemies[b] and pray for those who persecute you,
45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Loving the unlovable may be the hardest thing b/c real love makes sacrifices, and we have received the greatest one.
June 11, 2008
27“You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’[a]
28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
This verse was from the old law. Jesus was sent to make a new way to God. How does this verse show this?
