“ …for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.”—Matt. 6:8 When we hear Jesus say that God knows what we need, we typically think in terms of, “What I need, not what I want.” I believe Jesus […]

7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.—Matt. 6:7-8 When Jesus […]

Today let’s look at Jesus’ introduction to his prayer. Here it is in whole: “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen […]

You probably think you have free will. You might even be proud of your witty and clever free will. You might fancy yourself to be a smart person. You might see yourself as a free-spirited, avant-garde, advanced human. “I am […]

Gratitude must be constantly fed. Resentment feeds on itself.  Unknown I want us to keep thinking about Easter, and Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross. Instead of just the ‘week of,’ let us keep contemplating his sacrifice for each of us. […]

Easter is all about Self. Actually the entire Biblical story is about Self: the battle of our Self against God. Oh, you may think it is about the battle between Satan and God, but Satan long ago realized his best […]

As we begin Jesus’ last week this helps me to walk through it with him. I hope it does you.  Friday Note: Many of the actual times of these events are not recorded in Scripture. The timeline represents an approximate sequence of events. […]

If you were asked to give a description of a Christian, and I mean by that adisciple of Christ, not a person who goes to a Christian church, what would yousay? Notice I said a description, not a definition. I […]