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Earthly Anxiety and Heavenly Hope

October 6, 2019

Jesus continues His discussion of the things that trouble believers by focusing on daily worries and anxieties. After teaching that Christians are not called to a pursuit of wealth and earthly gain (See "Treasure and Tragedy", Mat. 6:19-21; and "Single-Minded Devotion", Mat. 6:22-24)—which only leads to worry, He expands the logic of His argument to show that they are not in fact even to have anxiety even about physical needs.

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Single-Minded Devotion

September 29, 2019

Obsession over money and greed toward worldly things is an ever-present reality in the modern world. But this is not a new phenomenon. In the New Testament, we are constantly reminded of our need to be on guard against greed and against the many idols that compete for our attention.

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Treasure and Tragedy

September 22, 2019

This passage from Matthew 6 is about the heart's treasure. It deals with issues concerning money and greed, and the treasures of this world, versus heavenly good and the treasures that await the believer.

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Humble Fasting

September 15, 2019

After the Lord's Prayer (really, the model prayer or disciples' prayer), Jesus then addresses humble fasting. Fasting is the humbling of the soul before God through the deprivation of food for a time, to seek Him, to meditate on His Word, and to pray.

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The Model Prayer

September 13, 2019

Jesus did not leave His disciples without cause to pray or without a way to pray. He wanted to be sure that His followers, then and now, would know how to come humbly before the Father, through Christ, indwelled by the Holy Spirit, with their every prayer and petition.

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Humble Prayer

September 1, 2019

Jesus continues His warnings about practicing righteousness to be noticed. While last week's message focused on giving to be noticed by others, this week's focused on praying to be noticed by others, as well as praying with meaningless repetition.

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Humble Giving

August 25, 2019

Our passage reviews the first in a series of life applications based on Jesus' warning not to practice righteousness to be noticed by others (Mat. 6:1). While so many wanted to be known for how much they did for the Lord, Jesus said that His followers were not to be concerned what others think at all, but to be seeking approval from the Father in heaven (Mat. 6:4).

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Humble Righteousness

August 18, 2019

Jesus calls His followers to a humble righteousness, not a pompous, arrogant, prideful religiosity. Though the scribes and Pharisees lived their good works in such a way as to declare them to the world, for Jesus' followers it was never to be this way.

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Love Your Enemies

August 11, 2019

Nowhere in Scripture are God's people told to hate their enemies, but what we learn from Jesus throughout His ministry is that many of the religious leaders and their followers hated enemies and neighbours alike, if they could accuse them of being outside of their sphere of care and concern.

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Biblical Restraint and Kindness

August 4, 2019

In our latest message we look at Biblical Restraint and Kindness. The category of law Jesus interpreted was what we know today as lex talonis or the law of retaliation, which stems from the interpretation of "an eye for an eye" (Exodus 21:24).