John 1: 45-51 Rev 21:9b-14 / Psa 145 You shall see greater things than this. (John 1:50) Like Nathaniel I was in doubt At first about His invitation; But in the end I would find out, God used a friend for my conversion. Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses [...]
Matthew 23: 13-22 2Thes 1: 1-5,11-12 / Ps 96 You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. (Matthew 23:13) No oaths can bind lies and deceits, As made by “scribes and Pharisees”; When remedied by hypocrites, The cure is [...]
Matthew 22: 34-40 Ez 37: 1-14 / Ps 107: 2-9 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind… Love your neighbor as yourself. (Matthew 22: 37, 39) Our greatest quest in life must start, If happiness we hope to find, In loving God with [...]
Matthew 22: 1-14 Ezek 36:23-38 / Psa 51 Many are invited, but few are chosen. (Matthew 22:14) Our sins are like a harsh rejection Of a loving King’s invitation; Only by Jesus’ intervention Can we join heaven’s celebration Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who [...]
Matthew 20: 1-16 Ezek 34:1-11 / Psa 23 … are you envious because I am generous?’ Thus the last will be first, and the first will be last. (Matthew 20:16) Though unfair at first it would seem, Who can ever fathom God’s ways? Not by merits are we redeemed, But only by His loving grace. [...]
Matthew 19: 23-30 Ezek.28:1-10 / Dt.32:26-28,30,35-36 I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. (Matthew 19:23-24) [...]
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