Something Good with Dr. Ron Jones

People all over the world are consumed with worry about their jobs, their kids, and their health. If you’re one of them, you’ve come to the right place. Because today Ron will share God’s prescription for peace, as he continues his teaching series, “Kingdom Come: Lessons From The Sermon On The Mount.”  

“Be anxious for nothing, but in all things by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. Avoiding worry isn’t easy, but it is possible. When you pray to your heavenly Father, when you thank Him for all He has done, when you ask Him in faith to take your anxiety, that’s when fear and worry tend to fade away. Ron has more next, as he moves ahead in his teaching series, “Kingdom Come: Lessons From The Sermon On The Mount.”  

Whoever loves money never has enough. Whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. Those words of wisdom came from Solomon, in Ecclesiastes chapter five verse ten. Today, Ron explains how the love of money can wreak havoc in our relationship with God. It’s all part of his continuing series, “Lessons From The Sermon On The Mount,”and we’ve got that coming to you next.  

There’s nothing wrong with having money just as long as money doesn’t have you. In Matthew chapter six, Jesus told us not to store up for ourselves treasures on earth, but to store them in heaven where they can never be lost or stolen. Today, Ron shows us what it looks like to be good stewards of our material wealth as he moves ahead in his series, “Kingdom Come: Lessons from the Sermon on the Mount.” 

“Nevertheless, not My will but Thine be done.” Jesus said those words in the Garden of Gethsemane, on the night before He laid down His life to pay for your sin and mine. But not long before this night in this garden, Jesus gave His disciples a model for prayer. And in that model, what we know as the Lord’s Prayer, we find the words, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Coming your way next, Ron unpacks that phrase and walks us through the rest of the Lord’s Prayer, as he continues his series, “Kingdom Come: Lessons from the Sermon on the Mount.” 

If we’re being honest, most of us would say we don’t pray nearly as often, or as effectively, as we should. If you want to revolutionize your prayer life, you’ve picked a great day to be here for Something Good with Dr. Ron Jones. Because coming up next, he does a deep dive into the prayer Jesus gave His disciples in Matthew chapter six, the Lord’s Prayer. Using the word "prayer" as an acronym (P-R-A-Y-E-R), Ron outlines six key aspects to the prayer over the next two days, as he moves ahead in his series, “Kingdom Come: Lessons from the Sermon on the Mount.”  

“And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others.” In Matthew chapter six, Jesus spoke those words to an extremely large crowd of people on a hillside in Galilee. And on every subject He addressed, from giving to praying to fasting, He spoke not only of right behavior but of right motive. Stay with us now as Ron moves ahead in his teaching series, “Kingdom Come: Lessons from the Sermon on the Mount.”

The three pillars of Jewish piety, on today’s edition of Something Good. The word piety isn’t used all that often these days, and if it is, it usually has a negative connotation. But two thousand years ago, the word still held its original meaning, which was a heart centered on God. There were three pillars of Jewish piety back then, and Jesus spoke about each of them in Matthew chapter six. Ron takes us there next, in his continuing series, “Kingdom Come: Lessons from the Sermon on the Mount.”  

The Bible says Jesus loved the world, even His enemies. Today, we’ll be challenged to do better at loving ours. You know, when we talk about the enemies of God, we’re really talking about ourselves. That’s what we once were, after all. Enemies of God. But Jesus loved us anyway. How much more should we, being sinners, love the world enough to point it towards a Savior? Ron talks at length today about what it means to love other people, including our enemies.  

Killing your enemies on today’s Something Good with Dr. Ron Jones. When we talk about killing our enemies in the context of Christ’s teaching, what we mean is to kill them with kindness. To overcome evil with good. This is the challenge issued by Jesus in His Sermon on the Mount, when He tells us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. Ron takes you to this hard saying of Jesus next, as he moves ahead in his series, “Kingdom Come: Lessons from the Sermon on the Mount.”