Matthew 5: 20-26 Eze 18: 21-28 / Ps 130 Go first and be reconciled with your brother, then come and offer your gift. (Matthew 5:24) For the sake of peace, may I be meek, To yield what is right as Jesus would, And even offer the other cheek, And understand, than be understood. Jesus said [...]
Luke 16: 1-8 Phil 3: 17—4:1 / Psa 122 For the children of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light. (Luke 16:8) Being prudent in his trade had seemed The way out for the steward’s plight, But Jesus has already redeemed The souls of the [...]
Matthew 5: 20-26 1 Kgs 18: 41-46 / Ps 65: 10-13 Go first and be reconciled with your brother, then come and offer your gift. (Matthew 5:24) For the sake of peace, may I be meek, To yield what is right as Jesus would, And even offer the other cheek, And understand, than be understood. [...]
Luke 16: 9-15 Rom 16: 3-9,16,22-27 / Ps 145 No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. (Luke 16:13) We can become poor in wisdom, Or other things like power and health; But if it [...]
Matthew 23: 23-26 1 Thes 2:1-8/Ps 139:1-6 You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, but have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity. (Matthew 23:23) What lies within is what is real, And no amount of scheme or stealth Can hide that time will not reveal, Lord, give [...]
Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-18 2 Cor 9: 6-11 / Psa 112 . . . and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. (Matthew 6:4,6,18) Good deeds that seek a ton of praise Are only worth an ounce of grace. Kind acts performed in secrecy Live on for all eternity. Jesus said, “Take care [...]
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