Today’s Reading: Matthew 6:3-34 (HCSB) But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you. Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Today’s Question: Today’s Commentary: What do you worry about? The answerContinue reading “What Are You Seeking? (Lesson #45- Summer School with Jesus)”
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The Opposite of Worry (Lesson #44- Summer School with Jesus)
Today’s Reading: Matthew 6:30-32 (HCSB) O you of little faith. Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ Forthe Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. Today’s Question: Is there something that is beyond your controlContinue reading “The Opposite of Worry (Lesson #44- Summer School with Jesus)”
How Much does Worry-Free Living Cost (Lesson #43- Summer School with Jesus)
Today’s Reading: Matthew 6:27 (ESV) And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? Today’s Question: How would you rate the supply in your cupboard and/or your closet: too little, too much, or just right? Today’s Commentary: Life is expensive. When my wife, Angela, and I sitContinue reading “How Much does Worry-Free Living Cost (Lesson #43- Summer School with Jesus)”
Eat, Drink, and Put on Some Clothes (Lesson #42- Summer School with Jesus)
Today’s Reading: Matthew 6:25-26, 28-30 (HCSB) This is why I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the sky: They don’t sowContinue reading “Eat, Drink, and Put on Some Clothes (Lesson #42- Summer School with Jesus)”
How to Cure the Disease of Worrying (Lesson #41- Summer School with Jesus)
Today’s Reading: Matthew 6:25a (HCSB) This is why I tell you: Don’t worry about your life… Today’s Question: How often do you worry about the issues of your life? Today’s Commentary: When you read the words, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” many of you will have a great disdain for me for the rest of the day.Continue reading “How to Cure the Disease of Worrying (Lesson #41- Summer School with Jesus)”
The “Stuff” People are Made Of (Lesson #40- Summer School with Jesus)
Today’s Reading: Matthew 6:24 (HCSB) No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and of money. Today’s Question: Do you own your possessions or do your possessions own you?Continue reading “The “Stuff” People are Made Of (Lesson #40- Summer School with Jesus)”
How’s the Vision of Your Mind’s Eye? (Lesson #39- Summer School with Jesus)
Today’s Reading: Matthew 6:22-23 (HCSB) The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light within you is darkness—how deep is that darkness! Today’s Question:Continue reading “How’s the Vision of Your Mind’s Eye? (Lesson #39- Summer School with Jesus)”
Investment Advice from the World’s Greatest Leader (Lesson #38- Summer School with Jesus)
Today’s Reading: Matthew 6:19-21 (HCSB) Don’t collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But collect for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will beContinue reading “Investment Advice from the World’s Greatest Leader (Lesson #38- Summer School with Jesus)”
What’s Your Belly Telling You? (Lesson #37- Summer School with Jesus)
Today’s Reading: Matthew 6:16-18 (HCSB) Whenever you fast, don’t be sad-faced like the hypocrites. For they make their faces unattractive so their fasting is obvious to people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward! But when you fast, put oil on your head, and wash your face, so that you don’t show your fasting to people but toContinue reading “What’s Your Belly Telling You? (Lesson #37- Summer School with Jesus)”
When Christians Cannot Forgive (Lesson #36- Summer School with Jesus)
Today’s Reading: Matthew 6:14-15 (HCSB) For if you forgive people their wrongdoing, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well. But if you don’t forgive people, your Father will not forgive your wrongdoing. Today’s Question: Whom does God require us to forgive? Today’s Commentary: Forgiving someone else can be one of the most difficult tasksContinue reading “When Christians Cannot Forgive (Lesson #36- Summer School with Jesus)”
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