Matt 13 Blessings We sing Count Your Blessings, name them one by one and you will see what God has done. The disciples asked Jesus why he taught in Parables and he answered: “But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.” Stop and consider this: your eyes are blessed. […]
Matt 11 Mercy not Sacrifice Over and over, Jesus is gracious, but when the Pharisees continue to berate him, He speaks out and acts out for He is gracious. Why did Matthew paint such a contrast picture for his Jewish audience but to show them their heart. God sent His Son to save them but […]
Matthew 10 Do Not Worry! One of the greatest challenges in our lives is that we tend to worry. We worry about many things and this is a tool of the enemy that comes to seek, kill and destroy. Worry is one of those nagging sins that we carry like a trophy and it disturbs […]
Matthew 8 Miracles authenticate Jesus continues to reveal His power that authenticate who He is. Listen to what the leper asked: “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” And Jesus answered: I am willing. Jesus says the same to us when we seek healing from sin. He is willing to save us […]
Matthew 6 Comfort & Wisdom There are times in our lives when we need to stop what we are doing and just ask the Lord how to comfort others. This chapter guides us through that grieving process as we recall the Lord’s Prayer which is one our Savior gave his disciples when they asked […]
Psalm 68 This verse: “and an advocate for widows” has always been a comfort for me when my Dad passed away. I knew then that God would always be there for my Mother and He proved Himself true. For many years she was a widow but remained strong and always involved in ministry. What a […]
Matthew 4 Temptation and Repentance Jesus faced the onslaught of temptation from the evil one. Satan is clever and begins his temptation of Christ when he is at his lowest point physically and spiritually. We too face this same temptation when we are at our lowest and are the most vulnerable. That is why we […]
Matt 2 Throughout the OT and now in the NT, God often spoke to those He was going to bless in some way through a dream. God used a star and then a dream to the Wise Men of the East about the birth of Christ. That message was received with mixed reviews from the […]
Matt 1 Salvation Matthew, the Jew who recorded the life of Jesus wrote: “he will save his people from their sins.” Every Jew was aware of his sin and obediently took his sacrifice on the Day of Atonement to the Temple. The Hebrews author reminded his readers that even though they had done this , it […]
Psalm 65 “How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You to dwell in Your courts.” [Ps 65:4] We use the word blessing so casually but the psalmist rightly points us to the truth of this word: it is God that blesses and He blesses those whom He has chosen. In […]
