Matthew 7:24-29 24 Those people who are listening to Me, those people who hear what I say and live according to My teachings—you are like a wise man who built his house on a rock, on a firm foundation. 25 When storms hit, rain pounded down and waters rose, levies broke and winds beat all the walls of that house. But the…
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Matthew 7:13-18 13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy[a] that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. 14 For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it. 15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s…
Like most years that have come and gone, 2015 was a year of wonderful highlights and a year of difficult days. We can evaluate any given year from several different perspectives. We can think about it from an intimate personal or family point of view. Or we could expand to incorporate the current world situation. I hope that your personal reflections are good and strong. But we…
A new year, 2016, a time for new beginnings. A time to let go of all of those things that have held us back or have made us not be able to live up to our full potential. A time to start a fresh and take up good habits, leaving the bad in the past. I have to admit that I am…
As we all step into 2016, we are faced with discussions of New Year’s Resolutions. We all strive to be better people, to achieve more, to help more, to love more. In the past, I have frequently focused my resolutions on goals. Most of these goals were quantitative in nature. Would I set a new marathon personal record? Would I start a new company? Often times, I…
Greetings Everyone, My prayer for you in December has been that you have found greater meaning and joy during Advent and Christmas. For those of you who have dealt with grief and pain over the past month, my prayer has been that you have felt the love of Christ surround, uplift and enable you to move…
Matthew 7:12 12 “In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew 7:12 12 This is what our Scriptures come to teach: in everything, in every circumstance, do to others as you would have them do to you. Devotional Content There is just a single verse of Scripture for…
Matthew 7:7-11 7 “Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for bread, will give a stone?…
Matthew 7:1-6 (NRSV) 7 “Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. 2 For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. 3 Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s[a] eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? 4 Or how can you…
Matthew 6:25-29 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink,[b] or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your…
Matthew 6:24 (NRSV) 24 “No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. Matthew 6:24 (The Voice) 24 No one can serve two masters. If you try, you will wind up loving the first master and hating…
Thanks to everyone who donated toys for the Turkeys & Toys mission! This past Sunday, we were able to deliver over 200 items to the Denver Inner City Parish (DICP). These, along with other donations, will be distributed on Friday, 12/18as part of their 37th Annual Holiday Gift Giveaway–the event is to give the gift of…
Matthew 6:22-23 (NRSV) 22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light; 23 but if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! Matthew 6:22-23 (The Voice) 22 The eye is…
Matthew 6:19-21 (NRSV) 19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust[a] consume and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust[b] consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew…
Matthew 6:16-18 (NRSV) 16 “And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that your fasting may be seen not by…