Our passage for today comes from Matthew 11:20-30

The context of this passage is that Jesus is praying to God the Father, the Lord of Heaven and Earth, Praising him and talking about what God the Father has entrusted to him.

From Matthew 10:40 Jesus teaches about accepting God into our lives.

Our passages for today come from Matthew 10:37-39

For a lot of us in America, being a Christian is part of the culture.  It is like baseball, hotdogs, apple pie and Chevrolet.

We go to church on Sundays because we always went to church on Sundays.

And if asked, we would say without hesitation that we love Jesus!

But how many of us Love Jesus more than we love our parents, wives, husbands, kids, and even more than we love our own lives?

From Matthew 10:34-36 Jesus, who is the Prince of Peace, warns us that following him would cause us to be at war, even with those we love.

In Matthew 10:32-33 Jesus teaches us there will be some people who, no matter what you say, no matter what you do, and no matter how many miracles they witness, that will deny Jesus.

Being a follower of Jesus is not safe, it is not clean and it takes a whole lot more than an hour a week....

In Matthew 9:9-13 Jesus invites Matthew a Tax Collector to follow him.

Jesus teaches about judging others in Matthew Chapter 7:1-5.

When I first got into ministry, the most popular bible verse was John 3:16

And now and for quite some time the most famous verse is Matthew 7:1 Do not judge… and no other part of the verse is used.

That is because we have gotten to the point where think we are so good and so special that no one has the right to tell us anything that does not match what we are thinking.

From Matthew 6:5-8 Jesus teaches us how to pray.

Believe it or not, COVID mitigation was a positive thing for introverts! And so, for all of us introverts out there, here is some biblical proof that praying in circles is unbiblical!

our Scripture for today comes from Matthew 6:1-4

Jesus is teaching about giving…..

But I think there is more to this passage than just giving.