Jesus offers practical guidelines for the spiritual discipline of fasting.

The Lord's Prayer (the model prayer) is an illustration of the kinds of things believers are encouraged to include in their praying. There are six petitions in the prayer; three are related to God and three are related to us.

Jesus calls for a radically new way for His follows to approach prayer. In this text He speaks of the process of prayer (how we pray) and the contents of prayer (what we pray). He closes his statements about prayer with one of the most shocking statements recorded in the New Testament.

Jesus calls us to be real in our service and ministry to others. This means we must resist the temptation to do good things for wrong reasons and to do good things for the praise of others. Jesus cuts to the heart of the matter, calling us to do what we do from pure, unselfish motives.

John shares the account of Jesus healing a man's son. The point John wants to make is that Jesus is the Son of God. Only God can do miracles. Jesus did miracles. Therefore, Jesus must be God.

Most of us have no problem loving our family, friends and even neighbors. What are we to do with our enemies and those who persecute us? Jesus answered that question in the sermon on the mount.

Jesus calls His followers to a react to insults, attacks, mistreatment and harassment in a radically new way. This sermon examines what it means to "turn the other cheek" in practical terms.