Jesus teaches that prayer involves asking, seeking and knocking. He says we should be persistent and passionate about prayer.

Jesus said, “Do not judge or you will be judged,” and often it is misunderstood as to what He actually meant by these words. Today we discuss this passage in more detail.

Jesus tells us that as followers of God we are not to worry because we have a Heavenly Father looking out for us.

Jesus speaks of two kinds of treasure, earthly and heavenly. He encourages us to store up heavenly treasure because our heart is where our treasure is.

I discuss the reasons why Christians fast. I look throughout the Scripture and see reasons why other faith-filled people fasted and the good that it can produce.

When we pray (not ‘if’), Jesus tells us specific things for effectiveness. He gives us a model prayer as a guide to help us in our ‘secret place’ with God.

God sees our righteous deeds done in secret and Jesus says that He will reward us openly for them!

Jesus came to fulfil the Law. Here He teaches His followers that God has removed our stony heart and replaced it with a new, soft, devoted heart to God and our lives now flow from this new heart, and not out of duty.

Jesus says we are blessed when we are persecuted for His name. We will discuss this topic and what it is to have a life worth living and a death worth dying.

Today’s Bible study discusses what Jesus meant by ‘peace-makers’ and how this characteristic displays that as God’s children we are in the ‘Family business’ of bringing peace.