Matthew 7:7-11

 ^7-11“Don’t bargain with God. Be direct. Ask for what you need. This isn’t a cat-and-mouse, hide-and-seek game we’re in. If your child asks for bread, do you trick him with sawdust? If he asks for fish, do you scare him with a live snake on his plate? As bad as you are, you wouldn’t think of such a thing. You’re at least decent to your own children. So don’t you think the God who conceived you in love will be even better?

January 31, 2010 Message:

Re Think Brokenness

Matthew 5:27-30

January 17, 2010 Message:

Re Think Relationships

Matthew 5:21-26

January 10, 2010 Message:

Re Think Happiness

Matthew 5:1-20

Reflections on Matthew 2

…Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.” . . .

Reflections on Isaiah 9:6 from The Christmas 2009 message series:

He shall be called-

Wonderful Counselor

Mighty God

Everlasting Father

Prince of Peace

Great Expectations

The Promises of Christmas

Reflections on Isaiah 9:6

Week Two: Mighty God

Great Expectations

The Promises of Christmas

Reflections on Isaiah 9:6

Week One: Wonderful Counselor

“As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.”  — John 17:18

This week’s readings:

Monday
Luke 4:14-21, 7:18-23
Luke 24:44-49
John 20:21

Tuesday
Matthew 28:16-20
2 Corinthians 5:11-21
Colossians 4:2-6
Wednesday
Matthew 9:35-38
John 4:27-38
Luke 10:1-24

Thursday
Acts 1:1-11
Acts 2:42-47
Colossians 1:28-29

Friday
1 Corinthians 12:1-31
Ephesians 4:11-16
1 Peter 4:7-11

“For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.”  —John 17:19

This week’s Scripture readings:

Monday
Luke 7:36-47
2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1

Tuesday
1 Timothy 4:6-16
Ephesians 5:8-20

Wednesday
Hebrews 12:7-11,14
1 John 1:5-10

Thursday
Philippians 2:12-18
Hebrews 13:20-21
1 Corinthians 1:4-9

Friday
Philippians 3:7-11
Colossians 1:22-23
1 Thessalonians 3:11-13

“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.  If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.   Remember what I told you: ‘Servants are not greater than their master.’   If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.   They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.   If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.  -John 15:18-22

This week’s Scripture readings:

Monday (Sin, Confession and Redemption)
Isaiah 59
Romans 5:12-21

Tuesday (Moving From Darkness to Light)
John 1:4-9
Matthew 4:16-17
John 3:16-21
Ephesians 5:1-21

Wednesday (Children of God)
1 John 3
Romans 8:1-17
Philippians 2:12-18

Thursday (Jesus’ Love for the Sinner)
Luke 15
1 Timothy 1:15-17
Romans 5:1-8

Friday (Perseverance)
Hebrews 12:1-6
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Ephesians 6:10-18

“If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love.”   —John 15:10

“This is my command: Love each other.”  —  John 15:7

This week’s Scripture readings:

Monday (Delighting in God’s Law)
Psalm 1
Psalm 19

Tuesday (Delighting in God’s Law Pt. 2)
Psalm 119

Wednesday (Jesus Fulfills the Law)
Matthew 5:17-20
Luke 24:36-49

Thursday (Jesus Relies On, Quotes and Interprets the Scriptures)
Matthew 4:1-11
Matthew 22:34-40
John 7:14-18

Friday (Responding to Scripture)
2 Timothy 3:14-17
Hebrews 4:12-13
James 1:18-25
Luke 8:19-21

“If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;
apart from me you can do nothing.”                    —John 15:5

This week’s Scripture readings:

Monday (Acknowledging our Sin)
Genesis 3
Psalm 51:1-12
Luke 5:27-31

Tuesday (Choosing Jesus Over the World)
Matthew 4:18-22
Matthew 13:44-46
Matthew 16:21-28
Romans 12:1-2
1 John 2:15-17

Wednesday (Life in the Spirit)
John 14:15-31
Galatians 5:13-26

Thursday (Leaving the Old Self Behind)
Ephesians 4:17-32
Colossians 3:1-17
Romans 6:1-14

Friday (Enduring)
Philippians 3:12-21
2 Corinthians 4:1-12