Category: Devotionals

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. – Ephesians 5:2
We saw this on YouTube about somebody’s understanding on how to be like Jesus. We found it
fascinating and are happy to share it with you. Please enjoy it and share it with others.
Who is a Christian?
Eighteen hundred years ago in the second century a man called Diognetus, he wanted to know
what a Christian was, and he asked to have it explained to him and this was written to him to
explain to him what a Christian is.
“The distinction between Christian and other men does not lie in country or language or
customs.
a) They follow local customs in clothing, food and in the rest of life. And yet the exhibit the
wonderfully paradoxical nature of their own citizen.
b) They live in their own countries, but as if they were resident’s aliens.
c) They share all things as citizens and yet endure all things as if they were underclass.
Every foreign country is their homeland, and every homeland a foreign country.
d) They marry like everyone else and have children, but they do not abort their young.
e) They keep a common table but not a common bed. They live in the world but not in a
worldly way.
f) They enjoy a full life on earth, but their citizenship is in heaven.
g) They obey the appointed laws, but they surpass the laws in their own lifestyle, they love
everyone and are universally derided.
h) They are unknown and roundly criticize.
i) They are put to death and gain life.
j) They are poor but make many rich.
k) They lack all things and yet have all things in abundance.
l) They are dishonored and are glorified in their dishonor.
m) They are abused and they call down blessings in return.
n) When they are beaten up, they rejoice as men who are given a new life.
In short, what the soul is in the body, that the Christians are in the world. The soul lives in the
body but is not confined by the body and the Christian live in the world but are not confine by
the world. God has appointed them to this great calling, and it’s will be wrong for them to
decline it.”

In addition to this here are 8 portraits of what Christlikeness looks like.
To be like Jesus means to:

1. Accept our roots (Matthew 1:1-17)
   The circumstances surrounding Jesus’ birth might have raised questions in the minds of some.
   But Jesus never denied His ancestry or allowed others to shame Him. We also need to
   understand and accept our roots in terms of culture, race, gender and reputation. Moreover,
   like Jesus we want to avoid demeaning anyone else’s heritage.
2. Engage the world’s Pain and Struggle (1:18-2:23)
   Jesus’s entry into human life was fraught with awkward tensions and human dilemmas: a
   miraculous birth, an earthly father who was considering a quiet divorce, an outraged king
   resorting to infanticide and a return to a homeland that remained hostile and dangerous. We
   too, are all born into some troubles and circumstances but we need to face up to the world and
   remain very much in it, despite all its troubles.
3. Commit Ourselves to other Believers. (Matthew 3:1-17)
   John the Baptist was not an average individual. He lived in the wilderness – the ‘other side of
   the tracks’ for that day. He wore strange clothing and ate strange food. He was pugnacious,
   even offensive at times. Yet he helped launch Jesus’ career. In return, Jesus had nothing but
   praise for him. If we want to be like Jesus, we must not pick and choose our brothers and sisters
   in God’s family. We need to embrace other believers and demonstrate our unity in Christ, no
   matter how awkward or inconvenient.
4. Admit our Vulnerability to Temptation. (Matthew 4:1-11)
   Matthew’s inclusion of the temptation is remarkable. It shows that the sinless Lord of the
   universe was tempted, just as we are. ‘For we do not have a high priest who is unable to
   empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as
   we are—yet He did not sin.    Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so
   that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need’. – Hebrews 4:15-16.
   If we want to be like Jesus, we must accept that temptation is real – need to be open about our
   struggles. In doing so we honour God, recognize the power of sin, and encourage others to do
   likewise.

5. Proclaim the Message of Christ. (Matthew 4:12-25)
   Jesus’s life was not an open book, readable by all. To be sure, He lived a perfect, model life. But
   even that could not stand alone as an undeniable witness. His actions needed interpretation. So
   He supplemented His good deeds with good news. In the same way, we need to verbally
   declare our faith if we want to be like Christ. Certainly we need to back up our words with a
   Christlike lifestyle. But what we tell others gives meaning to our quiet walk and good deeds.
6. Commit to Changed Thinking and Behaviour (Matthew 5:1-7:27)
   In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus explained the values of the kingdom. He showed that
   following Him will involve radical change for most of us. It may mean undoing the way we’ve
   always done things and rethinking traditional sources of wisdom from our parents and culture.
   To become like Jesus involves a tough-minded review of our values and a thorough change in
   our behaviour.
7. Serve Others. (Matthew 8:1-9:38)
   The Sermon on the Mount was immediately followed by ‘deeds in the valley’. Christlike values
   lead to servant actions – and it was obedient action that Jesus cared about, not just
   sermonizing. Jesus modeled how to do the will of God by actively serving more than 25
   different people. These included such undesirables as lepers, an officer of the Roman
   occupation troops, the sick, the demon-possessed, cave dwellers, tax collectors, and a diseased,
   outcast woman. If we want to be like Jesus, we need to befriend those who are weak, under
   oppression, or without Christ. Like Him, we need to become ‘a friend of sinners’. He offered
   much more than religious information – He served them.
8. Affirm Other Leaders. (Matthew 10:1-42)
   Jesus invested Himself in the development of other people, particularly the Twelve. He gave
   them responsibility and authority. He accepted the risk that they might fail. Of course, He gave
   them adequate preparation before sending them out, and on their return He affirmed them on
   their successful completion of the mission. Jesus calls us to help others grow. If we want to be
   like Him, we will share the joys and risks of working together with our brothers and sisters.
   To Ponder
   Please remember that there should be a distinction between you and others who are not
   Christians. ‘Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the
   new is here!’ -2 Corinthians 5:17.

Stay blessed!

For further inquiries please contact us on Tel Nos. 0243588467 or 0268130615
Email: saltnlightministries@gmail.com
Website: saltandlightministriesgh.org

The Lord God Almighty, the Lord is his name! – Hosea 12:5

INTRODUCTION
How do you feel if someone calls you by name? Well, your attention goes to where the sound
came from isn’t it? Salt and Light Ministries will take you to an intriguing voyage to explore the
various names of God and its usefulness in our Christian journey. Your name is the main thing
people ask for when they meet you. It is the most important means by which someone can
identify and refer to you. Names have great symbolic import in Scripture. a person’s name
connects to their identity and individuality It’s important that we know the names of God
because it reveals His character as Father, Creator, Merciful, Avenger just to mention but a few.

WHY CHRISTIANS MUST KNOW THE NAMES OF GOD
It is important to use a person’s name when interacting with them. It is, after all, their most
significant connection to their identity. When you address someone using their name, you
acknowledge their importance, which is the easiest way to get their attention. Hosea 12:5 helps
us to acknowledge specifically the name of the LORD as His memorial name.
The text illustrates that the name of the LORD is more than simply the means by which you
remember Him. His name carries His renown, His reputation. It also bears His very being. You
cannot separate the LORD from His name. And in His name, you are taught His character, what
makes the LORD to be the LORD, what sets Him apart from everyone else, what makes Him to
be God unlike any gods, what makes Him holy—distinct, different, unique, separate from all
others. His name and character are intrinsically bind together and that is why Hosea says He has
to be worshipped.

GOD’S NAME AS A MEMORIAL
God also tells Moses that His name, Yahweh, is His memorial. Specifically, God says, “This is My
name forever and this is My memorial from generation to generation” (Exodus 3:15, author’s
translation). What does it mean for God’s name, Yahweh, to be His memorial? Many
translations render this verse so that His name is how He is to be remembered. That is certainly
part of what it means for “Yahweh” to be His memorial. A few other texts help reveal more.
Isaiah 26:8 ties God’s name and His memorial together as the desire of His people. Psalm
135:13 poetically places the name of the LORD and His memorial together even for generations
to come.

GOD REVEALS HIS PERSONAL NAME
God reveals His personal name. His name is Yahweh. You will find variant spellings of that name
as it is brought from Hebrew into English. Since biblical Hebrew was written without vowels,
some choose to bring God’s personal name from Hebrew into English by transliterating the four
consonants of His name as YHWH. Moses knew the fear of God. In Exodus 3, God appears to
Moses, speaking to him from the burning bush. Moses rightly hides his face out of fear (Exodus
3:6). God then tells Moses why He is appearing to him: He has heard His people’s cry and He
will deliver them from slavery in Egypt. Moses will be His chosen instrument to accomplish their
deliverance. This is no light task. Egypt was then a political and military powerhouse.
Moses objects, first asking, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of
Israel out of Egypt?” (Exodus 3:11). God’s response is simple: “I will be with you” (Exodus 3:12).
Moses further objects that when he tells the people of Israel that the God of their fathers has
sent him, they will ask, “What is His name?” So, God reveals His name to Moses.
God responds, “I AM WHO I AM. . . . Thus, you will say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM’ has sent me
to you” (Exodus 3:14, author’s translation). In the very next verse, God further instructs Moses,
saying, “Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God
of Jacob, has sent me to you” (Exodus 3:15, author’s translation).
 Yahweh Is the Self-Existent, Eternal God. God has no need of us. That simple fact can be a little
offensive to our human nature: that part of us that wants to be significant; to be needed.
But it’s true God does not need us. He doesn’t need anyone. He is completely whole within
himself, and he is eternal, he has always existed, and he always will. He is the beginning and the
end, the Alpha and the Omega. He is the only one in existence who can be described this way.
The rest of us need quite a lot of medicine to keep existing to a point before succumbing to
death! The most powerful human on earth is still at the mercy of His health and fortune. God
stands alone in needing nothing, in being wholly self-sufficient.

YAHWEH IS A RELATIONAL GOD
Yahweh is only used in the Bible when the author is talking about God’s personal relationship
with his people. A great example of this is Psalm 19. The author talks in the first 6 verses
about Elohim (another name for God) and his relationship with the material world. Then, in
verse 7, he shifts and starts to write about Yahweh and his relationship with those who know
him and who are in covenant with him. The fact that God introduces himself to us as “Yahweh”
tells us that his first priority in relating to us is making sure we know that He is the intensely
personal God, seeking to have a relationship with His people. This is a God who is so love-

motivated to know us and to be in relationship with us that He came to earth as a human and
took the punishment we deserved. This is indeed a relational God. 
PRAYER POINT
Yahweh is the name that is most closely linked to God’s redeeming acts in the history of His
chosen people. We know God because of what He has done. When you pray to Yahweh,
remember that He is the same God who draws near to save you from the tyranny of sin just as
He saved His people from tyrannical slavery in Egypt.

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SERVICE TO GOD

And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to
walk in His all ways, to love Him, to serve the Lord you God with all your heart and with all
your soul. – Deuteronomy 10:12.
God demands our spiritual service as our worship of Him as we see in the following scriptures:
 Psalm 2: 11 – Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling.
 Eph. 6:7 – Serve whole heartedly as if you were serving the Lord and not men.
 Heb. 12:28 – Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be
thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
From these Bible passages it is obvious that the major service God demands of us is our fear of
Him; our obedience of Him; our love for Him and our joy in doing His will. The Lord is so good
that when He commands us to do anything He Himself also empowers us to do it. See how
Jesus Himself doing His Father’s will, came to serve men as we read in Matt. 20:28: just as the
son of man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.
We see in John 13:4-5 how He washed the feet of the disciples during the last supper.
In Phil. 2:7 that reminds us that Jesus made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a
servant, being made in human likeness.
How do we then serve God the way He wants us to do?
Luke 9:23 says, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily,
and follow me.”

1. First of all we must deny ourselves and submit totally to the Lordship of Jesus in our lives
   who alone is the way to God.
2. We must be obedient to God by being sensitive to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. Until
   we have made Jesus our own personal Saviour the Holy Spirit remains outside our hearts.
3. We do what is the will of God.
   Having said all this some may be wondering whether service to God merely is the love of Him.
   As James says faith without works is dead. Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and
   daily food. If anyone says to him Go, I wish you well, keep warm and well fed but does
   nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? – James 2:15-16.
   We are therefore, enjoined to do good to each other. We are to help the poor and needy; feed
   the hungry; clothe those who have none, look after the sick, visit prisoners, be hospitable to
   strangers and; and look after those who do God’s work to mention but a few. As Jesus Himself
   says in Matt. 25:35-36: For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and
   you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and
   you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me I was in prison and you came to visit me.
   Good works glorify God: In the same way, let your light shines before men, that they may see
   your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

2

Good works do the following:
 They enrich life;
 They become a pattern for imitation;
 They tend to summon others to their own tasks;
 They demonstrate the reality of our faith in God through Christ Jesus.
When we serve men dutifully it:

• enables life
• exemplifies neighborliness
• it is Christlike
• it demonstrates love
• it lightens life’s burdens.
  The Bible has special commands concerning doing good and we find some of them in: Ps. 34:14;
  Ps. 37:3 Jm. 4:14; Lk. 6:35; Heb. 13:16.
  Therefore even as we wait to serve God we must remember the balance. It is not enough to
  do good deeds – and we will not secure our salvation merely by doing good. (Salvation is by
  faith alone – Eph. 2:5b & 8-9). Neither is it good to have faith and have no good works, for the
  great command of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is that when we have the good news, we
  must be up and going. We must go and make disciple s of all nations as we read in Matt. 28
  18:19: All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make
  disciples of all nations.
  What then are the ingredients of a delightful service to God?
   Love of God.
   Obedience to His commands.
   Total reliance on Him for direction.
   Service to men.
   Serving without complaining.
   Immediate service.
   Undivided service.
   Winning souls for His kingdom.
  To do all this we must allow Jesus Christ to come into our lives and transform us for service.
  We must be born again – John 3:3-5. Every heart must confess Him as Lord and Master to
  obtain fullness of life so that we can serve Him with all our hearts, with all our souls and with all
  our strength. We must beware of the sentimental admiration for Jesus, which withholds the
  reins of our lives from Jesus’ hands. The Lord Jesus is the enemy of every love, every
  relationship and every aim that does not aid the eternal sanctification of the soul. Everything is
  an obstacle to true obedience until the Lord absolutely remakes us from the inside by planting
  the disposition of His holiness within us. We must therefore, yearn to be holy so that we can
  serve Him better.

3

Our self-centeredness, which is the driving force for much of our service must be eradicated.
We do not do His work if we want to win the acclaim of men – Jesus warns us that if we do so,
we will get the reward of men and not the Father – Matt. 6:11. Oswald Chambers also says
that “The real enemies of Christ are not the poor fallen people on the streets but those who
profess holiness and yet never let Him eradicate the self-centered disposition in them.
We serve Him best when we surrender totally to Him and allow Him to use us. Then all our
wants will indeed be His care as He promises us in Deut. 28:1-14.

Remain Blessed!
Please continue to join us on Asempa 94.7 FM – Sundays 5.30 am., Sunny 88.7 FM – Tuesdays
5:30 am; and YFM 107.9 – Sundays 6.30am; for our Radio Bible Study as well as Sunny FM
88.7 FM every Sunday at 3:30 pm. for Hymns and their Stories.

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. – Ephesians 5:2
We saw this on YouTube about somebody’s understanding on how to be like Jesus. We found it
fascinating and are happy to share it with you. Please enjoy it and share it with others.
Who is a Christian?
Eighteen hundred years ago in the second century a man called Diognetus, he wanted to know
what a Christian was, and he asked to have it explained to him and this was written to him to
explain to him what a Christian is.
“The distinction between Christian and other men does not lie in country or language or
customs.
a) They follow local customs in clothing, food and in the rest of life. And yet the exhibit the
wonderfully paradoxical nature of their own citizen.
b) They live in their own countries, but as if they were resident’s aliens.
c) They share all things as citizens and yet endure all things as if they were underclass.
Every foreign country is their homeland, and every homeland a foreign country.
d) They marry like everyone else and have children, but they do not abort their young.
e) They keep a common table but not a common bed. They live in the world but not in a
worldly way.
f) They enjoy a full life on earth, but their citizenship is in heaven.
g) They obey the appointed laws, but they surpass the laws in their own lifestyle, they love
everyone and are universally derided.
h) They are unknown and roundly criticize.
i) They are put to death and gain life.
j) They are poor but make many rich.
k) They lack all things and yet have all things in abundance.
l) They are dishonored and are glorified in their dishonor.
m) They are abused and they call down blessings in return.
n) When they are beaten up, they rejoice as men who are given a new life.
In short, what the soul is in the body, that the Christians are in the world. The soul lives in the
body but is not confined by the body and the Christian live in the world but are not confine by
the world. God has appointed them to this great calling, and it’s will be wrong for them to
decline it.”

In addition to this here are 8 portraits of what Christlikeness looks like.
To be like Jesus means to:

1. Accept our roots (Matthew 1:1-17)
   The circumstances surrounding Jesus’ birth might have raised questions in the minds of some.
   But Jesus never denied His ancestry or allowed others to shame Him. We also need to
   understand and accept our roots in terms of culture, race, gender and reputation. Moreover,
   like Jesus we want to avoid demeaning anyone else’s heritage.
2. Engage the world’s Pain and Struggle (1:18-2:23)
   Jesus’s entry into human life was fraught with awkward tensions and human dilemmas: a
   miraculous birth, an earthly father who was considering a quiet divorce, an outraged king
   resorting to infanticide and a return to a homeland that remained hostile and dangerous. We
   too, are all born into some troubles and circumstances but we need to face up to the world and
   remain very much in it, despite all its troubles.
3. Commit Ourselves to other Believers. (Matthew 3:1-17)
   John the Baptist was not an average individual. He lived in the wilderness – the ‘other side of
   the tracks’ for that day. He wore strange clothing and ate strange food. He was pugnacious,
   even offensive at times. Yet he helped launch Jesus’ career. In return, Jesus had nothing but
   praise for him. If we want to be like Jesus, we must not pick and choose our brothers and sisters
   in God’s family. We need to embrace other believers and demonstrate our unity in Christ, no
   matter how awkward or inconvenient.
4. Admit our Vulnerability to Temptation. (Matthew 4:1-11)
   Matthew’s inclusion of the temptation is remarkable. It shows that the sinless Lord of the
   universe was tempted, just as we are. ‘For we do not have a high priest who is unable to
   empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as
   we are—yet He did not sin.    Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so
   that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need’. – Hebrews 4:15-16.
   If we want to be like Jesus, we must accept that temptation is real – need to be open about our
   struggles. In doing so we honour God, recognize the power of sin, and encourage others to do
   likewise.

5. Proclaim the Message of Christ. (Matthew 4:12-25)
   Jesus’s life was not an open book, readable by all. To be sure, He lived a perfect, model life. But
   even that could not stand alone as an undeniable witness. His actions needed interpretation. So
   He supplemented His good deeds with good news. In the same way, we need to verbally
   declare our faith if we want to be like Christ. Certainly we need to back up our words with a
   Christlike lifestyle. But what we tell others gives meaning to our quiet walk and good deeds.
6. Commit to Changed Thinking and Behaviour (Matthew 5:1-7:27)
   In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus explained the values of the kingdom. He showed that
   following Him will involve radical change for most of us. It may mean undoing the way we’ve
   always done things and rethinking traditional sources of wisdom from our parents and culture.
   To become like Jesus involves a tough-minded review of our values and a thorough change in
   our behaviour.
7. Serve Others. (Matthew 8:1-9:38)
   The Sermon on the Mount was immediately followed by ‘deeds in the valley’. Christlike values
   lead to servant actions – and it was obedient action that Jesus cared about, not just
   sermonizing. Jesus modeled how to do the will of God by actively serving more than 25
   different people. These included such undesirables as lepers, an officer of the Roman
   occupation troops, the sick, the demon-possessed, cave dwellers, tax collectors, and a diseased,
   outcast woman. If we want to be like Jesus, we need to befriend those who are weak, under
   oppression, or without Christ. Like Him, we need to become ‘a friend of sinners’. He offered
   much more than religious information – He served them.
8. Affirm Other Leaders. (Matthew 10:1-42)
   Jesus invested Himself in the development of other people, particularly the Twelve. He gave
   them responsibility and authority. He accepted the risk that they might fail. Of course, He gave
   them adequate preparation before sending them out, and on their return He affirmed them on
   their successful completion of the mission. Jesus calls us to help others grow. If we want to be
   like Him, we will share the joys and risks of working together with our brothers and sisters.
   To Ponder
   Please remember that there should be a distinction between you and others who are not
   Christians. ‘Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the
   new is here!’ -2 Corinthians 5:17.

Stay blessed!

For further inquiries please contact us on Tel Nos. 0243588467 or 0268130615
Email: saltnlightministries@gmail.com
Website: saltandlightministriesgh.org

In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. – Matthew 5:16; 6:33.

INTRODUCTION

We publish this week, part two of Christ’s Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7 where Jesus teaches what it really means to follow Him and be a part of God’s kingdom. The sermon as we have already intimated, contains a powerful and practical revelation of the principles and standards by which God expects Christians to live.  Living up to these standards is only possible through faith in Jesus, the Son of God. 

Please enjoy and pass it on to others!

MATTHEW 6:1-34

GIVING TO THE NEEDY

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

PRAYER

“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. “This, then, is how you should pray:

“‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’ For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

FASTING

“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

TREASURES IN HEAVEN

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

DO NOT WORRY

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

JUDGING OTHERS

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

ASK, SEEK, KNOCK

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

To be continued!

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