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Friend , you were made to live one day at a time in the Kingdom! Matthew 6:33–34 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. This is where the teaching ends. Yeshua (Jesus) has instructed us concerning mammon,…
Friend , you were made to grow under the Father's care! Matthew 6:27-32 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 28 "So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which…
Friend , you were made to walk free from worry! Matthew 6:25-26 "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not…
Friend , you were made to serve the King! Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.” Yeshua (Jesus) ties it all together now: the treasure, the heart, the eye, all of it lands on this understanding — no one can serve two masters. This isn't a nice…
Friend , guard the eye that guide the heart! Matthew 6:22–23 The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! Yeshua (Jesus) has just spoken of treasure -- telling His disciples not to store treasure…
Friend , where your treasure is! Matthew 6:19–21 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Isaiah 51:8 For the moth will eat them up like a…
Friend , your Abba knows! Matthew 6:16–18 Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance… but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. After the Lord’s prayer, Yeshua (Jesus) now turns to fasting, bringing the spiritual exercise of fasting inward. He has already spoken of giving and praying in secret. Now…
Friend , forgiven people forgive! Matthew 6:14–15 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Yeshua (Jesus) has just taught His disciples to pray, "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." Then, before He moves on, He comes right back to forgiveness.…
Friend , deliver us from the evil one! Matthew 6:13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Yeshua (Jesus) has taught us to pray as children before the Father, disciples surrendered to the Kingdom, dependent upon Him for our daily bread. He has taught us to forgive and to be forgiven. Now He brings…
Friend , lay down the ledger before it becomes your prison! Matthew 18:28-35 "But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!' 29 So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.' 30 And he would not,…