Posts Tagged ‘temptation’
3.28.21 – Daily Dose of Worship. A study on Matthew. Part 57. Light.
“‘The eye is the lamp of the body; so then, if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light.” – Matthew 6:22 The eyes are for sure the way that we experience light. It’s how we see the world and the light in it. The mind and thoughts—our awareness of the…
Read More3.20.21 – Daily Dose of Worship. A study on Matthew. Part 49. The Lords Prayer.
Matthew 6:13 says this; “And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.” This verse concludes Matthew’s telling of Jesus’ model prayer (Matthew 6:9–13). Though this is often referred to as the “Lord’s Prayer,” this passage is not something…
Read More2.12.21 – Daily Dose of Worship. A study on Matthew. Part 17. Temptation.
The last part of this story on the testing of Jesus takes us to Matthew 4:8-11: “And the third time the accuser lifted Jesus up into a very high mountain range and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and all the splendor that goes with it. “All of these kingdoms I will give…
Read More2.10.21 – Daily Dose of Worship. A study on Matthew. Part 15. Patience.
As we begin Chapter 4 we are presented with this account of the “testing” or “tribulation” of Jesus in the wilderness. Afterward, the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the lonely wilderness in order to reveal his strength against the accuser by going through the ordeal of testing. And after fasting for forty days, Jesus was…
Read More11.5.20 – Daily Dose of Worship. A study on the Holy Spirit. Part 117. Tempted?
DEVOTION: “Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life” (James 1:12). People do not know what they are getting when they are in a great place of temptation. Temptation endured brings the “crown of life.” I wanted to just come back to this…
Read More10.21.20 – Daily Dose of Worship. A study on the Holy Spirit. Part 102. Ready?
DEVOTION: “The thought that has been pressing on my mind for some time is the thought of abiding in God. There is joy in being at the place where we can always count on being in the presence of Power – where we know that God’s presence is with us, leading us to the place…
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