When tempted:
Psalm 139
1 Corinthians 10:13
When Weary:
Matthew 11:28-30
Romans 8:31-39
When Bereaved:
1 Corinthians 15
Revelation 21
When Things Look "Blue":
Isaiah 40
When Facing a Crisis:
Psalm 46
When Discouraged:
Psalm 23
When Bored:
Psalm 103
Psalm 104
Job 38-48
When Business is Poor:
Psalm 37
When Lonely:
Psalm 27
When Anxious for Dear Ones:
Psalm 107
Showing posts with label Matthew. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Matthew. Show all posts
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Saturday, January 31, 2009
As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's booth. "Follow me," he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.
While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"
On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
~ Matthew 9:9-13
While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"
On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
~ Matthew 9:9-13
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Treasure Hidden in a Field
"THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE A TREASURE HIDDEN IN a field. A certain man learned that the treasure existed and he developed a terrible obsession to possess it. He wasted all of his wealth and secretly sold everything he had to purchase the filed so that he could own the treasure.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a pearl of great price. When a man found it, he sold all that he had and purchased the pearl.
Unless you, too, obsess after God's kingdom, like this man did over his treasure, you will not find it.
Knock and keep on knocking. Seek and keep on seeking. When they send you away again and again, come back and seek still again. Then you will find the treasure you seek."
~ Parables of Jesus
Paraphrased and expanded
Found in the book of Saint Matthew
(taken from Ted Dekker's book, Obsessed)
The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls.
~ Matthew 13:44-45
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a pearl of great price. When a man found it, he sold all that he had and purchased the pearl.
Unless you, too, obsess after God's kingdom, like this man did over his treasure, you will not find it.
Knock and keep on knocking. Seek and keep on seeking. When they send you away again and again, come back and seek still again. Then you will find the treasure you seek."
~ Parables of Jesus
Paraphrased and expanded
Found in the book of Saint Matthew
(taken from Ted Dekker's book, Obsessed)
The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls.
~ Matthew 13:44-45
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