Lord’s Prayer: more deliverance, more healing, more joy

Today in our reading of Matthew, we come to the Lord’s prayer. Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead … More Lord’s Prayer: more deliverance, more healing, more joy

Treasuring the reward of heaven empowers you to love your enemy.

Today we read Matthew 5:33–48. Here are verses 43-48: You have heard that it was said, “You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.” But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you in order that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for … More Treasuring the reward of heaven empowers you to love your enemy.

“Salt” and “light”- peculiarity both of heart and life, of faith and practice.

In our read-through-the-Bible plan, today we come to Matthew 5:13-16 “You are the SALT of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.  “You are the LIGHT of the world. A … More “Salt” and “light”- peculiarity both of heart and life, of faith and practice.