Following Jesus isn’t always easy. One time this guy came up to Jesus in Matthew 8 and emphatically declared, “Jesus, I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus responded in a way that said, that’s not always going to be easy. He said, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay…

Jesus said at the end of Matthew 7 that we have two choices to build our life upon. One is the shifting sand of what this world calls truth. The world’s “truth” is like shifting sand because it’s constantly changing from generation to generation and even from person to person within a generation. Many people say today, “That may be your truth,…

Have you ever had somebody come up to you and talk to you like they know you, but you have no idea in the world who they are? That’s an awkward situation. Jesus tells us in Matthew 7 that that’s going to happen a lot to him. There are going to be a lot of people who will come up to him…

Don’t you like to be treated nice? Boy, I sure do. I love being treated with dignity, respect, fairness, graciousness, and kindness. I bet you do too. Everybody does. Well, with that in mind, Jesus’ words in Matthew 7:12 would revolutionize this community. Jesus said there this one simple godly principle for life, Do unto others as you would have them do…

It really doesn’t take much of something to get in our eye and cause a lot of pain. The smallest speck can hurt so badly, leaving us begging somebody to help get it out quickly. But Jesus says while we should definitely help others out with their eye, we should be way more concerned about what’s in our own eye than in…

Are you the type of person who tends to worry? Jesus tells us in Matthew 6 that worry isn’t good because it’s unproductive. Worrying alone can’t fix anything. And you can’t add a single hour to your life by worrying. In fact, it robs you of hours because it’s a waste of time and energy. It’s just unproductive. But worry is also…

The leading cause of blindness in the world today is cataracts, which is the clouding of the eye’s lens. It’s kind of like looking out a dirty window. Eventually, the build up gets to be such that light can no longer get inside the eye, leaving the person blind. But a simple procedure can remove cataracts and restore sight. Jesus tells us…

So many folks today want to draw attention to themselves. They just seem to always be screaming, “Look at me! ” Jesus dealt with a similar situation in his day. People would fast from food but not for a spiritual reason like they were supposed to. How do we know? Because while fasting, they would present themselves in a way said, “Look…

Are you a person of prayer? If you’re a Christian, you should be. But often we struggle with what to pray about. In Matthew 6:9, Jesus helps us out with a model prayer that’s often called the Lord’s prayer. Our Father, who is in heaven, hallowed be your name; your kingdom come; your will be done; on earth as it is in…

Who are you trying to impress? In this day and age of social media and self-promotion, we should be very careful. You see, when you do good in such a way that you intentionally draw the applause of the public, you already have your reward from the crowd and are actually robbing yourself of a greater reward from God. Jesus said in…