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Prayer is Love, I want to Love

Category: Jesus’ Life

  • Jesus On Anxiety

    Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount Do you worry? I heard an old man say that he did but his reasons have changed with time! When he was young, he said he wanted to be an adult with adult looks. Now that he was old he wanted to be an inspiration…

  • Jesus On Serving Two Masters

    Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount Jesus said to his disciples, “No one can serve two masters!” So what did He mean? Was he talking about serving multiple people at the same time such as our parents, teachers and work managers? No, Jesus was using the word symbolically to include our…

  • Jesus On The Eye – Light and Darkness

    Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount My glasses either scare or bemuse young children. They either laugh, cry or want to pull them from my head. Of course, if they pull them away, I can’t see clearly. If I restrain the child’s hands, they cry! Jesus said, “The eye is the…

  • Jesus On Treasures

    Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount Designer goods, jewellery, fine linen, good food, vintage wines, fast cars, holiday homes, yachts; the luxury goods list is perhaps endless. So also is greed! A more accurate measure of wealth, as Jesus said, is the treasure you accumulate in heaven, “For where your treasure…

  • Jesus Teaches The Lord’s Prayer

    Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount St Francis De Sales once said, “Everyone needs half an hour of prayer each day, except when we are busy … then we need an hour”. We all need to talk to God, he is our maker and our eternal hope. Jesus said, “Do not…

  • Jesus On Almsgiving

    Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount Jesus wanted people, not only to hear his teachings but to make lifestyle changes. When Jesus witnessed at first-hand, the day to day hypocrisy of many Jewish Leaders, he was very disappointed and warned his disciples saying: When you Give: – goods or money to…

  • Jesus On Judging Others

    Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount For many of us, when we arrive at the shop or market, food is already in sealed bags with the contents clearly labelled and measurements accurately listed. This was not always the way. In Jesus’ time, it was more likely that when you arrived at…

  • Jesus On Love Of One’s Enemies

    Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount Jesus said to his disciples, it is not enough to ignore insults and injuries dished out by others, you must also, “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you”. Jesus came into this world to save sinners, and they are likely to be found…

  • Jesus On Retaliation

    Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount The Old Testament phrase, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,” was never meant to be taken literally but unfortunately, it’s used as a wonderful excuse for violence by many today. Jesus, focusing on people’s misuse of the term, said to…

  • Jesus On Swearing

    Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount Often our daily language is very casual, sometimes very careless! Jesus, probably responding to how others spoke around him said to his disciples, if you swear, you must fulfil the promise. However, do not take an oath at all, “Let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and…

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