What is our attitude and where is our heart when it comes to wealth and possessions? Jesus speaks very strongly about where we are focused… where we are investing and where our hearts should be.
What is fasting? How long should we fast? Why should we fast? Do we need to fast? Many questions swirl around the topic of fasting. Searching Scripture brings much clarity.
Rather than a prayer to be regularly recited, the Lord’s Prayer is a model showing us that all our prayers should be all about glorifying God and not be about us.
When we pray, where are our thoughts? Do we allow our minds to wander, are we more concerned about ourselves, or when we pray out loud, are we trying to impress? God wants our prayers to be focused on him and him alone.
God tells us to give generously and out of love, not because he needs it, but to put us into the cycle of blessedness so he can bless us abundantly.
The announcement by the angel that Jesus had risen and was no longer in the tomb caused great fear among many, which later turned to overwhelming joy for those who knew Jesus. What is our response, knowing Jesus is alive?
What does “here comes Jesus” mean to you? For some, it brings consternation because they are resisting Jesus. For others, they are words of joy for the new life he has given to us and for what we are anticipating when he returns again.
Jesus never commands us to do something impossible. He showed us how by loving us first. We are to express the love he has filled us with, not only to our neighbors, whom we get along with, but to our enemies as well.
Jesus deals with integrity, telling us that our word should be our bond. He also illustrates how we, as children of the kingdom, should not retaliate, but rather how we should live our life, having died to self.
In a day when the sanctity of marriage is under attack and commitment no longer seems to be a high value, Jesus reminds us how serious God is about the marriage relationship. We need to guard our hearts because sin starts in the heart.