Daily Devotional

Fasting Matthew 6:16-18 As far as I can remember, I’ve always heard about how great and rewarding fasting can be. Truth be told, until recently I never really understood the […]

Reading through Matthew 6:16-18 offers me a time of true spiritual reflection. As you all have probably learned from these devotions, you learn more about the program staff of the

 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. Matthew 6:16 (NRSV) Altogether now,

In the part of the Sermon on the Mount that we find recorded in Matthew’s gospel chapter 6, verses 7-14, we have delivered to us The Lord’s Prayer. Disciples young

Matthew 6: 7-15 has Jesus teaching his disciples the way of prayer and what it truly means to pray. I was visiting with a lady just the other day and

Matthew 6:7-15 Kelli and I proudly consider ourselves opera snobs; we’d choose to see an opera over any other form of entertainment. Our list of operas to see is long,

Every Sunday at either service, we are called to come together to pray the Lord’s Prayer in unison. Depending on your denomination, you might have a debt or a trespass

“When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their many words.” Matthew 6:7 (NRSV) As

Jesus said: “Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 “So whenever you

Take a moment to think about it, do you ever do good just for the good of it, or do you do good because you are looking for others to