Category Archives: Matthew

A Warning to Me?

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 8:12

Reading:

Matthew 8:1-17

“When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him” (Matthew 8:1).

Does my life today say I would I have been among the multitudes that followed Jesus then?

Is my preference to “tell no man” about Jesus’ deeds for me?

Do I take Jesus’ Word as His command to me?

How can I learn to care about others as Jesus does?

How sick must I be before I exercise my faith in Jesus’ healing will and power?

[The Scriptures say in Matthew 8:17 -- Himself took our infirmities]
from Matthew 8:17

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life

No More Bitter

And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed by the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.

Ruth 4:14

Reading:

Ruth 4:13-17; Matthew 1:1-6

What would it take to turn my bitterness away in favor of sweetness?

Does it matter to God that a name-loaded Bible passage is burdensome to me?

How readily do I accept an “outsider” into my circle?

How well do I relate to a repentant “sex sinner”?

Is there room in my congregation for Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba?

“The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham” (Matthew 1:1).

[The Scriptures say in Ruth 4:15 -- And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life]
from Ruth 4:15
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